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Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (237787 A. Sjt. W. G. Cumming. Can: A.S.C.) minor official correction to number, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £60-£80 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. William Gordon Cumming was born in Kingsley, Kansas, United States of America in August 1890. A chauffeur by profession, he resided in Toronto prior to the War. Cumming served during the Great War with the Motor Transport Company, Canadian Army Service Corps on the Western Front.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1455. Pte. F. Wright, 3rd Dragn. Gds.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £100-£140 --- Frederick Wright attested for the 3rd Dragoon Guards in 1858, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1876. In the British Army Worldwide Index he is recorded as serving in India at Mhow and Musserabad, in 1861, and in 1871 was at Aldershot serving attached to the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers Military Police, and also temporarily attached to 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (798 Sapper Allan Kay Royal Engineers.) minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £70-£90 --- Allan Kay was born at Lanark in July 1824 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Glasgow in January 1844 at the age of 19. He served for 22 years and 39 days, he had served overseas with over 5 years service at Gibraltar and over 10 years in Australia, most likely serving at a penal colony. He was discharged at Chatham in February 1866, his conduct being described as exemplary. He appears to have joined the prison service as his intended place of residence was at Millbank Prison, London. Sold with copied research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (168. Sergt. W. Spires, 1-1st Foot) with unusual added double ring suspension soldered to suspension rod, otherwise nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- William Spires was born at Meldon, Essex in December 1840 and attested for the 1st Foot (Royal Scots) at Chelmsford in September 1857. Advanced Sergeant on 17 September 1866, he was discharged in October 1878, being unfit for further active service, after 19 years and 233 days’ service, of which 12 years had been spent soldiering in India. Sold with copied record of service.

A Great War 1915 ‘Battle of Festubert’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Captain H. T. Cameron, Canadian Army Medical Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (33303 Pte. H. T. Cameron. No. 3. F.A. 1/Can: Div:); 1914-15 Star (33303 Sjt. H. T. Cameron. Can: A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Hon. Capt. H. T. Cameron.) ‘Hon’ unofficially re-engraved; Coronation 1937 (Capt. H. T. Cameron) contemporarily impressed naming; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, mounted court-style for display in this order, light contact marks, generally good very fine and better (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 6 September 1915: ‘For great bravery and devotion to duty on the night of 20-21 May 1915 at Festubert. He was the first to volunteer to assist in collecting the wounded at the orchard captured from the enemy, and which was still under a very heavy fire. The task was one of great difficulty and danger and of the party of eight men who undertook it, four were severely wounded.’ Herbert Thomas Cameron was born in Dundee, Scotland, on 24 May 1884 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Field Ambulance Corps, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 22 September 1914, having previously served for three years and six months in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served with No. 3 Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 February 1915, and for his gallantry at Festubert in May 1915 was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was advanced Staff Sergeant on 21 February 1916, and Sergeant Major on 4 August 1916, and was granted an honorary commission in the Canadian Army Medical Corps on 11 October 1917. Cameron was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1937 (confirmed in letter from the Canadian Chancellery), and following the outbreak of the Second World War was appointed Captain in No. 10 District Depot as Canadian Provost Corps, being seconded for duty as Quartermaster of Internment Camp ‘X’ on 16 December 1940. He later transferred to Internment camp ‘R’, again as Quartermaster, and was released from service on 16 August 1941. Sold with a large quantity of copied research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2438 Henry Sutton 1st Batt 6th Foot) tightened at claw with rivet missing, minor edge nicks, good very fine £60-£80 --- Henry Sutton was born at Bradby, Daventry, Northamptonshire and attested for the 6th Foot at Coventry on 3 March 1846, at the age of 17. He was discharged at Sheffield in November 1867 after having served for over 21 years, including overseas service in the Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies. His discharge papers note entitlement to the medal for the ‘Kaffir War’ and the Indian Mutiny. Sold with copied service papers.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1973 Colr. Serjt. Jas. Whittaker. 1st Bn 7th Foot) edge bruise and light contact marks, very fine £80-£100 --- James Whittaker was born in 1822 at Leeds, Yorkshire, and attested for service in the 59th Foot in April 1841, transferring to the 7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers) in November 1845. He was promoted Corporal in September 1849, and to Sergeant in June 1857. He was wounded at the battle of the Alma on 20 September 1854 by a musket ball through calf of left leg, and was entitled to the Crimea Medal with clasps for Alma and Inkermann and the Turkish War Medal. He was discharged at Chatham in June 1862, being ‘worn out’ and unfit for further service. Sold with copied record of service.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse, engraved naming (1251 L/Sgt: J. King. W: Rid: R.) good very fine £80-£100 --- John King was born in Dublin in 1863 and attested for the 33rd Regiment of Foot on 26 March 1878, seeing service in the East Indies and Malta. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1896, and was discharged on the completion of his second period of engagement on 25 March 1899, after 21 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse, engraved naming, edge dated (No. 2521. Private. Thomas. Ringwood. 44th Regt. Sept 1858) a couple of small bumps to reverse edge, otherwise better than very fine £100-£140 --- Thomas Ringwood was born at Sleffkey, near Wills, Norfolk, ands attested for the 43rd Regiment at Cambridge, in February 1839, aged 20. He transferred to the 44th Regiment in September 1843, and claimed his discharge in March 1860, having completed 21 years’ service. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1994 Serjt Patk. Larmer 54th Foot.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Patrick Larmer was born in 1826 at Antrim, Ireland, and attested for the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot at Belfast in January 1843, aged 17 years. He served overseas at Gibraltar, Malta and North America, and was promoted Corporal in May 1954, and Sergeant in January 1855. He was discharged on 23 August 1864 after 21 years and 10 days’ service, and later served in the Militia. Sold with copied record of service.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse, engraved naming (166. Cr. Sergt. E. Dunn. Midd’x R.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- E. Dunn was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1889.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (986 John McCarthy 81st Foot) minor edge bruising, good very fine £80-£100 --- John McCarthy was born in 1829 at St. Peters, Cork, Ireland, and attested for service in July 1846, joining the 35th Foot (Royal Sussex Regiment). He subsequently transferred to the 94th Foot in 1846; the 64th Foot in 1854; and finally transferred to the 81st Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteer Regiment) in 1861. He is entitled to the India General Service Medal 1854, with clasp for Persia and the Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp for the Relief of Lucknow, when serving with the 64th Foot. He was discharged in April 1867, after 21 years’ service, his intended place of residence being Liverpool. Sold with copied record of service.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2362 Wm. McKee. 81st Foot) contact marks, good very fine £80-£100 --- William McKee was born at Templepatrick, Antrim, Ireland, and attested for the 81st Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) at Belfast, in July 1848, at the age of 18. He was discharged at his own request, in July 1869 at Buttevant, after 21 years and 15 days’ service, 11 years of which were spent in the East Indies, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1870. Sold with copied record of service.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1086 Geoe. Tygart 101st Foot) pawnbrokers mark to rim near suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- George Tygart was born in 1828 at Killashea, Fermanagh, Ireland, and attested for the 101st Foot (1st Bengal European Regiment) in March 1848, at the age of 20. He was awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal with clasps for Delhi and Lucknow, and the India General Service Medal 1854 with clasp for Umbeyla. He received a bullet wound to the right shoulder on 15 December 1863, at Crag Piquet, in the Umbeyla Expedition, and was discharged at Cawnpore in October 1867, after 19 years’ service, being no longer fit for active service. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1234. 2nd Corpl. W. Smith. A. H. Corps) edge bruising, good very fine £80-£100 --- William Smith was born in Liverpool, in 1840 and attested for the 68th Foot from the 2nd Lancashire Regiment of Militia in February 1958, before transferring to the 85th Foot in July 1861. He again transferred to the Army Hospital Corps in December 1862. He was promoted 2nd Corporal in the A.H.C., on 1 March 1876 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1876. He was discharged at his own request in July 1881, at Edinburgh after 23 years and 119 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

Army L.S. & G.C. (2), E.VII.R. (55308 Coy. Sjt. Mjr. O. F. Fenn. R.G.A.); G.V.R., 1st issue (2756 S. Mjr: C. H. Bugden. R.E.) good very fine and better (2) £80-£100 --- Oscar Frederick Fenn was born in 1868 in Suffolk and attested for the Royal Artillery at Colchester in 1886. He was promoted Corporal in September 1891, Sergeant in December 1893 and Company Sergeant Major in May 1904. He was discharged at Cork in 1907, after 21 years’ service at home and in Gibraltar. He died at Ipswich in 1917. Sold with copied record of service. Charles Harrison Bugden was born in October 1883. He appointed Sergeant Major Mechanist, Royal Engineers, on 3 June 1917 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1918.

Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (Major H. E. Bennett. R.E.M.E.) good very fine £60-£80

Army L.S. & G.C. (2), G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1063735 W.O. Cl. 1. J. Gregory. R.E.M.E.); E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23013143 Cpl. T. J. Parry REME.) in named card box of issue; surname officially corrected on latter, extremely fine (2) £60-£80 --- Jack Gregory was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, from Warrant Officer Class I, on 15 October 1944, and was promoted Lieutenant on 17 April 1952, and Captain on 22 October 1952. He relinquished his commission on 30 April 1961.

Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Q/1009764 WO2 M E Harley QARANC) mounted for display, good very fine £100-£140 --- Marion E. Harley joined Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps in 1972, and served in Military Hospitals Colchester, Aldershot and BAOR, QARANC Training Centre, Medical Centre and PSO, RAMC Training Centre as Instructor CVHQ. She served as Detachment Warrant Officer at CMH Aldershot, 1985-1990, and as Regimental Sergeant Major at the QARANC Training Centre from March 1990. R.S.M. Harley took part in the QARANC Training Centre Flag Lowering Ceremony at the Royal Pavilion Aldershot, 31 March 1994 (image of her lowering the flag including with the lot). Sold with copied research, including photographic images of the recipient in uniform.

A rare 1914 ‘Bombardment of Scarborough’ Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross First Class in Bronze group of three awarded to Patrol Leader P. Robertshaw, 3rd Scarborough Troop, later Private, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (101998 Pte. P. Robertshaw, R.A.M.C.); Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 1st Class, 1st issue, bronze, the reverse inscribed, ‘Percy Robertshaw, Scarboro., 16-12-14’, with ring suspension and integral top riband bar, in its original J. A. Wyllie, London, red leather case of issue, generally very fine or better (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- The Boy Scouts’ Headquarters Gazette of March 1915 confirms that Robertshaw received his Bronze Cross for stopping a runaway horse. He appears to have received his award, ‘the highest of the Association for gallantry’, in February 1915. Although not mentioned in the official citation, the date on the cross provides ample reason for any horse to gallop away in a panic. In the early morning of 16 December 1914 the German battlecruisers Derfflinger and Von der Tann emerged from the mist off Scarborough and bombarded the North Yorkshire seaside town, whilst the accompanying light cruiser Kolberg laid mines. Some 500 shells were fired at the castle barracks and town, killing 17, injuring 80 and causing damage to property and to British prestige (and upsetting at least one horse!). At the same time, the battlecruisers Seydlitz and Moltke and heavy cruiser Bluecher bombarded the port of Hartlepool; later still the seaside town of Whitby was shelled by the squadron.

A Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross Second Class group of six awarded to Boy Scout L. F. Prutton, later Lieutenant, Indian Army 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt. L. F. Prutton. Indian Army); Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 2nd Class, 2nd issue, silver, the reverse inscribed, ‘L. Prutton, 3-12-30’, with integral top riband bar, good very fine and better (6) £600-£800 --- L. F. Prutton, a member of 94th Bedfordshire (St. Paul’s Wesleyan) Scout Group was awarded his Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross for having rescued a boy from drowning in the River Ouse, between Newnham Bridage and Newnham Baths on 12 July 1930.

A Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross Third Class awarded to Sea Scout P. Willin, for Gallantry in attempting to save the life of a Rover Scout from drowning at Ystradfellte, 16 June 1940 Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 3rd Class, 2nd issue, gilt, the reverse impressed, ‘P. Willin 16-6-40’, with integral top riband bar, in card box of issue, extremely fine £400-£500 --- Peter Willin, a Sea Scout, along with fellow Sea Scout Dennis Davey, were both awarded the Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross 3rd Class on 1 January 1941, for their gallantry in attempting to save a Rover Scout named Evans, from drowning at Ystradfellte, S. Powys, on 16 June 1940. An extract from The Recorder, of 27 June 1940 reported: ‘Heroic attempts by two Ilford County High School Boys to rescue an Aberdare boy from a dangerous mountain pool and their efforts to recover the body are described by a “Recorder” correspondent with the school at Aberdare, South Wales. The boys are Peter Willin and Dennis Davey, both fifteen years of age, and pupils at the Ilford County High School. They were members ... of a weekend Scout camp near Penderyn Falls, a local beauty spot, and Evans, the boy who was drowned, was clambering down the bank to get a closer look at the pool below, when he suddenly fell in. “I jumped from another ledge into the water,” said Willin, describing the incident to me. “The rest of the party had seen the accident and were hurrying down the bank, but it took them some time to reach us. Evans had gone under, probably due to the gum-boots he was wearing.” Davey, mentioning that the pool was very dangerous, as a stream poured into it from a mountain-side gully, added, “A chain of Scout belts was made and Peter, stripped to the waist and with his shoes removed, held these in his hand and dived with the hope of locating the body. We took in turns to do this.” Willin then went on to explain. “I dived in three times in all, the third time with a rope of clothes around my waist as the Scout belts were unsafe. Dennis dived twice, but neither of us could find Evans.” ... Of Davey and Willin, the coroner remarked, “They showed promptitude and presence of mind in their most brave attempt to recover Evans’ body from a very dangerous pool.”’ Willin was born in Ilford, Essex, on 5 September 1924. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force on 1 October 1943 and trained as a wireless mechanic. He served during the Second World War in the Middle East, being posted to Egypt on 25 November 1944 with the 3rd Signals Depot, then 216 Group. On 14 March 1945 he was posted to Army Middle East Signals School, then to Aboukir (107MU) and finally El Hamma in April 1947. Attaining the rank of AC1, he was released from service on 7 February 1948, and died at Rugby in December 1990.

A Second War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Leading Seaman E. R. Pitt, Royal Naval Reserve, late 9th Battalion, London Regiment, who was wounded in the Great War, and took part in H.M.S. Ayrshire’s epic voyage to Archangel in the Second World War Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (L.5704 D., E. R. Pitt. L.Smn. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (6739 Pte. E. R. Pitt. 9-Lond. R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, with Second Award Bar (5704D. E. R. Pitt. Smn. R.N.R.) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Great War Silver War Badge, good very fine (8) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 11 June 1942. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 July 1941. Edward Robert Pitt was born in Wivenhoe, Essex, on 30 January 1899. During the Great War he served with the 9th Battalion London Regiment, but was severely wounded in 1917 and was discharged from the Army, being awarded a Silver War Badge. Enlisting in the Royal Naval Reserve, he served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Gavotte from 1940 to 1941, and H.M.S. Ayrshire from 1941 to 1945, both armed trawlers that served on the incredibly arduous and dangerous convoy duties in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. During this time the convoys were under constant threat and attack from German U-boats, surface ships, and air attack. Adding to this, the atrocious weather conditions to contend with, all on a relatively lightly armed and small ship, it really must have been as Churchill said; ‘the worst journey in the world’. The following is an extract account of his life and service as taken from documents held by his family: ‘He ran away from home at the age of 15 and joined the army going into the Rifle Brigade, but was found to be underage and was bought out by his grandmother. When he became of age he re-enlisted into the 9th London Regiment. His re-enlistment came at the time when some of the bloodiest battles of the Great War were being fought and he was severely wounded during one of these in 1917. He was then discharged from the Army. After the Great War he joined the Merchant Navy and travelled the World over... At the outbreak of the Second World War he was recalled to active service and served in the Royal Navy and became Leading Seaman on H.M.S. Gavotte, a converted trawler, this ship on convoy escort duties in the North Atlantic. He was Mentioned in Despatches in 1941. Between 1941 and 1945 he served in H.M.S. Ayrshire, this also being an armed trawler working on convoy duties between Scotland and Murmansk. He finished the War as a Chief Petty Officer, being awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by King George VI at Buckingham Palace.’ A photograph within the group shows Pitt manning an anti aircraft gun aboard a trawler which would suggest this was one of his duties aboard ship. Given his previous Army service, this is quite likely. H.M.S. Ayrshire ‘In June 1942 Lieutenant Leo Gradwell was in command of the H.M.S. Ayrshire, a small (roughly 500 tons) converted fishing trawler forming part of the anti-submarine screening force for Admiralty convoy PQ-17 departing for Archangel in the Soviet Union with much needed war supplies on 27 June 1942. Arctic convoys at this time had to be concerned not only with Luftwaffe and U boat attacks but also the attentions of major German surface units, including the Tirpitz.  The convoy therefore had a heavy escort force following it in addition to a light close escort of destroyers, corvettes and trawlers such as the Ayrshire.  However, the heavy escort fell behind just as luck would have it, that air reconnaissance of German bases was prevented by bad weather. On 3 July, a reconnaissance plane finally made it to Trondheim, home of the Tirpitz, and found to the Admiralty's horror that the Tirpitz had gone, as well as her cruiser screen. With a large raiding force at sea, and unable to know precisely were it was, and with the heavy escort force too far away to reach the convoy in time, an order was given to scatter the convoy. What followed was largely a disaster: the Tirpitz never showed up; the Germans having thought the convoy was bait for a trap and turned away; and the scattered merchant ships were easy prey for both bombers and U boats. This is where the remarkable story of H.M.S. Ayrshire begins. With the convoy ordered to scatter Gradwell decided to head directly north towards the pack ice east of Svalbard, and persuaded three of the scattering freighters to follow him: the Panamanian registered Troubador, the Ironclad, and the United states registered Silver Swor. None of the three ships or their tiny escort had charts for this area, since it was well off the planned convoy route, and so Gradwell had to navigate their course using only a Sextant and a copy of The Times World Geographic Pocket Book. On reaching the pack ice, the unlikely flotilla became stuck fast in the ice unable to move. Gradwell took overall command as the senior naval officer present and organised the ships to defend themselves. Taking stock it was discovered that the Troubadour was carrying a cargo of bunkering coal and white paint. Gradwell ordered the paint supplies opened and soon all four vessels were painted white, with white sheets over the decks to camouflage them from Luftwaffe bombers. He also ordered the freighters to move around their deck cargo of Sherman tanks into defensive rings pointing outwards with their main guns loaded turning them into improvised gun turrets. After several days stuck fast the camouflage proved effective, in that they were never spotted or attacked. Finally, upon breaking free of the ice, Gradwell lead his three merchant ships across the Barents sea to the Matochkin Straight where they were met by a force of Soviet navy corvettes who accompanied the rag tag convoy to the port of Archangel, arriving on 25 July 1942.’ Sold with the recipient’s riband bars, cap badges, and identity tags; Mentioned in Despatches Certificate; photographs of the recipient, including one of him outside Buckingham Palace having been invested with his D.S.M.; a large amount of research including accounts of Pitt’s service; and other ephemera.

Memorial Plaque (Frederick Carlton James Brake) polished, very fine £60-£80 --- Frederick Carlton James Brake was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in December 1894. He was the son Major T. F. Brake, R.A.M.C., and initially served during the Great War as a Private with No. 5 Canadian General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps in Salonika from 16 November 1915. Brake was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 10th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 21 March 1918. Second Lieutenant Brake is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Caslain, France.

Copy Medals (23): Kaisar-I-Hind, G.VI.R. (3), First Class, gold issue; Second Class, silver issue; Third Class, bronze issue, all lacking integral top riband bars; Empress of India 1877 (4), gold issue (2); silver issue (2); Army L.S. & G.C. (4), G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (3); E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue; Army Emergency Reserve Efficiency Medal, E.II.R. (2); Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (4); R.M.S. Carpathia and S.S. Titanic Medal 1912 (4), gold issue (2); silver issue; bronze issue; together with a miniature Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., the majority poor-quality castings, therefore generally fine as produced (23) £60-£80

Copy Medals (51): Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze issue (2); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp (6), Battle of Delhi (2); Assye (2); Ava (2), all short-hyphen reverse issues; Honourable East India Company Medal for Java 1811 (8), gold issue (4); silver issue (4); St. Jean d’Acre 1840, gold issue (2); Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown issue (4); Punniar Star 1843 (2); Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala; South Africa 1834-53 (3); Abyssinia 1867 (2); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (2); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884; Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, silver issue, 1 clasp, Nigeria; Ashanti Star 1896 (2); East and Central Africa 1897-99, silver issue, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (2); Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (5); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (4); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (2); U.N. Medal, the majority poor-quality castings, therefore generally fine as produced (51) £80-£100

Copy Medal: Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse, with oak and laurel leaves suspension ring but lacking swivel ring bar suspension, a non-Museum quality casting, therefore fine as produced £60-£80

Copy Clasps. A selection of miscellaneous copy clasps, both full-size and miniature, the full-size including Balaklava (2); Azoff (3); Tel-el-Kebir (2); El-Teb_Tamaai (4); Suakin 1884 (2); The Nile 1884-85; Abu Klea (3); Chitral 1895; Elandslaagte; South Africa 1901 (2); South Africa 1902; all the Second World War clasps for the various campaign Stars (except the Bomber Command clasp); and Army L.S. & G.C. Second Award Bar (3); together with a good selection of miniature clasps, including those for recent conflicts; and various full and miniature sized rosettes, all of recent manufacture, therefore generally fine as produced, with the WWII and later clasps providing a useful stock (lot) £50-£70

The C.M.G. group of five miniature dress medals worn by Colonel A. de M. Bell, Canadian Army Service Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £200-£240 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1919. Archibald de Mowbray Bell was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on 17 March 1874 and was commissioned into the 43rd Rifles in the late 1890s. Following the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned Major in the Canadian Army Service Corps on 23 September 1914, and serviced during the Great War on the Western Front, being twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 31 December 1918), awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 12 July 1918), and created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Advanced Colonel, he died on 31 March 1963. Sold with the recipient’s Province of Quebec Curlers Association Past President’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Col. A. de M. Bell.’; and a miniature photograph of the recipient in uniform forming the centrepiece of a silver and enamel oval brooch, and housed in a fitted leather case.

A Great War 1918 ‘French theatre’ M.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 A. C. Sparks, Army Service Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (T-13202 Sjt: - A.S.S. Mjr: - A. C. Sparks. 19/Res: Pk: A.S.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (13202 Corl. A. C. Sparkes, A.S.C.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (13202 Cpl A. C. Sparks. A.S.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (T-13202 Sjt A. Sparkes. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T-13202 W.O. Cl. 1. A. C. Sparks. A.S.C.) note the spellings of surname, generally very fine (6) £500-£700 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918 (France). Albert C. Sparks was a native of Ruthin, Wales. He served with the Army Service Corps during the Second Boer War and was ‘Invalided 20 August 1900’ (Medal Roll refers), and in Somaliland 1908-1910. Sparks advanced to Warrant Officer Class 1, and served during the Great War with the Corps in the French theatre of war from 5 October 1914.

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, this of modern manufacture; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Wittebergen, Cape Colony, clasps mounted in this order; Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse; Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R.; Germany, Third Reich, Cross of Honour for the German Mother, 2nd issue, First Class, gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, all except the KtoK Star of contemporary manufacture, good very fine (9) £100-£140

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre; together with a miscellaneous selection of Great War German Militaria, including two Army belt buckles; a Kaiserliche Marine cap badge; and sundry badges and buttons, very fine, the militaria in generally good condition (lot) £120-£160

Ireland, Free State, Emergency Service Medal 1939-46, Army, Air Corps, Navy issue, with two 1939-1946 clasps, bronze, unnamed, with integral top riband bar, nearly extremely fine £50-£70

A fine American group of ten awarded to Colonel F. A. Flynn, United States Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who served with the Dwina Wing in North Russia, was wounded whilst fighting the Bolsheviks, and was awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne with Swords United States of America, Allied Victory Medal 1917-19; American Defense Service Medal 1941; American Campaign Medal 1941-45; World War II Victory Medal 1941-45; National Defense Service Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; Great Britain, British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. A. Flynn. R.A.F.); together with a duplicate Victory Medal (Lieut. F. A. Flynn. R.A.F.); France, Third Republic, Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, generally very fine and better (10) £600-£800 --- Frank Anthony Flynn was born in San Francisco, California, on 21 May 1896, a United States citizen, and attested for the Royal Flying Corps at Toronto, Ontario, on 2 October 1917 having previously, by his own admission, ‘served as Second Lieutenant in the United States Cavalry at the beginning of the War.’ Appointed an Air Mechanic Third Class, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 1 February 1918, and was initially posted as an Instructor with the 85th Training Squadron, Canada. However, at the end of February he was granted four weeks’ sick leave and he returned home. On 3 March, while at Tallaferro Field, Fort Worth, Texas, Flynn took an air cadet from Los Angeles on a flight and when 400 feet from the ground the machine went into a tailspin. The controls refused to work, and the machine started to drop. There aircraft struck the ground in a newly ploughed field which may have saved their lives, the air cadet, who was in the front seat, received a broken arm and two broken ribs, while Flynn received a broken nose. Recovering, Flynn proceeded to England and served with the 33rd Training Squadron, before receiving an operational posting to the 20th (Bristol) Fighter Squadron in France. He was subsequently attached to the Dwina Wing for service in North Russia, and was wounded whilst fighting the Bolsheviks, whilst doing some low level flying over the lines. In the California Honour Roll, War History Department for the First World War, Flynn describes his service thus: ‘My work consisted partly in chasing down submarines on the East Coast of England; the work was rather monotonous except for a stray Hun patrol or Zep, and through our vigilance we kept these rather scarce. later I went to France and my work consisted of escorting bombers, which I was just getting warmed up to, when the armistice was declared. I then answered the call for volunteers to Russia and certainly worked hard up there, bombing the Bolshevik positions and dumps and doing considerable artillery observation for the Army and Navy; it was for good work along this line that I received the Russian Order of St. Anne with crossed swords. Whilst observing some gun positions I stopped a machine gun bullet in my leg, thus concluding my war in Russia.’ A study of the Royal Air Force casualty cards confirms that Flynn was not wounded from ground fire, in fact he was wounded while flying over the Bolshevik position while trying to reload an automatic pistol, when it discharged, and he shot himself in the leg. He was admitted into the 53rd Stationary Hospital at Archangel, Russia and he was repatriated to the Royal Air Force Hospital at Eaton Square, London in August 1919. On 27 November he departed from Southampton for New York, and whilst en route he was transferred to the unfit list. For his services during the Great War the American authorities officially approved him to wear the British War Medal, the (British) Victory Medal, and the Russian Order of St. Anne (US Service record confirms), although, given the political situation in Russia at the time, and the lack of available insignia, it is possible that he never physically received the Russian insignia. After completing his legal studies in San Francisco, Flynn enlisted with the United States Army Air Corps Reserve on 6 July 1923, and was advanced First Lieutenant on 12 June 1926. On 17 September 1928, he was co-pilot of an aircraft which was en route from Mines Field at Los Angeles to Crissy Field, San Francisco when their gasoline was getting dangerously low. They circled over the city of Tulare in the dark searching for a landing field when they crashed in an alfalfa field north of the city. The aircraft struck the ground and plunged through the telephone wires along the railway, entirely destroying service between Tulare and Points North and the plane immediately caught fire, however both men escaped. After this mishap, he returned to duty and was promoted to the rank of Captain on 18 May 1930, being rated a Pilot from 27 July 1931. He remained with the reserves while working as a lawyer (Attorney) in his civilian life, specialising in aviation law, defending airlines from liability claims. He applied for a Purple Heart on 27 October 1932; however, his application was rejected as he received his wound as a member of the British Expeditionary Force and not with the American Expeditionary Force. Flynn was promoted to the rank of Major on 18 October 1935, and the following year, on 30 May 1936, endured another crashed landing: Chosen to pilot the plane to scatter the ashes of a comrade, and air ace, ‘Tex’ Frolich, over Chrissy Field, Flynn had only just completed the memorial service when suddenly his motor failed when at approximately 400 feet. With hundreds of picnickers in the park, Flynn skilfully manouvered the plane to avoid hitting anyone and landed between some trees; at the time he was noted in the local newspapers as having risking his own life to avoid killing others. Flynn saw further service during the Second World War, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 June 1943. serving with 461st American Air Force Base, San Francisco, California and 464th American Air Force Base McChord Field, Washington D.C, as executive officer. Reverting to the Reserve following the cessation of hostilities he was promoted Colonel on 22 July 1949, finally retiring, unfit for further duties, on 31 January 1956, after 32 years’ service. He died at San Rafael, California on 12 April 1980, aged 84. Sold with various N. S. Meyer, New York, silver Wings; an R.F.C. and R.A.F. cap badge; and other metal and cloth insignia; as well as extensive copied research (both hard copies and on a memory stick), including a photographic image of the recipient.

A German Second World War German Cross in Gold in Cloth. A good clean German Cross in gold, army version, field grey green wool surround with stitches remaining where it has been removed from a tunic, 1941 dated wreath with its paper backing, good condition £300-£400

German Second World War Demjansk and Kuban Shields. A good used example of the Demjansk Shield still on its army grey green backing, the reverse side paper is missing, solder has been added to the apex of the fitting pins to secure them to the back plate, the shield itself has some minor age otherwise very good. Accompanied by an army issue Kuban Shield, again with its army field grey backing and just the faint remains of its paper backing, good condition (2) £240-£280

Miscellaneous Military Badges. A miscellaneous selection, including cap badges for the Scots Guards, Queens, Buffs, Royal Warwickshire, Royal Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, K.R.R.C., M.G.C., Chaplains Department, Army Ordinance Corps, &c. Some fixings missing and badges broken, generally fair condition (lot) £80-£100

A Second War M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant F. Boothman, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who at the capture of Kervenheim, Germany, went to the aid of casualties despite extremely intense gun-fire and succeeded in bringing in the wounded men at great risk to himself, 1 March 1945 Military Medal G.VI.R. (4348892 Sjt. F. Boothman. Linc. R.) with named Buckingham Palace enclosure, and card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, about extremely fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 June 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ The original Recommendation, for an immediate award, states: ‘On March 1st 1945 this NCO, normally a Carrier Platoon NCO, was attached to “A” Company 2 Lincolns as an additional stretcher bearer NCO for the operation connected with the capture of Kervenheim, in conjunction with 1 Royal Norfolks. During the advance to the village one platoon of the Company suffered several casualties from German machine gun fire whilst crossing an exposed length of road. Sjt Boothman with his fellow Stretcher Bearers went to the aid of these casualties immediately, although the machine gun fire was extremely intense, and he had previously been told to wait until the firing thinned. At great risk to himself, and with complete disregard for his own personal safety, he succeeded in bringing in the wounded men. For his bravery coolness and fine example to his fellow Stretcher Bearers I strongly recommend this NCO be granted an immediate award of the Military Medal.’ From the withdrawal of the BEF in France and Belgium in 1940 (which saw around 75% of the battalion captured at Poperinge) and the evacuation at Dunkirk, to the 1944 Normandy landings, Caen, the Normandy Bocage and the campaign through Belgium and Holland, the 2nd Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment had, by early 1945, seen more fighting in the Second World War than most British Army battalions. Crossing from Holland into Germany, the 2nd Lincolns were to be next engaged in Operation Veritable, the clean up of the last remaining pockets of German resistance in the area west of the Rhine. On 1 March 1945, with other infantry, the 2nd Lincolns took part in the night capture of the village of Kervenheim; it was here on this day that Pte. J. Stokes, 2nd KSLI, won a posthumous Victoria Cross for his conspicuous gallantry in launching three consecutive attacks on German strongpoints until brought down by his wounds. The 2nd Lincolns suffered several casualties of their own and had little time for rest or food before, just the following afternoon, they were ordered into attack again, the objective this time being the village of Winnekendonk, about 2 miles south of Kervenheim, which they famously took with a frontal attack across open country. It was two successful battles within the space of 24 hours for the battalion and the regimental history appears not to distinguish between them as regards the awarding of honours. The History of the 10th Foot 1919-1950 by Major-General J. A. A. Griffin D.S.O. recounts the assault on Winnekendonk and concludes by attributing Boothman’s M.M. award also to this action: ‘Immediately the Battalion emerged from the cover of the woods, which had screened the start line, it met heavy machine-gun fire from the right flank, combined with considerable mortar and shell-fire. Anti-tank guns of varying calibres concentrated on the tanks, and the battle was on. One Churchill was knocked out, another had its turret blown off. A third accounted for the S.P. gun causing the damage. Two German Mark IV tanks were also destroyed. Twelve hundred yards of open ground had to be crossed before the cover of buildings was reached, and the Battalion surged forward under pitiless fire. Many fell including Major P. H. W. Clarke, M.C., killed by a grenade as he moved from platoon to platoon cheering on his men, but the remainder did not waiver. By twenty minutes past six the road junction at the near approach to the village had been reached. But still the parachutists fought back grimly. Snipers fired from first floor windows, and Spandaus shot through loopholes made in the walls at ground level. Now the light was going fast, and the infantry and tanks went into the village in billows of smoke, punctuated by orange flashes of the enemy 88’s, and criss-crossed in all directions by red lines of tracer. It was a great and terrible spectacle. By this time the Battalion had really got its teeth in and was not to be denied, and while Battalion Headquarters itself was fighting its way into a house, the leading company had reached the centre of the town. “C” Company headquarters, with Major G. C. A. Gilbert, M.C., in charge, found a Boche bazooka team stalking through the back gardens towards them. They held their fire until the leading man was only five yards away and then let fly. Eight Germans met sudden death. Savage fighting continued until the parachutists had had enough. It is reckoned that thirty were killed and fifty wounded; eighty surrendered, and the following morning, when the village was finally cleared, seventy more gave themselves up. The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Firbank, received a bar to his D.S.O. for this action, and Captain P. Smith, who was twice wounded during the battle and was evacuated, much to his disgust, the second time, was awarded an M.C. Sergeant Nicholson of “B” Company, Sergeant Boothman of “S” Company, Corporal Spye of “D” Company and Private Connor of “C” Company were all awarded the M.M.’

A post-War ‘Cyprus Operations’ B.E.M. group of six awarded to Staff-Sergeant N. Williams, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (2549142 S/Sgt. Norman Williams. R.E.M.E.) in Royal Mint case of issue, with named Buckingham Palace enclosure; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2549142. Cfn. N. Williams. R.E.M.E.) minor official correction to number; Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue (2549142 Sgt. N. Williams. R. Norfolk.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP ribbon, unnamed as issued, the latter five mounted court-style as worn, the BEM loose; together with a mounted group of four miniature dress medals comprising the first four campaign medals, good very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 12 June 1965. The original Recommendation, dated 7 January 1965, states: ‘Staff-Sergeant Williams has been the NCO in charge of 3 Flight Workshops for the past six months. Throughout this time the Flight has been detached from 2 Wing Army Air Corps in the UK for service with the United Nations Force in Cyprus; as a result Staff-Sergeant Williams has had no superior in the technical field to whom he could turn for advice. In the last six months Staff-Sergeant Williams has been solely responsible for the servicing of three Scout helicopters and three Auster aircraft. During the period he has supervised the complete stripping and overhaul of five out of the six aircraft. Not only is this far more than might reasonably be expected in such a space of time but Staff-Sergeant Williams has also been responsible for the security of a large number of VIPs whose jobs have involved them taking trips in the aircraft operated by the Flight. It is not too much to say that the safety of such individuals as the Mediator, the Force Commander and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Personal Representative have all directly been the responsibility of Staff-Sergeant Williams. To add to Staff-Sergeant Williams’ difficulties there has also at various times been an unprecedented amount of unscheduled maintenance required on the Nimbus engine of the Scout helicopter. This has resulted in a great increase in the work load and responsibility carried by Staff-Sergeant Williams; once again the problems over the Nimbus engine have entailed his taking decisions considerably more far reaching than those which might reasonably be expected of an N.C.O. of his rank and service. Staff-Sergeant Williams has accepted this extra work with cheerfulness and by his determination and example has set an outstanding standard of responsibility and devotion to duty for all ranks in the Flight. It is almost entirely due to Staff-Sergrant Williams’ loyalty, devotion to duty, and exceptional readiness to undertake responsibility that it has been possible to keep the Scout helicopters on the island operational. Staff-Sergeant Williams’ work has thus directly affected the operational efficiency of the U.N. Force; his conduct throughout the period has been worthy of the highest praise.’

Pair: Sergeant and Bandmaster William Russ, 82nd Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes (William Russ, Serjt. 82nd Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (William Russ, Serjeant 82nd Regiment. 1832.) fitted with original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, glue deposits to reverse of clasps on the first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £3,600-£4,400 --- William Russ was born at Bath, Somerset, and enlisted into the 82nd Foot at Mullingar, County West Meath, on 20 July 1804, aged 13 and just 3 feet 8 inches in height. He served ‘Twelve years Two hundred and Sixty days in the Mauritius. Two months in Denmark, Four years in France, Spain and Portugal. Two years & six months in Gibraltar. Two months in Walcheren, and one year in North America. Was at the Capture of Copenhagen, at the Battles of Rolica, Vimiera, Corunna, Capture of Flushing, the Battles of Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes and Fort Erie in North America.’ His conduct was good but at the time of his discharge as Sergeant and Bandmaster on 20 March 1832, he was unable to perform his duties due to a rupture caused by severe dysentery. He was in Mauritius from 23 June 1819 until 8 March 1832. He was finally discharged on 10 July 1832 and admitted to an out-pension at Chelsea Hospital of 1/11d per day. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research saved to CD.

Pair: Major-General Albert Goldsmid, 12th Light Dragoons, one of the first Jewish officers to serve in the British Army Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (A. Goldsmid, Cornet 12th Lt. Dgns.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Albert Goldsmid. 12th Light Dragoons) contemporarily re-engraved naming in upright serif capitals, fitted with replacement ring suspension, this with contact pitting and edge bruising, fine, both dark toned, suspension post on first in need of re-affixing, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- Albert Goldsmid was born in 1794, the son of Benjamin Goldsmid, who, with his brother, occupied an important financial position in the City of London at the end of the eighteenth century. Albert and his brother, Lionel Prager Goldsmid, established a new tradition in the family by entering the Army, an example which was followed later by other members of the family. Albert entered the army on 30 April 1811, as a Cornet in the 12th Light Dragoons, aged 17, his commission purchased, as indeed were all his subsequent positions up to the rank of Major, either ‘by purchase’ or ‘by paying the difference’. Promoted to Lieutenant in the regiment on 20 February 1812, he went on active duty in Spain in May, where he continued to serve until the close of the war in April 1814. He was present at the cavalry affairs of Castrajon, Quintare de Puerta, and Monasterio, and at the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, and Nive, and was awarded the silver medal and four clasps. Throughout the Peninsula the 12th Light Dragoons served with distinction under Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. F. C. Ponsonby. At Castrajon, the 12th safeguarded Wellington from a French attack. Goldsmid lost two horses during the campaign, and was present at the siege of St Sebastian but did not qualify for that clasp. The 12th was known for consistently volunteering for outpost duty and had the honour of being the advance guard of the Army on its entry into Bordeaux. “The 12th can boast of never losing a man by surprise nor a man deserted it tried by court martial, a magnificent record”, wrote Vandeleur. With the escape of Napoleon from Elba, the regiment was ordered to France in April 1815, and quartered at Oudenarde as part of Major-General Vandeleur’s Brigade along with the 11th and 16th Light Dragoons. On 8 May the Brigade moved to Denderwinde and was in place at Enghien on 16 June. On 18 June at Waterloo, Ponsonby had orders to act on his own discretion and he led a charge of the 12th Light Dragoons against a body of French infantry to relieve the Union Brigade. Whilst the charge of the 12th L.D. was successful in achieving its objective, they were in turn attacked by French Lancers during which Colonel Ponsonby was severely wounded and a considerable number of men were killed or wounded, almost a squadron. It was an expensive affair, though Wellington called it ‘beautiful’. Captain Barton’s squadron, in which Goldsmid served, charged again towards the end of the day, sabreing and capturing a sizeable body of enemy infantry. At Waterloo the 12th had three officers and 43 other ranks killed, and two officers and 58 other ranks wounded or missing. Goldsmid was briefly placed on the half-pay of the 72nd Foot in 1816, but was able to obtain a Captaincy in his old regiment on 22 February 1816, by paying the difference, and in the following year the 12th was converted to a lancer regiment, becoming the 12th (or Prince of Wales’s) Royal Regiment of Lancers. He was again placed on half-pay on 26 October 1820, this time to the 60th Regiment, but transferred to the 34th Regiment on 22 December 1825, and finally retired as a Major unattached on 10 January 1826. He was gazetted Lieutenant-Colonel on 23 November 1841; Colonel, 20 June 1854; and Major-General, 26 October 1858. Major-General Albert Goldsmid, one of the first Jewish officers in the British Army, died in London on 6 January 1861. Sold with copied research including colour portrait of an oil painting of Captain Goldsmid in Light Dragoon uniform wearing his Waterloo medal, circa 1816-17, originally published in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research (Vol. 22, 1943-44).

A very fine and rare Waterloo Medal and ‘Salamanca operations’ Guelphic Medal pair awarded to Sergeant Henry Erdfelder, 2nd Regiment Light Dragoons, King’s German Legion Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Henry Erdfelder, 2nd Reg. Light Drag. K.G.L.) fitted with matching Guelphic Medal style silver bar suspension; Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (*Heinr. Erdfelder. vorm Quartiermstr im Leib-Cuir. Regt.*) officially engraved naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- Guelphic Medal, extract from Guelphic Archives No. 203 of 1819, attested by Captain A. Poten: ‘Serjeant Erdfelder, 2d Dragoons. On the 20th of July 1812, the third squadron of the second dragoons covered the retreat of the allied army from the Duero upon Salamanca; several Portuguese infantry soldiers were taken by the enemy, and Erdfelder begged for four men, in order that he might liberate them, which he effected with the greatest bravery’ (Ref History of the King’s German Legion, by North Ludlow Beamish, p511).

Three: Sergeant William Wilkinson, 2nd (Tombs) Troop, 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Gunner W: Wilkinson 1st Brigade H:A:); Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Corpl. W. Wilkinson, 2nd Tp. 1st Bde. H. Arty.) suspension re-affixed; India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Sergt. W Wilkinson 2nd Tp. 1st Bde. Bengal, H.A.) the second with edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- This troop of the Bengal Horse Artillery is remembered in the Army today as 143 Battery (Tombs Troop) R.A., after Henry Tombs, one of the great outstanding officers of the Bengal Horse Artillery, whose Victoria Cross group of medals was sold in these rooms in December 2017. William Wilkinson was a labourer from Skipton, Yorkshire, who attested at Manchester on 20 March 1843, and sailed for India that year in the British Sovereign. He served in 2nd Troop, 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery throughout the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46, including the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur and Sobraon, in the Punjab campaign of 1848-49, and on the North West Frontier in actions against the Mohmands and other Hill tribes in 1851-52. On leaving the service he took up a post as a Conductor in the Public Works Department, Punjab, and his name appears in the Indian Army and Civil List from 1863 to July 1870. Sold with research including copied letter from Wilkinson in July 1870 to his old general requesting written confirmation that he (Wilkinson) had served on the North West Frontier, and copy of the subsequent roll stating medal ‘Sent to him 18/4/71’.

Pair: Colour Sergeant J. Switzer, 96th Foot, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (J. Switzer, 1st. Bn. 60th. R. Rifles.), file marks to rivets of retaining rod; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2248 Color Serjt. James Switzer 96th. Foot) file marks to the ‘R’ of ‘Color’, suspension claw re-affixed on latter, heavy contact marks, therefore fair to fine, the LS&GC better (2) £600-£800 --- James Switzer was born at Alresford, Hampshire, in 1828 and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 9 July 1846. He served with the 1st Battalion in India during the Second Sikh War, taking part in the Siege of Mooltan and the Battle of Goojerat, before transferring to the 96th Regiment of Foot on 1 February 1850, in order to serve alongside his elder brother. He was promoted Corporal on 24 April 1853; Sergeant on 6 May 1853; and Colour Sergeant on 31 March 1857. He was discharged on 22 October 1867, after a total of 21 years and 14 days’ service, of which 8 years and 8 months had been spent in India. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.

Four: Troop Sergeant Major J. Switzer, 5th Dragoon Guards, later a Yeoman Warder, H.M. Tower of London Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (No. 775 Serjt. J. Switzer. 5th. Dragoon Guards.) contemporarily engraved naming; Jubilee 1887, bronze, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (775 Troop Sergr. Mjr. John Switzer 5th. Dgn. Gds.) impressed naming, suspension claw re-affixed; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (No. 775. T.S.M. Jno Switzer. 5th. Dragoon Gds.) contemporarily impressed naming, ‘z’ of surname corrected, plugged and fitted with small ring suspension; all with Bailey, Coventry, to silver laurel riband bars; together with two unofficial Golden Jubilee 1887 badges, heavy edge bruising and contact marks to first, the naming details partially obscured, this fair to fine, the rest better (6) £500-£700 --- John Switzer was born in Killeen, Co. Limerick, Ireland, on 21 April 1821 and attested for the 5th Dragoon Guards on 31 May 1842. Promoted Corporal on 1 October 1848, and Sergeant on 1 November 1853, he served with the Regiment in the Crimea during the latter half of 1855, and was promoted Troop Sergeant Major on 12 November 1857. He was discharged at Curragh Camp on 13 March 1867, after 24 years and 295 days’ service, and subsequently served as a Yeoman Warder (a ‘Beef-eater’) at the Tower of London, in which capacity he was awarded the Jubilee Medal. He died on 11 May 1891. Sold with copied research.

Four: Admiral R. P. Cator, Royal Navy, the only R.N. officer to receive an officially impressed medal for Azoff Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Azoff, Sebastopol (Lieut. R. P. Cator, R.N.) officially impressed naming, but with engraved correction to second initial [from ‘I’]; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, unnamed as issued; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th class, silver, gold and enamels; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, dark toned, light contact marks and chips to red enamel, otherwise good very fine (4) £2,000-£2,400 --- Ralph Peter Cator was born on 19 May 1829, at Bangalore in the Kingdom of Mysore, India, eldest son of Peter Cator, of Beckenham, Kent, Barrister-at-Law, who was for thirteen years Registrar of the Supreme Court of Madras. He was nephew of Major-General William Cator, C.B., Director-General of Artillery, and of Vice-Admiral B. C. Cator; and first cousin of J. B. Cator, R.N. He entered the Royal Navy on 22 May 1843, on board the Castor, in which frigate he was employed for four and a half years, chiefly on the China and New Zealand stations (also entitled to New Zealand medal dated 1845-46 - his name is shown on the medal roll but this medal is never mentioned in his services in the Navy List right up to his death and has never been seen on the market. The Admiral is, however, depicted wearing a New Zealand medal in a portrait held in the collection of the Defence Academy of the U.K.). He served off the coast of Africa, where, in 1850 whilst in command of the pinnace of Philomel, he made prize of the Brazilian brigantine Condor off the river Louisa Loanga, for which he was mentioned for his judgement and gallantry. In January 1853 he was appointed to the Rodney, and, in August 1854, to the command of the Danube, steam tender to the ship last named, and in September 1855 to the Rodney again. In command of the Danube he performed much valuable service. He assisted in landing the army in the Crimea, and in embarking the wounded after the battle of the Alma; he was in attendance on the allied fleets during the attack on the forts of Sebastopol, 17 October 1854; and in April 1855, he aided in embarking the Turkish troops under Omar Pasha at Eupatoria. He also accompanied the expedition to Kertch, where he was again employed in landing troops; and entering the Sea of Azoff with the flotilla under the orders of Captain Edmund Moubray Lyons, he contributed to the destruction of a vast accumulation of stores belonging to the Russian Government at Taganrog, Marioupol, and Gheisk, 3, 5 and 6 June; rendering, at Taganrog, good service with a 24-pounder howitzer and rockets, and evincing merit, which was mentioned with praise in the despatches of the senior officer. On the night of 16 June, prior to the unsuccessful attack on Malakhoff and Redan, the Danube was engaged in pouring a shower of rockets on the sea defences and town of Sebastopol. As First-Lieutenant of the Furious he was attached to the Naval Brigade at the storming of the city of Canton in December 1857, on which occasion he assisted Captain Osborn in burning the houses in the vicinity of the North Gate, a service executed under sharp fire and with considerable difficulty, the houses containing little or no inflammable matter. His conduct during the operations against Canton was brought to the notice of the Commander-in-Chief, by whom he was mentioned for his services on shore (while belonging to the Calcutta) as Senior Lieutenant of the 2nd division of small-arm men at the destruction of the Chinese fortifications at the entrance of the Peiho River, 20 May 1858. He was rewarded with the rank of Commander in September 1858, and advanced to Captain in 1866, to Rear-Admiral in 1882, and to Vice-Admiral in 1888. He was A.D.C. to the Queen from December 1879 to December 1882, and the inventor of a “fog alarm buoy” which was approved by the Admiralty and issued to the Fleet. He was advanced to full Admiral in May 1894. Admiral Cator died in Chelsea, London, on 30 July 1903 and is buried in Northwood Cemetery. Cator’s officially impressed Crimea medal is the only such example issued to an R.N. officer with the clasp for Azoff. Rodney was one of the four ships to which officially impressed medals were issued but Cator was the only officer to be detached for service in the Sea of Azoff from any of those ships. Sold with copied research and Liverpool Medal Company catalogue entry offering these four medals for sale circa 1980-85.

Four: Private J. Peters, 79th Cameron Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (3894. John. Peters. 79. Cameron. Highlanders) regimentally impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (John Peters, 79th. Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1510. Pte. J. Peters, 79th. Foot.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (3894. John. Peters. 79th. Cameron. Highlanders.) regimentally impressed naming, plugged and fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, edge bruising and light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £700-£900 --- John Peters was born in Aberdeen in 1836 and attested there for the 79th Cameron Highlanders on 2 November 1854, with the service number 3894. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea for 1 year, and then in India for 7 years and 11 months, and was discharged at Aberdeen on 6 July 1865, after 10 years and 247 days’ service. He re-engaged a year later, on 6 July 1866, with the new service number 1510, and served for the next 10 years for pension, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 February 1876. He was finally discharged on 28 November 1876, after 21 years and 28 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Cabot Watch Company (CWC) gentleman's British Army military wristwatch with luminous hands and hour markers, Arabic numerals, railroad minute track, black dial, stainless steel case marked to the back 'W10 6645-99 5415317 0603/97' beside ministry broad arrow and quartz movement, case diameter 35mm, on brown leather strap. 

A cased WWII army badge, also a yellow metal and blue enamel brooch and a pair of clip-on earrings.

A collection of sixty military cap badges, various regiments including The West Riding, Tyneside Scottish, Army Cyclist Corps, Lowland Regiment, BADS, Northamptonshire Yeomanry, and Argyll & Sutherland. 

A QSA medal awarded to 7290 Pte G. Nelms, Royal Army Medical Corps, with Defence of Ladysmith and Tugela Heights bars, with faint 1899-1900 date verso, sold with a copy of the award roll (1).

A WWI period military sweetheart cushion, Royal Army Medical Corps, also a Victorian Ordinis Hospital medal, Elizabeth II Canal Zone medal and an East Lancashire St John's Ambulance war medallion (4).

TWO FAMILIES OF MEDALS, awarded to father and son, PTE W. J. Lindsay of the Army Service Corps comprising 1914-15 Star, War Medal and Victory Medal, and Warrant Officer George William Lindsay comprising General Service Medal with Malaya clasp, Korean Medal and United Nations Service Medal with Korea clasp George Lindsay enlisted in 1947 and served until his death in 1964 at the young age of 41. During his service and time stationed in Kuwait he was famously imprisoned by the Iraqi army after himself and two colleagues allegedly strayed over the Iraq border. He was imprisoned from 12/7/61 until diplomatic release on 14/12/61. He was also stationed on Christmas Island from 8/8/56 until 28/9/57 during "Operation Grapple" the UK's first phase of nuclear testing. The medals are accompanied by an extremely extensive account of George's service in the form of photos, letters between himself and his family (including during his time in prison), official papers and general ephemera (qty) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)Mixed condition through the lot, some paperwork degraded, medals in typical condition, WWI naming as follows: "S4-057796 PTE W.J.LINDSAY A.S.C.", GSM naming: "19044796 SPR G.W.LINDSAY. R.E.", Korea Medal naming "19044796 CPL. G.W.LINDSAY. R.E."

TWO BOXED BRITIANS FOUR PIECE MODEL SOLDIER SETS - US ARMY COLOUR PARTY NUMBER 7306 AND US MARINE CORPS NUMBER 7301

A BOXED BRITIANS US ARMY MARINE CORPS TEN PIECE MODEL SOLDIER SET NUMBER 7303

A BOXED BRITIANS THE UNITED STATES ARMY BAND OF WASHINGTON DC TEN PIECE MODEL SOLDIER SET - NUMBER 5391 - LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 3577/5000

SEVEN LLEDO DIE CAST ARMY VEHICLES IN THREE BOXES

TWELEV BOXED DIECAST VEHICLES DEPICTING TV SHOWS - DARLING BUDS OF MAY, LONDONS BURNING AND DADS ARMY

British Army Royal Signals uniform items to include; full dress uniform and khaki uniform with insignia of a captain. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Plastic box of Swiss Army knives. (B.P. 21% + VAT)