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Lot 861
Afghanistan, People’s Democratic Republic, Medal for Good Conduct in Military Service (15), ‘single star’ type, for 5 years, silver base metal with red enamel star centre, mounted ‘Russian’ style, on incorrect riband, good very fine and better Indian States, Bahawalpur, Overseas Service Medal 1939-45, bronze (6); Victory Star 1939-45, bronze (9); Accession to Pakistan Medal 1947, cupro-nickel (9), generally nearly extremely fine Pakistan, Azad Kashmir Commemoration Medal 1947-49, bronze, (4); Independence Medal 1947 (2) (Ali Akbar F.C 854; Fazal Ellahi F.C. 165); Republic Medla 1956 (3), nearly very fine and better (lot) £60-£80
Lot 364
Five: M. C. Van Renen, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the Stars privately engraved, the remainder officially impressed ‘W.109532 M. C. Van Renen’, heavy staining to Stars, otherwise nearly very fine and better Pair: Alice M. Newton, Women’s Auxiliary Naval Service, South African Forces War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘WN615742 A. M. Newton’, nearly very fine Pair: Maria S. Harrod, South African Women’s Auxiliary Air Force War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘F269297 M. S. Harrod’, nearly very fine South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued, extremely fine (10) £80-£100 --- Alice Maude Newton was born in Cape Town on 15 November 1925 and served as Leading Swan in the Women’s Auxiliary Naval Service from 12 November 1943 to 30 September 1946. A typist by profession, her service record notes that she completed a course at Robben Island on 15 August 1944, but her service was later hampered by acute appendicitis. Maria Salimona Harrod was born in the Uitenhage District of the Cape Province on 11 February 1897. She attested at Roberts Heights for the South African Women’s Auxiliary Air Force on 27 October 1942, serving as Medical Orderly at No. 2 Air School from 28 January 1943. She was discharged less than a year later as a result of being medically unfit for further service. Sold with a bronze St John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, engraved to reverse ‘373506 Maria Harrod’.
Lot 756
Three: Police Constable C. Morton, Metropolitan Police, late Manchester Regiment Jubilee 1887, with 1897 clasp, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. C. Morton. X Div:); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. C. Morton. Y Div.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse engraved ‘1830 Sgt. C. Morton. 1/Manch: R.’, mounted court-style for display, very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Charles Morton was born in Westminster on 10 August 1852 and attested for service in the 63rd Regiment at London on 1 August 1870. He served in India, Afghanistan, in the Kandahar Field Force, and Egypt. He was promoted Corporal in 1875 and to Sergeant in May 1876, but was reduced to Private in August 1878. He was again promoted Corporal in April 1881, and Sergeant in May 1883. He was discharged from the army in July 1883. In January 1884 he joined the Metropolitan Police and was initially assigned to ‘X’ (Paddington Division, moving to ‘T’ (Kensington) Division in March 1890 and finally to ‘Y’ (Highgate) Division in October 1895. He resigned from the Metropolitan Police in January 1905. Sold with copied research.
Lot 839
Capture of Helder Point Medal 1799, 39mm, bronze, the obverse featuring a bust of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, ‘Sir Ralph Abercrombie. K.B. Lieutenant General’, around, the reverse depicting a view of the sea and Dutch coast, with a column crowned and beflagged, with an anchor and rudder beside it, and a bird in flight, ‘Patriae Infelici Fidelis’ above, and ‘Landed in Holland & Took Helder Point Augt. 27 1799.’ in exergue, unmounted, very fine £80-£100 --- Referenced in British Historical Medals, 477; Eimer 910.
Lot 865
Austria, Empire, Medal for Bravery (3) ‘Der Tapferkeit’, Franz Joseph (2), large silver medal, 40mm small silver medal, 31mm; ‘Fortitudini’, Karl, bronze; Military Merit Medal, Franz Joseph, bronze-gilt, in damaged embossed case of issue; Tirol Commemorative Medal 1848, silver, generally good very fine (5) £120-£160
Lot 150
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Lce. Sergt. E. S. Watson. Manchester Regt. 1st Sept. 1891) with integral top bronze riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £160-£200 --- Edward S. Watson was born about 1868 and attested as a Private in 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment at Ashton Under Lyne on 16 July 1887. He served initially at Aldershot and then at Ireland being posted to Fort Camden, Cork. Local newspapers reported that at or about 1.00 am on 1 September 1891, during a violent storm, a sentry at Rocky Island, Cork, heard cries for assistance coming from the sea. The alarm was raised and four soldiers put to sea in a small boat and found four soldiers clinging to the piles at the end of the dock wall after their boat had capsized in the storm; but as they neared the rescue boat also capsized and all the men were thrown into the waves. Lance Sergeant Edward Watson had seen the incident and reported to Second Lieutenant Herbert Ravenscroft, who ordered that a further boat be launched whilst he and Edward Watson swam out to find the one unaccounted for soldier; despite initially failing, they persevered and after having put to sea in another boat succeeded in recovering the by now unconscious Private Lewis. On the recommendation of the officer commanding the regiment both Second Lieutenant Ravenscroft and Lance Sergeant Watson were awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal (R.H.S. Case No. 25,616). Sold with copied research.
Lot 325
Pair: Private V. C. Botterill, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (630752 Pte. V. C. Botterill, 20-Lond. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B340837’, BWM officially corrected, good very fine Pair: Private A. H. Botly, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (635595 Pte. A. H. Botly, 20-Lond. R.) with flattened named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private H. G. Hartley, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1613 Pte. H. G. Hartley, 20-Lond. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge ,the reverse officially numbered ‘366672’; and a Woolwich & District War Memorial Hospital Medal, bronze and enamel, unnamed, good very fine (6) £120-£160 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. Vernon C. Botterill attested for the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment on 2 September 1914 and was discharged due to wounds on 8 March 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge No. B.340837. Albert H. Botly attested for the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment on 11 December 1915 and was discharged due to wounds on 22 March 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge No. 460045. Henry G. Hartley attested for the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment on 19 May 1914 and was discharged due to wounds on 9 May 1918, being awarded a Silver War Badge nNo. 366672. Sold with copied medal index cards and Silver War Badge roll extracts.
Lot 834
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, bronze (Thos. Jones. S.S. “Bavarian” For Rescuing With Boat’s Crew 4 of the Schooner “Eddy Pierce” Sept. 26. 1888.) with integral top riband buckle, suspension slightly bent, good very fine £120-£160 --- Thomas Jones was born in Liverpool on 12 April 1873, and upon joining the Mercantile Marine was awarded the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Lifesaving Marine Medal in bronze for his participation in the rescue of four of the crew of the schooner Eddy Pierce on 26 September 1888. The event was covered in local newspapers: ‘A silver medal and vote of thanks to Captain Archibald W. Ball, steamship Bavarian, for having on the 26th September last, rescued four of the crew of the schooner Eddy Pierce, which vessel was in a sinking condition on the American coast, and had fallen over on her beams ends immediately before the rescue. A silver medal and vote of thanks to Mr George W. Muir, chief officer of the Bavarian, for having with a boat’s crew, rescued four men from the above schooner, the captain having been drowned. A bronze medal and 20 shillings to each of the seven men who formed the boat’s crew and rescued the crew of the Eddy Pierce in a gale of wind and heavy sea.’ A further article states: ‘The Board of Trade have received through the Foreign Office the under-mentioned rewards, which have been made by the United States Government to certain of the officers and crew of the British Steamer Bavarian, in recognition of services rendered by them to the ship-wrecked crew of the American schooner Eddy Pierce on the 26th of September: - a gold watch and chain to the master, Archibald W. Ball; a gold medal and $50 to the chief officer, George W. Muir and a sum of $10 to each of the seven seamen, John Oliver Johnston, James Byrne, James Henry Spencer, Arthur McGuire, James Burns, John Hurley and Thomas Jones.’ Jones later served as a Master in the Mercantile Marine during the Great War (entitled to a British War Medal and Mercantile Marine War Medal). Sold with a USB stick of copied research, which includes a photographic image of the recipient.
Lot 148
Pair: Drummer J. Garside, Manchester Regiment Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1217 Dmr. J. Garside 8/Manch. R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted court-style; light contact marks to the first, very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918. James Garside was born at Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, in 1884 and in April 1909 he enlisted in 8th (Territorial) Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, with the rank of Drummer. In August 1914 his battalion was mobilised and was destined for Egypt and thence to Gallipoli, landing at ‘V’ Beach on 6 May 1915 with 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. Garside was evacuated from the Peninsula in August 1915, due to sickness or wounds and was repatriated to the U.K. In early 1917 he was transferred to 5th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, landing in France in March 1917. A few weeks later he was transferred again to the 19th (Service) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, which took part in the second and third battles of the Scarpe (April and May 1917) and the recapture of Vimy Ridge. Private Garside’s award of the Belgian Croix de Guerre was likely for this offensive. He was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order of October 1919. He also served at some point in the Labour Corps and Royal Defence Corps and is entitled to a 1914-14 trio. Sold with extensive copied research and service papers.
Lot 121
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (Capt. S. W. Dixon. Manch: R:) engraved naming, suspension claw sometime tightened, nearly very fine £200-£240 --- O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 12 December 1919. Sidney Wentworth Dixon was bon on 6 March 1868 in Marylebone. He volunteered for service in 1888 and served for ten years in the ranks of the 20th Artists Rifle Volunteers rising to Sergeant. He was a keen sportsman and competed in the one-mile cycle race in the Royal Military Exhibition (R.M.E.) in 1890, he was also in the London Rowing Club VIII against Oxford University in 1895 and again in 1901. He was commissioned Captain in 3rd & 4th Battalions the Manchester Regiment from 20th Middlesex (Artist’s) Volunteer Rifle Corps on 2 March 1898. He served in the South African War with 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, being invalided home with dysentery and jaundice. He resigned his commission in March 1903, and took up a position with The Gramophone Company as assistant manager and Company Secretary. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Dixon was commissioned Captain in the Army Service Corps from 31 August 1914, and was posted to the Horse Transport Depot, Deptford. He appears in a group photograph of the officers of the First Reserve Horse Transport (A.S.C.). During the War he suffered from failing health and contracted tuberculosis being discharged by a Medical Board in 1919, retaining the rank of Major. His service papers record that he landed in France in on 1 December 1914, but was invalided home by the 30 of the same month. He appears entitled to medals for his Great War service in France in 1914, but has not been traced in the medal rolls, so may never have applied for their issue, due perhaps to his premature death at the age of 54 on 10 April 1922. His service in the Great War was recognised by the award of the O.B.E. Sold with the recipient’s miniature medal group consisting of O.B.E. (Military) 1st type, Queens South Africa medal with matching clasps, and 1914-15 trio; five prize medals, three from the 20th Artists Rifle Volunteers, School of Arms, one in un-hallmarked white metal (1888-9 Quarter Staff S. W. Dixon), two in bronze both named, with two additional prize medals, one in white metal and another bronze named (R.M.E. Sergt. S. W. Dixon, 1890) and the other (R.M.E. Dixon 1890); together with copied research including a copied photographic image of the recipient.
Lot 161
A battle of Ginnis 1886 D.S.O. awarded to Major Elmhirst Rhodes, Royal Berkshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamels, with integral top riband bar; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (Lieut. E. Rhodes. 1/Berks. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Major E. Rhodes. D.S.O. 2/Rl. Berks. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. E. Rhodes. D.S.O. Rl. Berks. Rgt.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, Egypt medal with light pitting from star, nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine (5) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 26 November 1886: ‘For action at Ginnis.’ The insignia above is probably a later replacement as the awards for Ginnis should be in gold, not silver gilt. Elmhirst Rhodes was born on 28 April 1858, son of the Rev. F. W. Rhodes, Rector of Bishop’s Stortford, and was the youngest brother of Cecil J. Rhodes, who established Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia). He was gazetted to the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 25 May 1878, and served in the Egyptian War of 1882, being present at the surrender of Kafr Dowar (Medal and Bronze Star). He again saw active service in the Sudan Expedition of 1885 at Suakin, and was employed in the Signalling Department. He was present at the reconnaissance to Hasheen; actions at Hasheen and Tofrek; operations at and destruction of Tamai (Despatches London Gazette 25 August 1885; two clasps to Egypt medal). He served in the Sudan 1885-86 with the Frontier Field Force, and was employed in the Signalling Department at Kosheh, and in the action at Ginniss (Mentioned in Despatches, and created a Companion of the D.S.O. London Gazette 26 November 1886). The Insignia of the Order were presented to Captain Rhodes by Queen Victoria. He became Major on 30 August 1893. Major Rhodes served from 1899 to 1900 as Director of Signalling to the South African Field Force and afterwards as Station Commandant. He was present in the advance on Kimberley, including: the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State between February and May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (17-26 February) and actions at Poplar Grove and Driefontein; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, from July to November 1900; operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, in July and August 1900, including actions at Zilikat's Nek (slightly wounded); operations in Orange River Colony from May to July 1900; operations in the Transvaal between November 1900 and July 1901; operations in Cape Colony from July 1901 to 31 May 1902. He was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 26 January 1900, and 7 May and 10 September 1901) and received the Queen's Medal with five clasps, and the King's Medal with two clasps. He was present at the bedside of his elder brother, Cecil John Rhodes, when he died at Muizenburg on 26 March 1902. Major Elmhirst Rhodes retired on 3 October 1903, and died at Brighton on 27 April 1931, aged 73. Sold with copied research including gazette notices and medal roll extracts.
Lot 346
Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer J. H. Mullens, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in H.M. Submarine Regulus in December 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. W. A. Mullens, 21 Highlands Road, Fareham, Hants’, the original inscription since reinforced by darker ink; together with Fourth Submarine Flotilla prize medal, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1932, the reverse inscribed ‘Orpheus, 1934, J. H. Mullens’, one or two edge bruises to this last, otherwise extremely fine 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Amelia Florence Tollett); Corps of Commissionaires Medal, bronze and enamel, unnamed; National Rifle Association Medal, 48mm, silver (Won by Corpl. Carter, Colonial Prize Firing 1872) edge bruising to last, very fine (10) £100-£140 --- John Henry Mullens served during the Second World War in H.M. Submarine Regulus, and was killed in action on 6 December 1940, when the Regulus was mined in the Straits of Otranto. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Sold with an unrelated selection of Southport R.S.L. Services Club and other similar lapel badges, gilt and enamel.
Lot 37
Pair: Private J. Hopkins, Manchester Regiment, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving the life of a 13-year-old boy who had fallen through the ice at Chadwick Dams Reservoir in December 1885 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps, with clasp facings a little distorted (2376 Pte. J. Hopkins. Manch: Regt.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (John Hopkins. 13 December 1885) the medal silvered and lacking integral top riband buckle, mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £200-£240 --- John Hopkins was born at Stalybridge, Lancashire, about September 1870. At the age of 16 he was a mill worker, residing at Caroline Street, Stalybridge. On Sunday 13 December 1885 several persons had ventured on to the ice at the local mill reservoir, known as Chadwick Dams. 13-year-old Levi Gawthorp fell through the ice when skating; at great personal danger John Hopkins crawled on to the ice on his stomach and helped him out of the water. The local Stalybridge Reporter of 19 December reported on the incident and stated that the rescue deserved public recognition. John Hopkins’s bravery was recognised by the award of the Royal Humane Society and he was awarded the society’s medal in bronze. (R.H.S. Case No. 22,978). At the age of 18, John Hopkins attested for service in the Manchester Regiment at Ashton Under Lyne on 1 October 1888, stating prior service in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Royal Lancaster Regiment. In February 1892 he transferred to the 2nd Battalion of his regiment and embarked for India. He returned to the U.K. at the end of his period of service and was transferred to the Army Reserve. However, he reenlisted on 7 July 1898, and was posted back to 2nd Battalion. His battalion was mobilised for service in the South African War and embarked from Southampton on 16 March 1900. Private Hopkins returned to the U.K., arriving on 24 October 1901, and was discharged from the army, medically unfit, on 2 April 1902. Hopkins volunteered for service following the outbreak of the Great War at the age of 44 years, serving at ‘home’ in 3/5th Battalion King’s Regiment and later 315 Provisional Company Royal Defence Corps, until discharged on 10 October 1916 ‘no longer physically fit for war service’. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Lot 866
A rare ‘Belgian Agent’ group of four awarded to Madame Charlotte Lints-Stassart Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Officer’s badge, gilt and enamel, French motto, with rosette on riband; Commemorative Medal for he Great War 1914-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze; Great Britain, British War Medal 1914-20 (C. Lints-Stassart) mounted court-style, the Belgian Victory Medal with abrasions to higher relief parts, and suspension ‘ball’ somewhat out of shape, otherwise very fine and better, rare to unit (4) £300-£400 --- Charlotte Lints-Stassart served as a Belgian Agent for British Military Intelligence during the Great War, her name being included on the British War Medal roll signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Wallinger, head of British Military Intelligence, dated 7 August 1919. Her address is given as 26 Rue en Bois, Liege. ‘Armour Against Fate’ by Michael Occleshaw gives the following information: ‘There were, of course, many other organisations which, while successful to a lesser degree, nevertheless ran the same risks and penalties. Drake tells us that the number of Agents employed by G.H.Q. alone was ‘roughly 6,000’, of whom 98 lost their lives: 91 were executed, 4 died in prison, 2 were shot, and one was electrocuted trying to cross the Dutch-Belgian frontier. A further 644 were imprisoned for sentences totalling 700 years (the time actually served amounted to 175 years), and 10 were deported. Major Wallinger, however, told Colonel Kirke that the total number of G.H.Q. Agents in the occupied territories was 5,500, of whom 1,200 were imprisoned, serving an average of 14 months, and 200 were shot or died in prison (though in a later letter he gave a total shot or dying in prison as 120). The reason for the disparity between the two men’s figures almost certainly resides in a question of terminology; a question of what was precisely meant by the words ‘Agent’ and ‘Spy’. An Agent is an individual directly employed by an Intelligence Service sent into a foreign country to obtain information. A Spy is an individual who served in the enemy’s own ranks and, more often than not, is recruited by the Agent ... the numbers employed both directly and indirectly by the British Intelligence Services was one that the Germans simply could not contain, much less control. Every sort of person was employed, ranging ‘from abbes, high officials of the Gendarmerie, a Marchioness of some 60 years of age, big industrialists and prominent barristers, down to seamstresses, poachers, smugglers, bargemen and railway officials ... ’
Lot 574
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Transvaal (1502 Ordly: J. Pomfret, St John Amb: Bde:) contact marks, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- Orderly J. Pomfret was a member of the Rishton Division, St John Ambulance Brigade, and is also entitled to the clasp for Natal and the St John Ambulance Brigade bronze medal for South Africa.
Lot 336
Family Group: Four: Mr. E. R. Burdon, British Committee, French Red Cross British War and Victory Medals (E. R. Burdon); France, Third Republic, Medaille de La Reconnaissance, bronze, unnamed, with gilt laurel spray pin clasp; Medaille de l’Union des Femmes de France, ‘Honneur au Devouement’ silvered medal for Red Cross service, unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine Four: Mrs. Helen Burdon, British Committee, French Red Cross British War and Victory Medals (H. Burdon); France, Third Republic, Medaille de La Reconnaissance, bronze, unnamed, with gilt laurel spray pin clasp; Medaille de l’Union des Femmes de France, ‘Honneur au Devouement’ silvered medal for Red Cross service, unnamed, in card box of issue, edge bruise to BWM otherwise nearly extremely fine (8) £300-£400 --- Edward Russell Burdon was born in Peking in 1870, the son of Bishop John Shaw Burdon, Chaplain of the British Legation and Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong. The 1881 Census shows him as a pupil at a school in Mill Street Potton. In 1891 he was a Clerk living at Albert Rd in Altrincham. Educated at Sidney College, Cambridge, he subsequently became a University Lecturer in Forestry at Cambridge. In the 1911 Census, the family home was at Royston Hertfordshire, but also of Griante, Lake Como, Italy. He married Jane Eliza Helen Nathalie Shand, Lady Alford, the widow of Sir Edward Fleet Alford, in 1906. She was better known as ‘Helen’. Jane Eliza Helen Nathalie Burdon, née Shand, was born in Mangalore, Madras in 1861, the daughter of the late Lieutenant Colonel John Shand, Madras Staff Corps. She married firstly Sir Edward Alford, and subsequently Edward Russell Burdon. The medal roll shows Edward and Helen Burdon as consecutive entries with exactly the same details, they proceeded to France together in November 1916 and returned home in November 1918, serving as Masseur and Masseuse with the French Red Cross. As well as a residence in the U.K. they also retained a property at Lake Como in Italy. Edward Burdon died in Bexhill-on-Sea on 5 January 1945, and his wife also died there in 1949.
Lot 847
Fire Brigade Medals. A miscellaneous selection of foreign, mainly French, Fire Brigade medals including ‘Concours Regional de St. Omer 1884’ large silver medal; ‘Guignicourt 1901’ large silver medal; ‘Reims 1893’ bronze medal; ‘Ville de Jouarre, 17 September 1899’ bronze medal; ‘L’Oise’ small silver medal; Doubs 9 June 1935’ silvered bronze medallion, in fitted case; Belgian International Congress ‘Antwerp 9-12 June 1894’ large silvered medal; and a Belgian 9th Federal Reunion ‘Ghent, 9-11 July 1899’ large gilt medallion, generally nearly very fine and better (lot) £140-£180
Lot 107
Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (632 Pte. M. Meek, 63rd Regt.) light contact marks, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Matthew Meek was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, about January 1851. He moved to Ireland and was resident at Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, when he attested for service as a Private in the 63rd Regiment in January 1876. His battalion played no part in the early stages of the Afghan War 1878-79, only joining the Kandahar Field Force at Quetta in August 1880. He remained in Afghanistan and India until he returned to the U.K. on 25 February 1882, to seek his discharge and was transferred to the Army Reserve. He was recalled for service in Egypt and the Sudan in July 1882 and was posted to the Commissariat and Transport Corps. He was in due course awarded the Egypt 1882 medal with clasp Tel El Kebir (one of only three with this clasp to the Manchester Regiment) and the Khedive’s Bronze Star. On 7 January 1885 he was discharged from the army. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Lot 244
Four: Lieutenant T. G. Fraser, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches and promoted for the Zulu War, was present at the bombardment of Alexandria and landed with the Naval Brigade at Tel-el-Kebir South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Sub: Lieut: T. G. Fraser, R.N. H.M.S. “Active”); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: T. G. Fraser. R.N. H.M.S. “Superb”); Order of the Medjidie, 4th class breast badge in silver, gold and enamel, reverse with maker’s cartouche of Mon. Paul Stopin, Palais Royal, lacking two appliqué plaques from central surround and chips to enamel; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted on a contemporary wearing bar as worn, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (4) £2,400-£2,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Thomas Guthrie Fraser joined the Royal Navy in January 1871, becoming Midshipman in June 1873 and Sub-Lieutenant in June 1877. As Sub-Lieutenant of Active he served with the Naval Brigade in Zululand in 1879. He was present at the action of Inyezane, 22 January 1879, formed part of the garrison at Ekowe with Colonel Pearson’s Column, and afterwards joined General Crealock’s Column and advanced to Port Durnford. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 11 March 1879), promoted to Lieutenant, and received the Zulu Medal and clasp. He was Lieutenant of Superb at the bombardment of Alexandria, 11 July 1882, and during the Egyptian war; he landed with the Naval Brigade and was present at the battle of Tel-El-Kebir, for which he received the Egypt Medal and two clasps, the Bronze Star, and the 4th Class of the Medjidie. Lieutenant Fraser retired on 29 October 1895.
Lot 572
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (114 Sply: Offcr: W. Pegley, St. John Amb: Bde:) extremely fine £140-£180 --- Supply Officer W. Pegley was a member of the Metropolitan Corps (St Mark’s), St John Ambulance Brigade, and died while on service at the Orange River Hospital, believed to be in 1901. He is also entitled to the St John Ambulance Brigade bronze medal for South Africa. Commemorated in the Clerkenwell Memorial List and the St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, Book of Remembrance.
Lot 688
1914-15 Star (1645 Sjt. Piper. D. Wright A. & S. Highrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Capt. P. Rothera.; A. M. Baillie-Hamilton. B.R.C. & St. J.J.; 3969 Pte. L. Whitaker. Camerons.) last officially re-impressed; together with a large bronze medallion commemorating the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind, 77mm, good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Douglas Wright served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 December 1914. Sir Percy Rothera was born in 1877 and was educated at Rugby. He joined the South Indian Railway as an assistant Engineer in 1898, and served with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force during the Great War, for which services he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 5 June 1919). He was appointed Chief Engineer of the South Indian Railway in 1925, and was knighted by the Viceroy of India on 12 February 1931 (London Gazette 31 March 1931). He died in 1940. Miss Aline Melrose Baillie-Hamilton was born in 1879, the daughter of the Rev. George Baillie-Hamilton, Vicar of Waverton, Cheshire, and served with the British Red Cross at Paris Unit No. 5 during the Great War in France from 6 October 1914. Jenny Lind (1820-87) was a Swedish opera singer. She was one of the most celebrated sopranos of the 19th century, often known as the ‘Swedish Nightingale’. Sold with copied research.
Lot 833
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (Edward Cleary Seaman Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 5th Octr 1864) fitted with ring suspension, light contact marks, very fine £140-£180 --- The following extract is taken from The Englishman, 8 October 1864: ‘The Destructive Cyclone at Calcutta 5th October 1864. The cyclone of 1842 was terrible indeed, owing to the length of time it lasted, but the damages done were not half so great; as that of 1852, which only continued for two hours, was nothing compared to those of 1842 and 1864. In 1864 the shipping suffered considerably. Off the 200 ships in harbour, only 8 or 9 have escaped without suffering any material damage, and of the remaining vessels, as far as can be ascertained at present, 12 have foundered. The Lady Franklin is supposed to have foundered with all her crew on board, and the Govindpore, off the Bankshall, also went down. They were nine men on board the latter vessel, including the captain, and were it not for the singular gallantry and courage displayed by a seaman named Edward Cleary they might probably have all met with a watery grave. Mr J. B. Roberts was at the ghat with some of the police, endeavouring to pass on a rope to the ship, which was near the middle of the stream, but could not get a single man among the large number that was there to venture out into the river, though he offered a reward of 100 rupees to anyone who would do so. To swim out to the ship in such a gale was hopeless. Despite the danger, Cleary, who had just come up, without even knowing anything about a reward being offered, volunteered to swim over to the ship with a cable. He tied the rope around his waist, dashed into the water like a true Briton, and succeeded in reaching the ship fastening one of the ends to her bow, and returned amid tremendous cheering ashore. The nine men safely came ashore by means of the rope, the captain being the last man who left her. Cleary has had his hundred rupees, and will, no doubt, get many more for his exemplary conduct.’
Lot 251
Pair: Major-General W. M. B. Walton, who commanded “G” Battery, “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery at Tel-el-Kebir, being mentioned in despatches and made a Companion of the Bath Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lt. Col. W. M. B. Walton, G/B. Bde. R.H.A.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, light pitting from star, otherwise very fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008 (Egypt medal only). William Morritt Barnaby Walton was born on 6 December 1836, and joined the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant on 7 April 1856. He became Lieutenant-Colonel on 16 January 1882 and commanded “G” Battery, “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery at the battle of Tel-El-Kebir (despatches London Gazette 2 November 1882; C.B.; 3rd Class Medjidie; Medal with clasp; bronze star). He was promoted to Colonel in January 1886, retired as Hon. Major-General in November 1887, and died on 15 March 1888.
Lot 151
Manchester and Salford Volunteers Medal 1802, 36mm, bronze, laureated bust of George III facing right, ‘G.R.’ in the field, enclosed by a chain of hands and hearts, the reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘A testimony of gratitude from his fellow townsmen for spirited and patriotic services 1802, Manchester & Salford Volunteers’, unnamed, with steel clip and small split ring suspension, very fine, scarce £100-£140 --- Referenced in Balmer, V605.
Lot 867
A well-documented Belgian group of eight awarded to ‘Action and Intelligence Agent’ Adjutant R. E. M. Mottiaux, a decorated Aviator of the Great War who served with the Resistance Movement during the Second World War, was captured, and died in captivity whilst incarcerated at the infamous Flossenburg Concentration Camp on 7 April 1945 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s badge, silver and enamel, French issue, with ‘L’ silver palm on riband; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze ‘A’ palm on riband; Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze, with bronze ‘L’ palm on riband; Commemorative Medal for the Great War, bronze, with two bars; Allied Victory Medal, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Second World War, with 'Lighting Bolts' and 'Crossed Sabres' riband devices; Resistance Medal 1940-45; Political Prisoners Cross 1940-45, silvered and enamel, with silver 2 Star clasp, all unnamed as issued, good very fine and better (8) £300-£400 --- Roger Ernest Marie Mottiaux was born in Belgium on 7 April 1891 and served during the Great War in the Belgian Aviation Corps, being awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm ‘[f]or courage and dedication he has shown throughout his long presence at the front.’ He served during the Second World War as an Action and Intelligence Agent in the Resistance Movement from 1 July 1943, and was appointed Adjutant on 8 June 1944. Arrested and deported to Germany, he was incarcerated at the Flossenburg Concentration Camp, and died in captivity on 7 April 1945. For his services he was posthumously awarded the Belgian Order of Leopold II and the Croix de Guerre, the joint citation stating: ‘Although the father of several children, he put himself at the disposal of the intelligence and action service as early as 1943 and thereafter fulfilled all of the perilous missions that were entrusted to him.’ Sold with the following archive of original named and dated award documents: i) the recipient’s award document in French with citation for the Posthumous awards of Order of Leopold II and the Croix de Guerre, dated 16 September 1946; ii) award document in French with citation awarding the Great War Croix de Guerre with Palm to the recipient as a member of the ‘Aeronautique Militaire, dated 2 September 1922; iii) award document for the Posthumous award of the Resistance Medal in French, undated; iv) award document in French for the Posthumous award of the Political Prisoners Cross with 2 x silver stars clasp, dated 3 August 1949; v) brevet in French awarding the Great War Allied Victory Medal to the recipient as a member of the ‘Aviation Militaire’, dated 31 August 1919; vi) award document in French for the Posthumous award of the Second World War Commemorative Medal 1940-45 with ‘Eclaires Croisses’, dated 4 October 1946; vii) brevet document ‘Lettre D'Avis’ in French confirming the recipient to be an Action and Intelligence Agent with effect from 1 July 1943, dated 15 September 1950; viii) brevet document ‘Lettre D'Avis’ in French confirming the recipient to hold rank of Adjutant (Warrant Officer Class II) in the Action and Intelligence Network with effect from 8 June 1944, dated 4 October 1946.
Lot 846
Cape Town Fire Brigade Long Service Medal, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1926, by Elkington, the obverse with arms of Cape Town, inscribed around ‘City of Cape Town Vuur Fire Brigade, Die Stad Kaapstad’, reverse with wreath and fireman’s helmet to centre, inscribed around ‘For long and faithful service - Vir lange en troue diens’, edge engraved ’Presented to W. J. Barton’, with riband slide-bar inscribed ‘Jaar 10 Years’; together with a Johannesburg Fire Brigade Medal, bronze and enamel, unnamed, nearly extremely fine and rare (2) £80-£100 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2002.
Lot 758
Pair: Police Sergeant C. Fletcher, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. C. Fletcher. X. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.S. C. Fletcher. P. Div.) contact marks, polished and worn, nearly very fine Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Arthur James Green.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Edward W. Burgess) very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Charles Fletcher was born in Windsor, Berkshire, in 1867 and served with both ‘X’ (Willesden) and ‘P’ (Camberwell) Divisions, Metropolitan Police. He is shown on the 1901 Census as living in Camberwell, and the 1911 Census as living at Catford.
Lot 174
A scarce Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Commander A. H. S. Casswell, Royal Navy, for services with the Naval Siege Guns on shore in Belgium Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1914 and inscribed ‘A. H. S. Casswell. Nieuport, 1915’; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. A. H. S. Casswell, D.S.C., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. A. H. S. Casswell. R.N.); France, 3rd Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, with bronze star, the reverse arms inscribed ‘A. H. S. Casswell, Nieuport’, nearly very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1986; Dix Noonan Webb, September 2000. D.S.C. London Gazette 7 August 1915: ‘For conspicuous coolness and gallantry on the 28th April, 1915, when in charge of a naval gun on shore in Belgium in removing ammunition from a burning building under heavy and well directed fire.’ Arthur Henry Seymour Casswell was appointed Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R. on 15 September 1913, and Lieutenant on 15 July 1915. From March 1915 he was borne on the books of H.M.S. Victory at Portsmouth, for ‘Miscellaneous duties’, and from December 1916 he was 1st Lieutenant of H.M.S. Rosalind. He was in command of the torpedo boat destroyer Owl from October 1918, and subsequently served in Carlisle and Benbow. Casswell became Lieutenant-Commander in July 1923 and saw further service aboard the aircraft carrier Pegasus and the submarine depot ship Titania, becoming No. 2 on her in November 1930. In 1934 he was serving as an R.N.V.R. instructor and retired with the rank of Commander on 5 September 1937. Sold with copied research.
Lot 119
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Belfast (2178 Pte. H. Glaister. Manch: R:) minor edge bruise, good very fine £120-£160 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2012. Henry Glaister was born at Wigton, Northumberland. He attested for service at the age of 18 at Ashton Under Lyne, in April 1888, stating his trade to be a butcher. He was discharged to the Army Reserve on the termination of his engagement in September 1899. He was recalled to the colours for service in the South African War. Following his discharge in 1901 he re-enlisted into the Royal Garrison Regiment in September 1901, being discharged in 1905. He again re-enlisted in September 1914 to serve in 12th and 14th Battalions The Manchester Regiment and also the Notts & Derby Regiment, serving in France in 1915. He was discharged no longer fit for active service in January 1917, receiving the 1914-15 trio. Private Henry Glaister, aged 20, of 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal, for saving Corporal Stanley Watson from drowning, following an accident in a pleasure boat on 16 March 1890 at Camden Fort, Cork Harbour (R.H.S. Case No. 24809). Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Lot 233
Four: Private Elias Batt, 3rd Foot Punniar Star 1843 (Private Elas Batt H,M, 3rd Regt.) fitted with a silver back plate and swivelling bar suspension [inspected to confirm original and correct running script naming]; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (No. 1072. Elias. Batt. 3rd Buffs) depot impressed naming in correct style for regiment; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1702 Private Elias Batt 3rd Regt.) engraved naming, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- Elias Batt was born, according to his papers, was born in the Parish of St Stephens, Canterbury, Kent, but the various census returns of 1861, 1871 and 1881 all state he was born at Limerick, Ireland, in 1821. This is likely to be correct as his father was Elias Batt, a Corporal in the 52nd Foot who was posted to Ireland in that year (he subsequently claimed and received the M.G.S. medal with 8 clasps). Elias Jr. enlisted at Canterbury on 24 September 1839, aged 18 years 2 months, a labourer by trade. He served abroad in India for four years; Malta for three years, six months; Crimea for one year, one month; and Corfu for two years, six months. He was discharged at Limerick on 12 October 1860, ‘to out pension at his own request having completed 21 years [sic] service. Conduct very good. He is in possession of four good conduct badges. He is also in possession of the Bronze Star for Punniar 29th December 1843, also Crimean medal with clasp for Sevastopol, is entitled to the Turkish Crimean War medal (not yet received) & has received the Silver Medal with Gratuity of £5 for long service & good conduct.’ He sometimes acted as officer’s batman/servant and apparently travelled to India with Ensign Dowling, and is shown in a muster as being servant to Major-General Edens in 1860. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.
Lot 879
A Spanish Civil War group of nine awarded to a ‘Nationalist’ officer Spain, Franco Period, Wound Badge, enamelled; Order of St. Hermenegildo, breast badge, gilt metal and enamel; Order of Military Merit, breast badge, gilt metal and enamel, obverse with red enamel arms, reverse arms without enamel, gilt slip bar on ribbon; Germany, Merit Order of the German Eagle, breast badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamel, stamp mark on suspension mount; Spain, Kingdom, Morocco Peace Medal 1927, with damaged emblem on riband; Spain, Franco Period, Campaign Medal 1936-39, on ‘front-line service’ riband; Spain, Kingdom, Accession Medal 1902, Alphonso XIII, silver; Homage Medal 1925, bronze, mounted as worn; together with a Spain, Franco Period, War Cross, officer’s breast star, 62mm, silver, gilt metal and enamel, generally very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Clive Nowell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009.
Lot 154
National Rifle Association Prize Medal, 47mm, bronze (Won by Pte. F. Simpson. 4th V.B. Manchester Regt. 1897) with bronze straight bar suspension; 4th Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regiment Silver Shooting Prize Medal, the obverse with coat of arms of the City of Manchester, the reverse with fleur de lys encircled by the words ‘4th Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regt.’, the edge engraved ‘No. 5232 Pioneer W. A. Franklin’, with swivelling suspension bar dated 1901, suspension claw tightened on latter, edge nicks and polishing to high relief points, generally very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Francis Simpson was born in Manchester in 1860, and in 1882 he joined the 3rd Regiment of Manchester Volunteers, which later became 4th Volunteer Battalion the Manchester Regiment. Frank Simpson became an expert marksman winning the Legh Challenge Cup at the 1894 Lancaster Rifle Association Meeting, and reached the last 100 of Her Majesty’s Sovereign Prize at Bisley in 1895, 1897, 1898 and 1899. He reached the top 50 of the Grand Aggregate at Bisley on three occasions, in 1895, 1898 and 1902; and reached the top 25 in the St. George’s Trophy in 1890. He won the bronze National Rifle Association medal at the Lancashire County Rifle Association competition in 1897. Simpson was appointed Sergeant in or about 1900, and transferred to 7th (Territorial) Battalion on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908. He retired on age grounds in 1912, but continued his association with the regiment by working for the Veterans Association of the 7th Battalion, and on the office staff of the East Lancashire National Reserve. He died in 1931 at Ardwick, Manchester. Sold with copied obituary from the Regimental Journal and other research. William Allieff Franklin was born at Buglawton, Congleton, Cheshire, in 1841, and at some time prior to 1874 he enrolled into the 4th Volunteer Battalion the Manchester Regiment. He was one of 30 men of the 4th V.B. Manchester Regiment to be awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal in March 1895, the first of such awards to the regiment. In the 1901 Census he is recorded as Sergeant and Pioneer 4th V.B. Manchester Regiment and was residing at Broughton, Salford. Sold with copied research which includes a copied photographic image of the recipient.
Lot 850
A Selection of Nursing and Miscellaneous Lapel Badges.
Comprising Radcliffe Infirmary and County Hospital Oxford, silver, the edge engraved ‘Dorothy Hilda Reeves 1927’, with straight silver bar suspension; St. Thomas’s Hospital, bronze and enamel, reverse numbered 39, with hook suspension; Association of Occupational Therapists, silvered and enamel, unnamed, with pin back suspension; Lakeland College of Nursing and Midwifery, silvered and enamel, unnamed, with pin back suspension; Royal Surrey County Hospital, gilt and enamel, unnamed, with pin back suspension; COHSE The Health Care Union Steward’s badge, silvered and enamel, unnamed, with pin back suspension; Royal College of Nursing, silvered and enamel, unnamed, with pin back suspension; Registered Medical Auxiliary Orthoptist, bronze and enamel, reverse numbered 547, with pin back suspension; Royal Infirmary Preston Training School of Nurses, bronze and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘I. L. Dunlevey. 1943 1945’, lacking pin suspension; Chartered Society of Masseuses and Medical Gymnasts, bronze and enamel, the reverse numbered 7343 and engraved ‘B. Pallister’, with repaired pin back suspension, generally very fine (10) £60-£80
Lot 323
Pair: Private C. Lodge, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 September 1917 British War and Victory Medals (27089 Pte. C. Lodge. Wilts. R.) nearly very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (73418 Pte. W. H. Hudson. L’pool R.; 41041 Pte. A. R. Riley. Lan. Fus.; M-338792 Pte. W. Lord. A.S.C.) last partially corrected; Memorial Plaque (Robert Skinner) nearly very fine Imperial Service Medal (2), G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frank Hugh Haynes) in Royal Mint case of issue; E.II.R., 1st issue, naming erased; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (John H Duxbury) officially renamed; together with a Royal Life Saving Society Proficiency Medal, bronze (J. H. Egan July 1909) in fitted case of issue; a silver and enamel Masonic Jewel named to ‘Bro. William J. Chapman, Arden Lodge, No. 6230, Nov. 29 1928’; and five miscellaneous tokens, nearly very fine and better (lot) £80-£100 --- Charles Lodge was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, in 1898 and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Chippenham, Wiltshire. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action at Passchendaele on 20 September 1917, on which date the Battalion captured and held a position in front of Hollebeke Chateau, during which they suffered over 200 casualties. Lodge has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
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