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Lot 564
A Selection of miscellaneous sporting and other medals and medallions, including a North China Command Inter Unit Championship 1927 Tug-o-War Prize Medal, bronze; Biscester Garrison Cross Country Championship Winners Medals, named to ‘Capt. Batty’, silver; a British Railways Staff Association 1965 Table Tennis Prize Medal, silver; a Rangoon Races Medal, bronze; together with unnamed sporting prize medals for Rugby, Cross-Country, and Athletics; two St. Mary’s Schools, Bryanston Square, London, Bronze Medals for Good Attendance, both named to ‘Dalton Figg’, with July 1888 and 1889 date bars; an Army Temperance Association, India, Medal, silver; and other miscellaneous items, including a Bronze Medallion commemorating the 900th Anniversary of Westminster Abbey 1965; and two sets of ‘Britain’s First Decimal Coins’, containing 10p, 5p, 2p, 1p, and 1/2p, generally very fine (lot) £40-£50
Lot 576
Silver open faced presentation Pocket Watch, by A. W. Co. Waltham Mass., with black Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, the case with silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1891, the reverse of watch (inside case) engraved ‘C.S.M. Wright. 1st Sx A.V. Queen’s 3 Hundred. Bisley 1893. Score 84.’; Boer War Prisoner of War silver spoon crafted from an 1896 Zuid Afrikaansche Republique 2 1/2 Shilling coin and other ZAR coins, the reverse of the stem engraved ‘D.o.d. Berg. P.O.W. Paardeberg. 27.2.00.’; Miscellaneous Shooting and Sporting Medals (9): First Surrey Rifle Volunteers, silver, 43mm, reverse engraved Coll. MacDonald’s Challenge Cup 1864, ‘Won By Private F. Wishart. No. 3 Compy. 1864.’; Royal Military Tournament, silver, 38mm, reverse engraved ‘Riding & Jumping Regulars 1st Prize won by Y. Battery R.H.A.’ edge engraved ‘2951 Bombr. H. Morley.’; Royal Tournament, bronze, 38mm, reverse engraved ‘Eastern Command Epee v Epee other ranks Cpl. Thornton. V.D./ The Queen’s Regt. 1939’; football medal, yellow metal, 35mm, the reverse engraved ‘R.A.F. (Egypt) Div. I Runners Up 1951-52; silver shooting medal, 36mm, the obverse featuring a kneeling rifleman, unnamed; shooting medal, silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1903, the reverse engraved ‘M.T. Aggregate Br. W. Hartfree’; shooting fob, silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1905, obverse engraved ‘Pte. W. Hall’, polished and faint, the reverse engraved ‘2nd V.B. R Sx Reg. H Company Shooting Club’; shooting medal, silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, reverse engraved ‘R.M.A.C.C. Miniature Rifle Aggregate Cadet Sgt. W. Hartfree 1911’; Shooting medal, silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1908, obverse engraved ‘H Company 4th Royal Sussex Regt.’ reverse engraved ‘Grand Aggte. 2nd Prize won by Pte. W. Hall. 1908’; Olympic Games Trial Races medal, silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, 38mm, the reverse engraved ‘A.A.A. 1912 Tug of War’, in fitted Vaughtons Ltd. case of issue, the cover inscribed Amateur Athletic Association 1912, generally nearly very fine or better (11) £80-£120
Lot 604
Riband and Riband Devices: A selection of riband, including 19 nine-inch lengths of British War Medal 1914-20 riband; 19 nine-inch lengths of Victory Medal 1914-19 riband; a small amount of riband for the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the 1914-15 Star; the Naval General Service Medal 1915-62; and the Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; together with a selection of various Canadian, French, and other miscellaneous ribands; and a selection of riband devices, mainly Belgian, including gilt, silver, and bronze palms, both A.I.R. and L.III.R.; silver, gilt, and black bars; and star devices, generally good condition (lot) £60-£80
Lot 619
The group of five miniature dress medals attributed to Inspector General J. R. McCowen, Newfoundland Police, who was awarded one of just three Newfoundland Silver Stars for bravery at Sea for the S.S. Aurora conflagration in 1896 The Imperial Service Order, G.V.R., Baltic 1854-55; Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful); Newfoundland Silver Star for Bravery at Sea, S.S. Aurora, all individually displayed in a Spink & Son Ltd. fitted wooden and glazed case, the glass cracked, extremely fine and rare (5) £300-£400 --- Note: The recipient’s full size medals were sold in these rooms in December 2000. John Roche McCowen was born in Kilrush, Ireland in 1844, the son of a British naval officer. Failing to pass for a cadetship, he enlisted as a private soldier in the British Army, serving for three years, during which time he experienced some hard roughing and narrow escapes when on foreign service. Leaving the Army by purchase, as a non-commissioned officer, he joined the Royal Irish Constabulary, and served about nine years in all the departments of that force. He was severely wounded twice in the riots in Belfast, which nearly cost him his life. On resigning in 1871, he was the recipient of high recommendations from the Mayor of Belfast, members of Parliament, and Bench of Magistrates, besides his superior officers and others of influence. He was appointed to the organisation of the Newfoundland Constabulary, particularly the mounted force, which he solely organised, drilled, and commanded for seven years, during which time he received the thanks of Government on five different occasions for ‘special services rendered’ as well as pecuniary and other rewards. He received the ‘cordial thanks’ of the Governor in Council for ‘conspicuous bravery in saving life’ and also the medal of the Royal Humane Society. Royal Humane Society Case No. 20,493: Bronze Medal and Certificate to J. R. McCowen (34) Head Constable; William Bailey (27) Police Constable; A. Tilley (28) Planter; S. Tucker (41), George Oldfield (56), and S. Crew (46), Fishermen. These men saved the lives of Captains Talbot and Perry and the crew of the brig Eric Carbonear on 7th April 1878, at Birds Island Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. There was a shipwreck, strong wind and sea, and a heavy snowstorm. 3 to 5 fathoms deep. A string of ice came near and several of the crew got on it, the shore party prepared ropes etc., a few volunteers guided by McCowen descended the precipitous cliff, crossed with great difficulty a gulch of pan ice, and gained a small island rock to which they attached the ropes. When the men on the ice drifted within 20 yards, ropes were thrown and all were saved, but when saving Perry two huge waves in succession and boulders of ice broke over and swept the rock, knocking the men down and washing two off who were saved again by Bailey, Crew and McCowen. They were wounded and exhausted. On 24 June 1897, during the celebration of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, Miss Murray, daughter of His Excellency, the Governor, Sir Herbert Murray, presented the following medals: Inspector General McCowan, District Chief Michael Dunn and Fire Constable John Reardon - Silver Stars. Sergeant Dan Mulrooney and Fire Constable Joseph Horwood - Silver Medals. These awards were for conspicuous bravery in putting out a fire aboard the S.S. Aurora, a wooden sailing ship, loaded with dynamite and gunpowder, which was docked in St John’s Harbour. The Newfoundland Silver Star for Bravery, and Silver and Bronze Medals for Good Service were struck at the instigation of His Excellency Sir Terence O’Brien, Governor of Newfoundland. The original order of 1893 was for 12 Silver Stars, 8 Silver Medals and 20 Bronze Medals. In 1919, a further 15 Silver Stars were made by the Royal Mint, so that 27 Silver Stars in all were made. Of the Silver Stars, 3 were presented in 1897 and five in 1919, one remaining at Government House. The obverse legend of the Silver Star was struck to read ‘For Bravery at Sea’, but the three awards made in 1897 for the ‘Aurora incident’ were specially altered to read ‘For Bravery at S.S. Aurora’, as confirmed by a memo in the Provincial Archives in Newfoundland. For further details of these awards see The Numismatic Circular, February 1966, p.32-33, for an article by W. D. Parsons, M.D., St John’s, Newfoundland. McCowen is not on the Baltic Medal Roll. He would have been just 10 years old at the time of the naval operations against the Russians in 1854-55 although being the son of an officer of the Royal Navy it is not inconceivable that he went to sea as a boy before failing his cadetship exams. The silver R.H.S. medal was likely self-awarded and is consistent with the renamed silver R.H.S. medal sold with the recipient’s full size group. Note also that the I.S.O. in McCowen’s full size group is the correct Edward VII issue rather than George V.
Lot 623
An unattributed Great War M.M. group of three miniature dress medals Military Medal, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, nearly very fine An unattributed group of five miniature dress medals China 1900; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel, mounted as worn, very fine and better An unattributed group of three miniature dress medals 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed group of three miniature dress medals 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, very fine An unattributed pair of miniature dress medals British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn with ribbon for Star, good very fine An unattributed pair of miniature dress medals British War Medal 1914-20; Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed group of six miniature dress medals General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed group of four miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, nearly very fine An unattributed group of three miniature dress medals War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R.; Indian Independence 1947, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R.; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top riband bar; Netherlands, Kingdom, Medal for Humane Action, reverse inscribed ‘B. N. Smith’; Poland, Republic, Cross of Merit, 1st issue, 3rd Class, bronze with separate crossed swords suspension, generally very fine (40) £140-£180
Lot 629
Austria, Empire, Military Merit Medal, Franz Joseph, bronze, very fine Bulgaria, Kingdom, Medal for Merit, Boris III, with crown suspension, bronze, on War-time riband, very fine Ottoman Empire, Medal for War with Greece, silver, with star and crescent device on riband, very fine Serbia, Kingdom, Medal for Bravery, silver, very fine (4) £80-£120
Lot 630
Austria, Empire, War Medal 1873, bronze gilt, good very fine Germany, Prussia, War Commemorative Medal 1870-71, combatants’ type, bronze; Cross of Honour 1914-18, combatants’ cross with swords, reverse stamped ‘W.K.’, very fine Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked; Cross of Honour of the German Mother, Third Class, 2nd type, bronze and enamel, enamel damage to lower arm of last, otherwise very fine or better Hungary, Regency, Great War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, silvered, good very fine (6) £70-£90
Lot 631
A well documented Belgian Great War group of ten attributed to Senior Captain Jean Laoureux, Belgian Army Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Chevalier’s breast badge, with crossed swords, silver and enamel, French motto, reverse central medallion detached but present; Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, in Wolfers, Brussels case of issue; Order of the Crown, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel, enamel damage to central medallions; Military Cross, Second Class, silver and enamel; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with Belgian lion bronze emblem on riband signifying Mention in Despatches at Divisional level; Military Decoration, Second Class, for Long Service, gilt; War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-18, Laslo official type 1, bronze; Centenary Medal 1830-1930, silvered; Congo Commemorative Medal 1879-1908, gilt, generally very fine and better except where stated (10) £260-£300 --- Jean Laoureux was probably born in 1880 and joined the Belgian Army in the Carabiniers-Cyclists Regiment soon after his sixteenth birthday. His service took him to the Belgian Congo in the last days of the 19th century and his good conduct qualified him for the Military Decoration 2nd Class in 1912. Soon into the Great War, Sergeant-Major Laoureux was one of those selected for promotion on 8 January 1915 to auxiliary infantry officer. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry in July 1915 and Lieutenant in September 1916. For his bravery he was awarded the Croix de Guerre with gilt lion emblem for divisional citation on 14 February 1917. The citation mentions that it was an award ‘For bravery and fearlessly taking command of an outpost during an enemy attack on the night of 30/31 January 1917’. He was also awarded 8 front-line chevrons. With the end of the war he was promoted to Junior Captain in March 1919 and was awarded the Order of the Crown, Chevalier and Order of Leopold Chevalier in November 1924. In 1929 he was awarded the Congo Commemorative Medal and gained promotion in the Order of the Crown to ‘Officer’ and was awarded the Military Cross 2nd Class. He gained his final award in 1930 with the 100th anniversary of Belgium’s independence. Sold together with a number of original documents, comprising adult high school certificate, Verviers, 1900; nomination list of N.C.O’s. promoted to officers, December 1914 to January 1915; 6th Division award certificate for the Military Decoration, 2nd Class for long service to Sergeant-Major of the 1st Carabiniers; letter from GOC 2nd Cavalry Division nominating Laoureux as an auxiliary officer, 8 January 1915; letter for the Ministry of Defence doing the same; warrant of appointment to 2nd Lieutenant, 8 July 1915; warrant of appointment to Lieutenant of Infantry, 1 September 1916; warrant of appointment to Junior Captain, 4 April 1919; letter placing Laoureux on medically inactive list for service related illness, 30 December 1924; letter of re-appointment to active service to the 12th Infantry Regiment, 1926; award document for the Military Cross, 2nd Class, for 25 years service, 27 November 1929; award document for the Victory Medal, as Commander of the Cavalry Division Depot; warrant of appointment to Senior Captain-Commandant in the Reserve; award document for the Croix de Guerre with gilt lion, for an act of bravery; award document for the Order of the Crown, Chevalier, 8 April 1923; award document for the Order of Leopold, 27 November 1924; award document for the Order of the Crown, Officer, 27 November 1929; award document for the Congo Commemorative Medal, 28 June 1929; award document for the Centenary Medal 1930; together with a copied photograph of the recipient.
Lot 632
A Great War Belgian group of nine attributed to E. O. Vercnocke, Belgian Forces Belgium, Kingdom, Commemorative Decoration for the 100th Anniversary of the Ostende-Dover Ferry 1846-1946, gilt and enamel; Naval War Merit Cross, A.I.R., Second Class, silver and enamel, with crossed swords, with bullion crossed anchors on riband, enamel damage to reverse central medallion; Naval War Merit Medal, A.I.R., Second Class, silver, with crossed swords suspension, with bullion crossed anchors on riband; Civil Decoration, L.II.R., Second Class Medal, silver, on administrative long service riband; Allied Victory Medal, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War, bronze, with 4 silver bars; Leopold II Commemorative Medal, 1865-1905, gilt; Africa Campaign Commemorative Medal 1914-1916, silver; Belgian Congo Service Star, silver, with 1 silver bar, generally good very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Edward Oscar Vercnocke was born in Ostend on 31 July 1894. Sold together with the recipient’s Service Book and various postcards from the Belgian Congo.
Lot 633
An interesting Belgian Second War B.E.M. group of fifteen awarded to Adjutant A. F. H. A. Buekens, Belgian Ministry of National Defence, who served in the 1940 Campaign and participated in the Resistance Movement Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Order of Leopold II, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze, with Belgian lion bronze emblem on riband signifying Mention in Despatches at Divisional level; Medal of the Resistance 1940-45, bronze; War Medal 1940-45, bronze, with crossed swords emblem on riband; Medal for Combat Volunteers, 1 clasp, Pugnator, bronze; Medal for Prisoners of War 1940-45, bronze, with bronze riband bar; Military Decoration, Second Class, for Long Service, silver; Albert I Silver Jubilee Medal 1934, bronze; France, Cross of Resistance of Réseau Sylvestre, reverse dated 1942-45, bronze; Great Britain, British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Adjudant Albert F H A Buekens), silver; United States of America, Medal of Freedom, bronze; France, Republic, Croix du Guerre, reverse dated 1939, bronze, with bronze star emblem on riband; War Medal 1939-45, 1 clasp, France, gilt; Medal of Liberated France 1944, bronze, mounted on three separate bars, generally good very fine or better and a scarce combination (15) (15) £600-£800 --- B.E.M. 140.22381 Adjudant Albert Ferdinand Hector Adrien Buekens, Chef du Service des Decorations Adjoint, Belgian Ministry of National Defence. The original Recommendation, dated 3 April 1946, and signed by Montgomery of Alamein, states: ‘Went through 1940 campaign. Participated in Resistance Movement. As NCO attached to 2nd Bureau showed ability and devotion to duty in manifold missions including particularly questions of awards to representatives of Liberation Armies.’
Lot 636
Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Chevalier’s breast badge, 61mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, French motto, significant enamel damage throughout; Order of Leopold II, Officer’s breast badge, 64mm including crown suspension x 42mm, gilt and enamel, bilingual motto, with rosette on riband; Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s breast badge, 64mm including crown suspension x 42mm, silver and enamel, French motto; Order of the Crown, Gold Palms of the Order, gilt, in case of issue; Croix du Feu 1914-18, 1st type (2), bronze; Croix du Feu 1914-18, 2nd type (2), bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-18, Laslo official type 1, bronze; War Medal 1940-45, bronze; Resistance Medal 1940-45, bronze; Commemorative Medal for Leopold II 1865-1905, gilt; Centenary Medal 1830-1930, silvered; Albert I Silver Jubilee Medal 1934, bronze, generally very fine and better (14) £100-£140
Lot 641
An unattributed Cuban group of five Cuba, First Republic, Order of Military Merit, Fourth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, on good conduct blue riband; Long Service Medal, bronze, with six bronze chevron emblems on riband; Armed Forces Merit Medal 1933, bronze; National Reconciliation Medal 1933, bronze, with star emblem on riband; Distinguished Service Medal, 2nd issue, bronze, mounted as worn from a bronze riband bar with central ‘Libertad’ plaque, generally very fine (5) £140-£180
Lot 642
An unattributed French Legion of Honour group of fourteen France, Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Order of National Merit, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d’Opérations Extérieurs, bronze; Croix de la Valeur Militaire, bronze; Croix de Combattant, bronze; Croix du Combattant Volontiare, gilt, 2 clasps, Indochine, Coree; Korea Medal, bronze; U.N. Medal for Korea, French issue, bronze; Indochina Campaign Medal, bronze; Colonial Medal, 1 clasp, Extreme Orient; Middle East Operations Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, Moyen Orient; North Africa Operations Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, Maroc; Wound Star, combatant’s issue, bronze and red enamel; Korea, Republic, Korean War Participation Medal, 2nd type, bronze; together with the recipients French Battalion of he United Nations Organisation cap badge, silvered, gilt, and enamel, generally very fine (15) £180-£220
Lot 643
An unattributed French group of nine France, Third Republic, Medaille Militarie, silver, gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension; Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze star emblem on riband; Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d’Opérations Extérieurs, bronze, with two bronze palm emblems and one bronze star emblem on riband; Croix de Combattant, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal, official model by Morlon, bronze; Levant Campaign Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, 1925 Levant 1926; Lebanon Commemorative Medal 1926, bronze; Wound Star, combatant’s issue, bronze and red enamel, generally very fine (9) £80-£120
Lot 648
Ireland, Free State, Emergency Service Medal 1939-46, for Air Raid Precautions, 1 clasp, 1939-1946, with integral top riband bar, traces of verdigris, very fine Kuwait, Emirate, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, bronze and enamel, very fine Japan, Empire, Red Cross Membership Medal, silver, very fine Netherlands, Kingdom, Cross for Important War Actions, silvered, no clasp, in J. M. J. van Wielik, The Hague, card box of issue, good very fine Poland, Republic, Order of Polonia Restituta, Fifth Class breast badge, 41mm, gilt and enamel, very fine Rhodesia, General Service Medal (9855L F/R S. G. West) good very fine Saudi Arabia, Kingdom, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, silvered and gilt, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine (7) £80-£120
Lot 649
Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Seventh Class breast badge, 31mm x 28mm, silver and enamel, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly, in rio-nuri lacquer case of issue; Order of the Rising Sun, Eighth Class breast badge, 31mm x 28mm, silver, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly, in slightly damaged rio-nuri lacquer case of issue; China Incident War Medal 1937-45, bronze, with clasp, lacking riband; Army Relief Association breast Star, silvered and enamel, in wooden box of issue; Imperial Military Reserve Association Member’s Badge, silver, with bronze star at centre, in card box of issue, Patriotic Ladies’ Association Exceptional Merit Badge, Third Class, silver, lacking red enamel star at centre, in wooden box of issue; 2600th National Anniversary Commemorative Medallion, bronze, in wooden box of issue, generally very fine and better (7) £120-£160
Lot 650
Liberia, Republic, Operation Liberty Medal, gilt and enamel, with riband bar, in card box of issue, extremely fine Nigeria, Republic, Independence Medal 1960, silvered; Armed Forces Distinguished Service Medal, bronze; Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, silvered; National Service Medal 1966-70, bronze; Civil War Medal 1966-70, silvered; Defence Service Medal 1967-70, silvered; Federal Republic 10th Anniversary Medal 1963-1973, bronze; together with a copy Independence Medal 1960,; and a Nigeria Police cap badge, generally extremely fine (9) £50-£70
Lot 651
A Polish ‘Monte Cassino’ group of twelve Poland, Republic, Cross of Merit, gilt and enamel; Monte Cassino Cross 1944, reverse numbered ‘42746’; Polish Red Cross medal, reverse engraved ‘P. C. K. Hastudze’; Commemorative Medal for the War 1918-21, bronze; Medal for the Tenth Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence 1918-1928, bronze; Medal for 10 Years’ Long Service, bronze; Medal for 20 Years; Long Service, silver; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with two embroidered shoulder patches, a plastic polish emblem and two identity tags named to ‘A.P. 1892 43-111 RZ. KAT. Jelonek’, and all housed in a wooden frame, good very fine or better (12) £100-£140
Lot 653
Russia, Empire, Medal for the Crimean War 1853-56, bronze; Medal for the Memory of Alexander III 1881-1894, silver; Nicholas II Coronation Medal 1896, silver; Commemorative medal for the 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty 1613-1913, bronze, first two lacking large loop suspensions, generally very fine (4) £100-£140
Lot 659
A Selection of Soviet Union Railway Badges and Passes. Union of Soviet Socials Republics, Soviet Badge of Excellence on the Soviet Railways, silvered, gilt, and enamel, with accompanying award booklet; Soviet Excellent Railway Administrators Badge, gilt and enamel, with accompanying award booklet; Soviet Excellent Railway Engineers Badge, gilt and enamel, with accompanying award booklet; Soviet Excellent Railway Traffic Controllers Badge, gilt and enamel, with accompanying award booklet; Soviet Excellent Locomotive Drivers Badge, gilt and enamel, with accompanying award booklet; Soviet Shock Worker of the Stalin Labour Campaign Railway Badge (2), silver and enamel; bronze and enamel, both with accompanying award booklets; and two unrelated miscellaneous Soviet badges, both with award documents, generally very fine (9) £180-£220
Lot 685
A German Second War Group of Three. Comprising an excellent condition National Faithful Service Medal, good frosting to the award, undamaged enamel to the swastika with its blue watered silk ribbon and pin back uniform fitting pin. Accompanied by an Armed Forces 4 year Long Service with the gold Kriegsmarine eagle motif affixed to the blue ribbon. An SA Sports Badge in bronze, which has lost the majority of its finish with a replacement pin and re-soldered hook, maker marked on the reverse side in raised relief Feckler of Bernsbach, this is an unusual maker for this award, good condition (3) £70-£90
Lot 686
A German Second War Group of Three. Comprising an Infantry Assault Badge in silver, solid construction, non maker marked with slight oxidisation to the upper left hand area of the award, complete with original pin, hook and hinge. East Front Medal, good finish remaining, slight losses of the silvering to the steel helmet, complete with a short section of ribbon, non maker marked to the ring. A good example of the Italian Africa Medal in heavyweight bronze, good colour to the black, white, red and light green ribbon, good condition (3) £100-£140
Lot 687
A German Second War Group of Four. Comprising East Front Medal, reasonable finish, the silvering from the helmet has disappeared, ring maker marked number 4 in its original paper packet, which is titled Ost Medalle to the face side with the corresponding maker for the ring number 4 of Steinhauer & Luck of Ludenscheid on the reverse side of the package. Italian Africa Medal, this is the lighter weight version, which is gilded, gilding dull with its correct black, white, red and green ribbon. War Service Cross Second Class with swords in bronze, with its ribbon. Another War Service Cross Second Class in bronze, mint condition with accompanying A5 size citation to Technical Angestellten (Employee) Martin Pieper, late award date of 30 January 1945 with its original paper packet of issue, which is maker marked on the reverse side Grossmann & Co Wien (Vienna), ring to medal unmarked, good condition (4) £100-£140
Lot 700
A German Second War Submarine Combat Clasp in Bronze. A very good example of the Submarine Combat Clasp in bronze, 2nd model. This award, although appearing unworn, has been formed in a convex fashion by the awardee, a common occurrence amongst Kriegsmarine personnel more than any other arm of the service. The award has all of its original bronze finish, standard fluted pin, full compliment of the designer Peekhaus and the manufacturer Schwerin, Berlin on the reverse side, good condition £300-£400
Lot 702
A German Second War Panzer Assault Badge in Bronze. A mint condition Adolf Scholze produced Panzer Assault Badge in bronze. All finish remaining to the face side of the award. Very good detail to the tank tracks. On the reverse side AS within a triangle with its vertical needle pin, hook and ball type hinge, excellent condition £120-£160
Lot 704
A German Second War Army/S.S. Close Combat Bar in Bronze. A mint unissued example of the Close Combat clasp in bronze. All finish remaining, the majority of the blueing still obvious to the plate behind the central motif with very slight rust marks to the upper left hand side of the blued plate. There are many variants of the Close Combat clasp by this company, the logo A.G.M.u.K were a conglomeration of eight makers and many differences can be seen between the awards with the same naming, this is known as the 2nd pattern thin crimps, the crimps being the method of securing the blued back plate to the centre of the award. Standard wide tapering pin with original hook and hinge, excellent condition £140-£180
Lot 707
A German Second War Army Krim Shield. A service used Army Krim Shield, complete with all its bronze finish, its remaining surrounding field grey green army cloth with some light moth damage with its backing plate and traces of its paper backing. It would appear that one of the four fixing pins on the reverse side has never been fitted. Although Krim Shields were never maker marked our research indicates that this is a Wilhelm Deumer of Ludenscheid piece, constructed in zinc sheet, overall very good condition £80-£120
Lot 717
A German Second War Luftwaffe Short Range Day Fighter Bar in Bronze. A nice G.H.Osang produced zinc manufactured Flight Bar in bronze. Nice convex shape with its original wide tapering pin, hook and hinge. G.H.Osang Dresden tablet impressed to the right hand side of the reverse of the award. All finish remaining with all of the patinated finish to the arrow pointing upwards also intact, good condition £200-£240
Lot 789
A German Second War Adolf Hitler Head in Bronze. A good life size bronze head of Adolf Hitler by the bronze artist Ferdinand Liebermann, this is one of the better bronze sculptures. The casting company’ name to the rear of the neck is indecipherable. The base of the head has a hole for fixing to a base with cut marks evidence where it has been cut from its base, good condition £800-£1,200
Lot 110
Seven: Private A. J. Whitnall, East Kent Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (6395 Pte. A. Whitnall. E. Kent Regt.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-6395 Pte. A. J. Whitnall. 1/E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6395 Pte. A. J. Whitnall. E. Kent. R.); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service, silver, with ‘Five Years’ and ‘Twenty Years’ bars, edge impressed ‘4166’ and engraved ‘Alfred J. Whitnall’; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service, bronze, reverse engraved ‘Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade’, edge impressed ‘6866’ and engraved ‘A. J. Whitnall’; Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade Challenge Medal, silver medal by Vaughton & Son, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, unnamed, the reverse inscribed ‘Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade Challenge Medal won by...) mounted for wearing, nearly very fine or better (7) £260-£300
Lot 12
A post-War ‘Central African Film Unit of Rhodesia and Nyasaland’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Denys Edmund Brown, late Captain Royal Artillery, a distinguished film producer who went on to become Production Manager of Film Australia The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with companion miniature dress medals, both sets mounted court-style, extremely fine (6) £260-£300 --- M.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 1 January 1964: ‘Director of Film Services, Ministry of Home Affairs, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.’ Denys Edmond Brown was born on 8 August 1915, at Blackheath, Kent, and was educated at Christ’s Hospital and Brasenose College Oxford, graduating with a B.A. in 1939. He was a driver with the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service in 1940 and received the Civil Defence Certificate of Merit for his safe driving (certificate sold with lot). He joined the Regular Army in 1940 and served in the ranks until 2 May 1944, when he was granted an Emergency Commission as a Second Lieutenant. He served in the Royal Horse Artillery in the 8th Army in North Africa and Italy, and attained the rank of Temporary Captain. On leaving the Army after the war he worked in the film industry in Britain, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and Australia with a great deal of success: Film Production Control Officer, Central Office of Information, U.K., 1946-48; Scriptwriter and Producer, Central African Film Unit, Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1948-63; Director, Film Services Department, Federal Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1961-63; M.B.E. (Civil) 1963; M.A. 1964; Production Manager, Film Australia, 1964-69, and Producer in Chief from 1970. He was a member of the Australian National Film Board, the Government Film Institute, the Film Development Corporation, and of various associated Guilds. Denys Brown died at St Leonards, Sydney, N.S.W., on 13 March 1986. Sold with original Commission document as Second Lieutenant, dated 2 May 1944; Officers’ Release Book; London County Council Driving Licence 1948-49; two letters from the office of the Governor General, Rhodesia, concerning the award of the M.B.E., and named Buckingham Palace enclosure for same; also with photographs of him in R.H.A. uniform, of the presentation ceremony for the M.B.E., and of the Central African Film Unit building in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, together with case of issue for M.B.E., four bronze Christ’s Hospital swimming prize medals and a quantity of copied research.
Lot 131
Five: Stoker C. R. Walker, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for rescuing a drowning man in the Thames Estuary in November 1916 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (SS. 110850 C. R. Walker. Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Perseus); 1914-15 Star (SS. 110850, C. R. Walker, Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS. 110850 C. R. Walker Sto. 1. R.N.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Christopher R. Walker. R.N. 20th Nov. 1916), last lacking integral top riband buckle, good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- R.H.S. Case no. 43,050: ‘At 11:30 a.m. on 20 November 1916, a man fell overboard from his vessel in the Estuary of the Thames, the sea being choppy and the vessel going 12 knots. Frederick J. Wood, Petty Officer, and C. R. Wlaker, Stoker, at once jumped after him and kept him afloat until they were picked up.’ Christopher Richard Walker was born in Paddington, London, on 4 January 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 5 April 1911. Promoted Stoker 1st Class on 9 May 1912, he served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Actaeon, and was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal in 1916 for rescuing a drowning man in the Thames Estuary. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 4 July 1919.
Lot 152
Four: Petty Officer S. J. Smith, H.M. Yacht Alexandra, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (228028 S. J. Smith. Smn. Rigger., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (228028 S. J. Smith. Smn. Rigger. R.N); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (228028. S. J. Smith, P.O. H.M.Y. Alexandra) mounted as worn; together with a named Tug o’War prize medal, bronze, nearly very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Samuel John Smith was born in Southampton on 14 February 1888 and served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Agincourt, being present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He subsequently served in the Royal Yacht H.M.Y. Alexandra, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1927. He was shore pensioned in February 1928.
Lot 154
Three: Stoker First Class J. C. Merry, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.27339 J. C. Merry. Sto.2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.27339 J. C. Merry. Sto.1 R.N.) very fine Pair: Lieutenant H. E. F. Ralph, Canadian Forces, who was gassed on the Western Front on 18 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. F. Ralph.); together with a Southend-on-Sea Education Committee bronze medal for Regular Attendance, the reverse impressed ‘Harold Ralph 1905’; and five Canadian Masonic and Veterans badges, one in silver engraved ‘Corp. H. Ralph, Capt.’ very fine (5) £50-£70 --- Harold Edmund Flower Ralph was born in Essex on 19 August 1887, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 12 April 1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 20 January 1917, he served during the Great War with the 18th Battalion on the Western Front from 30 April 1917, and was admitted to the 20th General Hospital suffering from the effects of Gas on 18 August 1917. Repatriated to the U.K., he was discharged on medical grounds on 30 November 1918, and died in Toronto on 13 October 1963.
Lot 179
Family group: Three: Private G. R. White, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action at Miraumont during the operations on the Ancre on 17 February 1917 1914-15 Star (7042 Pte. G. R. White. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (GS-7042 Pte. G. R. White. R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (George Richard White) in card envelope; Memorial Scroll (Pte. George Richard White, Royal Fusiliers), the scroll torn evenly into two pieces across the coat of arms - having been previously folded, otherwise good very fine Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Harry White) very fine £160-£200 --- George Richard White, a native of West Molesey, Surrey, served with the 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 July 1915 and subsequently with the Machine Gun Section, D Company at the Battle of Trones Wood, July 1916, subsequent to which the men of his section wrote a 7 stanza poem regarding their grievances at the press adulation of the Royal West Kent Regiment for their stand at Trones Wood on 13 July 1916. The poem, entitled ‘The Press Heroes of Trones Wood’ claims that the Royal West Kents ‘stopped as if they’d seen a ghost’ when confronted by the Germans and were found by the Middlesex with their ‘heads stuck in the ground’ before ‘running like hell the other way’. In fact, the poem claims, it was the ‘Middlesex drove Fritz away’ and the Northants and Middlesex who ‘held on like grim death’ with close behind them the ‘good old Fusiliers’: And so the fight continued The Germans did their best And many a poor fellow There entered his long rest For six long days and nights boys (It is no idle boast) The Mids, Northants and Fusiliers Stuck Stubborn to their post. Of that six days of torture No written word can tell To those who took part in it T’was absolutely hell Yet while they stood and suffered It was their lot to read Big headlines in the papers Of the West Kent’s gallant deeds. The papers tell us nothing Of what those heroes did Their doings and their sufferings By “Royal West Kents” is hid But still they want no limelight And their reward is won In the quiet satisfaction Of duty nobly done. White was killed in action on 17 February 1917 at a time when his Battalion was engaged at Miraumont during the Operations on the Ancre. He is buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France. Sold together with two Royal Fusiliers cap badges; identity tag stamped ‘G. R. White II. RF 7042 C.E.’; a photo of the recipient standing in uniform with another Royal Fusilier, captioned to the reverse ‘Uncle Tiny on left’; an empty Princess Mary Christmas 1914 Tin; and a hand written poem regarding the battle of Trones Wood, July 1916, written by the men of the Machine Gun Section, D Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Harry White, older brother of the above, served as a Special Constable in the Metropolitan Police District from 15 November 1915 until 19 July 1919. Sold together with a Metropolitan Police Certification of Service named to ‘Harry White’; Metropolitan Police Whistle by J. Hudson & Co. 244 Barr Street, Birmingham and chain, the whistle inscribed ‘09021’; Metropolitan Special Constabulary cap badge, bronze.
Lot 19
A Great War ‘Second Battle of Ypres’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private A. Gray, Seaforth Highlanders, later Machine Gun Corps, who was gassed in September 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8773 Pte. A. Gray. 2/Sea: Hdrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8773 Pte. A. Gray 2/Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (8773 Pte. A. Gray. Seaforth.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband, very fine (5) £800-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. When the remainder of the team had been put out of action by the enemy’s fire he kept his gun going, and by his bravery and resource did much to save the situation at a critical time.’ Arthur Gray attested for the Seaforth Highlanders and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry near St. Julien on 26 April 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres, on what was the Battalion's first major action of the Great War, certainly in terms of casualties suffered: ‘Called on to attempt the impossible, without adequate artillery preparation and support, on ground unknown and unreconnoitred, they were sent to turn an enemy well provided with machine-guns out of a position which had ready-made cover in houses and a wood, and splendid artillery observation from higher ground behind it.’ (Military Operations in France and Belgium 1915 by Brigadier-General J. E. Edmonds and Captain G. C. Gwynne refers). Total casualties suffered by the 2nd Battalion during the battle were 348 officers and men killed or wounded. Gray was wounded by gas poisoning on 18 September 1915, and subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 8 December 1915. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient and copied research, including the relevant Battalion War Diaries. Note: The recipient’s Belgian Croix de Guerre is unconfirmed.
Lot 190
Four: Acting Corporal A. E. Taylor, Seaforth Highlanders 1914-15 Star (2005. Pte. -A-Cpl-. A. E. Taylor. Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2005 A. Cpl. A. E. Taylor. Sea. Highrs.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, very fine (4) £50-£70 --- Albert Edward Taylor attested for the Seaforth Highlanders and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 December 1915. M.I.D. and French Croix de Guerre unconfirmed.
Lot 193
Pair: Captain P. S. Carden, Army Service Corps, late Sussex Yeomanry, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War 1914-15 Star (Lieut. P. S. Carden. A.S.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (211 Cpl. P. S. Carden. Sussex Yeo.); together with a County of Sussex Rifle Association Prize Medal, bronze and enamel, the obverse with the Sussex coat of arms and crossed rifles, the reverse engraved ‘C. of Sx. R.A. Corpl. P. S. Carden Sx Yeo Team Lewis Cup 1909’, good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Philip Sidney Carden, a native of Brighton, served with the Sussex Yeomanry and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 107 of April 1912. Following the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned into the Army Service Corps on 17 September 1914, and as a Temporary Captain he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 29 May 1917). Sold with copied research.
Lot 201
Four: Sergeant J. Green, 12th Australian Army Service Corps, Australian Imperial Force, later Australian Prevost Corps, who was awarded the Romanian Medal for Valour and Loyalty 1914-15 Star (5079 Dvr. J. Green. 12 A.S.C. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (5079 Sgt. J. Green 12 A.S.C. A.I.F.); Romania, Kingdom, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Second Class, with crossed swords, silvered-bronze, unnamed as issued, cross swords suspension sprung on right hand side; together with the recipient’s A.N.Z.A.C. Commemorative Medallion, bronze, 75mm x 50mm, obverse scene depicting Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, 3rd Field Ambulance, A.I.F., with donkey, with the legend ‘1915 ANZAC’, reverse with an outline of Australia and New Zealand, with the ‘Southern Cross’, medal named to ‘J. Green’, in its fitted case of issue, good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- Romanian Medal for Valour and Loyalty, First Class London Gazette 20 September 1919: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Joseph Green was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1893 and having emigrated to Australia joined the Australian Imperial Force in November 1914. He served as a Driver with the 12th Australian Army Service Corps in Gallipoli and later Palestine, and subsequently served as a Sergeant with the Australian Prevost Corps.
Lot 180
Meiji Bronze candelabra, for two lights , central vase on three dragon feet on round base with several sections, gallery , open work , on the sides dragons and on top eagle on rock, decorated with very fine landscapes in the centre with animals and dancing geisha, partly silvered and gilted with silver etched and engraved decorations, later electrification not proofed, 19. centuy , 63cm high
Lot 297
Im Hof Desktop clock in triptych shape with to be opened doors, bronze gilded case with Limoges multi coloured and painted designs in medieval manner, Roman numbers with two bronze fingers described Swiss, glazed dial, numbered 3265, wind up ring on the reverse, 20. century,high 15 cm , open 28 cm wide
Lot 364
A Chinese bronze censer, Xuande mark, of compressed form with openwork slender lug handles, raised on a tripod base Xuande archaic six-character mark to the understand, 24cm widecondition report; Visible sections of repair to the body, most noticeably to the base. Exterior with general patina and surface wear. Please see additional images for clarification.
Lot 370
A Chinese bronze figure of a Qilin, 19th century, of archaic form, 22cm high, with a pair of bronze Koro's and covers, each mounted with a dog of fo, 14cm high (3) Provenance: Ruyton Hall, Shropshire Condition Report: Qilin- no obvious areas of repair, restoration or noticeable losses. There is noticeable surface wear and patina corrosion to the polished exterior, more so to the underside and legs. Stand well when placed on a flat surface. General wear and blemishes visible throughout especially to the exterior but no obviously concerning structural concerns.
Lot 383
A Chinese gilt bronze model of Guanyin, modelled seating in dhyanasana with hands in dhyanamudra, elaborately robed and seated upon a lotus crown base, 11cm high Provenance: Ruyton Hall, ShropshireCondition report; No obvious losses or repairs. General surface wear and patina visible including tarnishing, light blemishes and grubby residue. Perhaps once held an object in hands as a vacant port can be seen. Please see additional images for clarification.
Lot 649
A parcel gilt bronze table lustre, 19th century, modelled as a cherub riding a dolphin, set to a base modelled as stylised waves on scroll feet, later adapted to a lamp base, 37.5cm high including lamp fitting Lighting lots are sold as decorative items only, prospective buyers must consult with a qualified electrician before use or installation of these items.Codition report;Some speckled tarnishing to light fitting, very minor rubbing/tarnishing to gilt, no visible repairs or breaks, left wing is smaller than the right, but this appears to due to the cast rather any damage
Lot 654
An Art Nouveau bronze by Henri Louis Levasseur (1853-1902), titled 'Le Lilas', the scantily clad maiden modelled with her right arm aloft and her left holding a branch, raised on an ebonised turned plinth, 37cm highCondition report; Minor rubbing to the patination on the raised creases in the flowing dress, particularly to the rear, other very minor rubbing on edges and tips, very minor rubbing to plinth base
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