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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.’
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (156 Ordly: A. Kew, St. John Amb: Bde:) good very fine £140-£180 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901. Private A. Kew, Leeds Corps (Armley and Wortley), St John Ambulance Brigade, served at Port Elizabeth and is also entitled to the St John Ambulance Brigade bronze medal for South Africa.
Fire Brigade Medals. A miscellaneous selection of Fire Brigade medals including a Bavarian Cross for services to fire-fighting, bronze; a Baden medal for Loyal Services to fire-fighting, silver, the reverse engraved ‘F. Wohlgemuth Adjutant 1897-1917’; two German fire-fighting crosses for 25 Years’ service; a Belgian Civic Decoration, silver and enamel; an Irish Free State Fireman’s medal, silvered; a Portuguese Volunteer Fire-fighter’s medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Bodas de Duro 1943’; an Interfire 110th Anniversary Medal, Peterborough, September 1994, bronze; an Association of Fire Chiefs International Centennial Medallion 1973, bronze; a United States of America Berlin Airlift Medal, bronze, with riband bar and related miniature, in case of issue; and two United States of America Delegates Badges, both on embossed ribbons, generally very fine and better (lot) £100-£140
Four: Colour Sergeant F. W. Lloyd, Manchester Regiment, later a member of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard Jubilee 1897, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (868 Cr. Sgt. F. W. Lloyd. 63rd Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (868 Sergt. F. Lloyd. Manch: R.) mounted court-style for display in this order, polished, contact marked, edge wear and bruising, nearly very fine and better (4) £400-£500 --- Frederick Wellington Lloyd was born in the parish of Ballybut, Co. Tipperary, Ireland around July 1843. He attested for service in the 63rd Regiment of Foot on 9 July 1864 at Toronto, Canada, joining his regiment at Hamilton, Ontario, and then moving to Victoria Barracks, Montreal. In June 1865 the 63rd embarked for England, arriving at Portsmouth on 12 August. He served with his regiment in Scotland and in Ireland, being promoted to Corporal in 1867 and to Sergeant in March 1869. In October 1870 the 63rd embarked for India, landing at Bombay on 7 November to entrain for Deolali, and Barakar and then marching to Hazarabagh, arriving there in December 1870. He was appointed Colour Sergeant on 17 January 1872. In November 1878 the regiment moved to Umballa until ordered to proceed to Quetta and then to Kandahar. He returned to the U.K. on 5 December 1882 and on 1 January 1883 he was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He was discharged from the army at Tipperary on 12 December 1890. In 1892, Frederick Lloyd was accepted as a member of the ‘Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard’. He died on 15 May 1906 at the age of 63. Sold with copied service papers and extensive research including a copied photographic image of the recipient in uniform as Colour Sergeant and another as a Yeoman of the Guard.
Fire Brigade Medals. A miscellaneous selection of foreign, mainly Eastern European, Fire Brigade medals including Croatian Volunteer Fireman’s Long Service Medal for 10 years’ service, bronze; German Democratic Republic Medal for Faithful Service in the Volunteer Fire Department (3), Second Class, for 20 years’ service, silvered; Third Class, for 10 years’ service, bronze (2); Hungarian Volunteer Fireman’s Long Service Medal (3), for 10 years’ service, silvered (2); for 5 years’ service, bronze; Polish Medal of Merit for Fire-Fighting (3), First Class, gilt; Second Class silvered; Third Class, bronze; Fireman’s Medal, Krakow 1972, silver; and a Soviet Medal for Bravery in a Fire, silvered, generally good very fine and better £100-£140
Pair: Private V. Kay, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on the western Front on 18 November 1916 British War and Victory Medals (41481 Pte. V. Kay. Manch. R.) mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine; Pair: Private A. Riley, Manchester Regiment and a member of the Church Lads’ Brigade British War and Victory Medals (303548 Pte. A. Riley. Manch. R.) in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Church Lads’ Brigade Coronation Review Medal 1902, bronze, the reverse inscribed ‘Present on Parade A. Riley’; a Church Lads’ Brigade Cross, bronze, unnamed, with brooch bar; and a Boys’ Brigade cap badge, bronze, extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Alfred Victor Kay was born at Failsworth, Manchester, in 1898 and attested for service in 2nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment, sometime in the autumn of 1915, using his second name ’Victor’. He served in France in the Battle of the Somme and at Beaumont Hamel and Serre, and was killed in action on 18 November 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.
‘A few hours after the declaration of war a division of British destroyers slid out of Harwich and began a thorough search of the lower end of the North Sea ... they had hardly been under way an hour before the leading destroyers sighted was at first appeared to be a steamer belonging to the Great Eastern Railway making slowly towards the Dutch coast [it was in fact the Königin Luise, a carefully disguised German minelayer]. A warning shot calling upon the vessel to stop was ignored - it was the first shot of the war - and immediately after a deliberate and well-aimed fire was opened. Shortly after twelve o’clock - just three hours after our vessels left port - she disappeared beneath the waters of the North Sea. Fifty seven of her crew were rescued’. ‘The attack on the German Mine-Layer Königin Luise, from Deeds that Thrill the Empire’ The historically important Royal Humane Society Medal awarded to Sub-Lieutenant C. D. Bury, H.M.S. Landrail, Royal Navy, for saving the life of a German officer from drowning on the occasion of the sinking of the German Minelayer Königin Luise on 5 August 1914; with the Great War barely hours old, this was the first recognised act of gallantry of the entire War. Bury subsequently served in H.M.S. Landrail at the Battle of Jutland; took part in the Zeebrugge Raid; and for his services during the Great War was three times Mentioned in Despatches Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (Sub. Lt. Claude D. Bury R.N. 5th Aug. 1914.) with integral top bronze riband buckle, edge nicks, good very fine £700-£900 --- R.H.S. Case no. 41,158: ‘On the 5th August 1914, shortly after the German mine layer Königin Luise had been sunk in the North Sea a German officer was seen in the water in an exhausted state. Sub-Lieutenant Claude Bury, H.M.S. Landrail, and Gunner E. G. Haycroft plunged overboard and kept him afloat till they were picked up.’ Claude Denzil Bury was born in Kensington, London, on 27 April 1893, and joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet on 15 January 1906. Appointed Midshipman on 15 May 1911, he was commissioned Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 September 1913, and was posted to the torpedo boat destroyer H.M.S. Landrail in June 1914. Britain declared War on Germany at 11:00 p.m. on 4 August 1914. Early the following morning, 5 August, H.M.S. Landrail, as part of the 3rd Flotilla led by H.M.S. Amphion, and accompanied by H.M.S. Lance, sortied into the North Sea to patrol the area between Harwich and the Dutch island of Terschelling for German activity. At 10:15 a ship in the black, buff, and yellow colours of the Great Eastern Railway’s steamers that plied between Harwich and the Hook of Holland was spotted, ‘throwing things overboard, presumably mines’. H.M.S. Amphion led the flotilla to investigate and observed that the fleeing ship was deploying mines even then. At 10:45, Lance opened fire at a range of 4,400 yards. The target was S.M.S. Königin Luise, a former Hamburg-Heligoland excursion boat that had been converted to an auxiliary minelayer by the Germans. They had planned to mount a pair of 8.8-centimetre (3.5 in) guns on board, but they did not have the time to do so; her only armament was a pair of lighter guns and 180 mines. During the night she had departed Emden and headed into the North Sea to lay mines off the Thames Estuary, which she began to do at dawn. The fire from the destroyers was ineffective until Amphion closed to a range of 7,000 yards and began hitting the German ship at about 11:15. By noon, Königin Luise was sinking and her Captain, Commander Biermann, ordered the vessel to be abandoned; as the men jumped into the water, many struggled to stay afloat in the choppy waters. Witnessing the struggles of the German sailors in the water, Bury and a gunner, Ernest Haycroft, jumped into the water and held the grievously injured Biermann aloft. A rope was thrown, and the three men were hauled aboard the Landrail, where mobilisation papers were found upon the injured German captain. In all the three British ships rescued 5 enemy officers and 70 ratings. As a result of their gallantry, both Bury and Haycroft were recommended by the Admiralty to the Royal Humane Society: ‘I am Commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request you will express their satisfaction to Sub-Lieutenant Claude D. Bury and Mr. Ernest G. Haycroft, Gunner of H.M.S. Landrail, for their meritorious conduct in saving the life of a German Officer from drowning on the occasion of the sinking of the German Minelayer Königin Luise on 5 August. My Lords are prepared to recommend these two Officers to the Royal Humane Society.’ Returning to port early on the morning of 6 August, after 24 hours on patrol, H.M.S. Amphion struck one of the mine’s that had been laid by the Königin Luise and sank, with the loss of one officer and 131 ratings killed, together with an unknown number of German prisoners of war rescued from Königin Luise. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the Great War. Two days later, Captain Biermann succumbed to his injuries. Bury returned safely to port in H.M.S. Landrail, and remaining in her, was promoted Lieutenant on 15 May 1916, being present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Noted as ‘an exceptionally capable officer’, he was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 14 September 1917; 23 July 1918; and 20 February 1919), including for distinguished services during the Zeebrugge raid on 23 April 1918, and later served in the Middle East. Advanced Lieutenant-Commander on 15 May 1924, he retired in the rank of Commander, and died in Winchester on 17 March 1957 at the age of 64. Sold with the named Bestowal Document for the Royal Humane Society Medal, in original transmission tube, together with a fair copy of the original Admiralty recommendation; the recipients related miniature awards (comprising a 1914-15 Star trip with M.I.D. oak leaves in addition to the Royal Humane Society Medal); a bronze Royal Life Saving Society Proficiency Medal, the reverse engraved ‘C. D. Bury. Feb. 1910’, in embossed case photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.
Four: Corporal M. Metcalfe, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (14289 L-Cpl. M. Metcalf. R. Dub. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (14289 Cpl. M. Metcalf R.D. Fus.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze palm on riband, very fine and better, the last rare to unit (4) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2006. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 10 October 1918 Maurice Metcalfe attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 7 August 1915 - he is likely to have been part of the Sulva Bay landings on Gallipoli. Subsequently serving with the 10th Battalion on the Western Front, he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre, one of just 18 such awards to the entire regiment, of which 7 were to other ranks. Sold with copied research.
A scarce British War Medal in Bronze awarded to Muleteer Ioassif Georghis, a Greek Cypriot serving with the Macedonian Mule Corps British War Medal 1914-20, bronze issue (5982 Muleteer Macedonian Mule C.) polished, nearly very fine, scarce £80-£100 --- Ioassif Georghis, a Greek Cypriot, attested into the Macedonian Mule Corps and served during the Great War in Macedonia from 19 November 1916 to 18 December 1917. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extract.
A pair of massive and impressive Chinese hardstone orchids in gilt-bronze jardinièresQing dynasty, the jardinières, 18th/19th century, the orchids, 19th/20th centuryThe flowers variously carved of rose quartz, carnelian agate and pale green jade, with long, spinach-green jade leaves, the jardinières each standing on three small bracket feet, the sides cast with two bands of fine scrolling lotus and set with a pair of lion mask-and-loose ring handles beneath the rims, each around 114.5cm high (2).清 硬石雕百寶盆栽一對連銅鎏金花盆Provenance: Christies, 20 September 1990, lot 167 (label)Condition Report: Metal corrosion and indentation to the jardinières commensurate with age. Expected chips to the extremities of flower petals and leaves considering the fragility of this type of objects, a few petals and leaves have come off, some with sympathetic restoration. Please request extra images from the department for a full overview.
Eighteen Ojime beadsMeiji periodComprising bronze with silver inlay, parcel gilt silver and yellow metal beads, two beads in form of Buddhist lion dog and old men respectively, four beads in stylised vases, the rest of ovoid with decoration in relief of birds, flowers, crab and dragon, two with Tomoyuki mark, four with other marks, the smallest 1.6cm long, the biggest, 2.2cm long (18). Condition Report: Tarnish to the metal and wear to gilding, minor indentation to metal commensurate with age.
A Tibetan civil official gilt bronze and white metal seal19th centuryThe square seal with white metal base inscribed two Tibetan character reading 'Garda', surmounted by a recumbent mythical beast on top of a lotus pedestal, 5 x 5 x 5.5cm. 西藏十九世紀 銅鎏金及白鐵文官印Condition Report: wear to the gilding, metal corrosion and indentation, minor verdigris commensurate with age.
A collection of beads, a bone fragment and an amethyst necklace Various datesComprising nine strings of beads of various kinds including stone, agate, glass, hard stone, lapis lazuli, quartz, semi precious stones, and a small bronze ornament, loose lapis lazuli and white hard stone beads, an oval agate bead 4.3cm across; a terracotta seal of a gecko 5.3cm long; a bone fragment possibly the handle of a brush, 15.5cm long, and a amethyst beaded necklace (qty).珠串及散珠、紫晶項鏈及雜項一組Condition Report: Wear to the surface, indentation and chips to various beads commensurate with age.
Three Chinese enamelled snuff bottles20th century, apocryphal Qianlong marksComprising: a painted enamel bottle in the Imperial style decorated with landscape medallions, gilt bronze stopper, 5cm high without stopper; an enamelled glass bottled decorated with boys at play, 5cm high; and an enamelled bottle with a snowy landscape scene, the base with iron red two-character mark, 6.5cm high (3).二十世紀 加彩鼻煙壺三件Snuff bottles from a Private Collection (Lots 95-238), mostly formed by Frederick George Ruddle (1886-1960), from Carshalton, Surrey, and Lily Beatrice Ruddle (neé Etherington) 1887-1972, from Sutton, Surrey.The Ruddle family were owners of a large bakery in Sutton, and property developers in Sutton and Carshalton, SurreyFrederick was by trade, a sign writer; Frederick and Lily left England initially for South Africa and subsequently for Australia, where they settled shortly before the first world war. They had eight children.Frederick then took up an executive role for an Australia, Southeast Asia and South Sea Island trading company, Burns Philp, which took him to travel extensively in East Asia; it is presumably during the course of these travels that he had the opportunity to discover Chinese and East Asian Art, and start amassing his collection of snuff bottles, amongst other things. He was a passionate collector of many things beside snuff bottles, including Oceanic Art and Orientalia.In 1978, the current vendor, a grandchild of Frederick, came to England to attend Cambridge university. At the time he was given power of attorney from the executors of the estate to assist in and arrange the sale of Frederick and Lily’s remaining real estate and properties in Sutton and Carshalton.As thanks for his assistance, the executors, Molly and Hilda Ruddle, gave him the collection of snuff bottles, in 1980, which he lovingly preserved, researched, and added to over the yearsCondition Report: Glass bottle: rubbing to enamels, a couple of tiny nibbles to mouth. Painted enamel bottle: shallow scratch to neck and insignificant nibbles to interior of foot. Snow scene bottle: neck has been off and restuck. General firing imperfections.
A rare pair of Chinese famille verte tankards and coversQing dynasty, Kangxi periodPainted to the barrel-form body with four panels enclosing birds among flowering branches, below four ruyi shaped panels on a fish roe ground, the cover with gilt bronze rim, affixed with large loop handle painted with floral sprigs, atop a dancing bird, 16.2cm high (2).清康熙 五彩繪花鳥紋啤酒杯連蓋一對Cf. A pair of nearly identical examples is illustrated in Jörg, 2011, cat. no. 143, where the author notes that this type of tankard was probably only produced for a brief period and all existing examples appear to have similar designs. Another example with a gilt-bronze mounted cover was sold at Mak Van Waay, Amsterdam, May 16, 1984, lot 2083A.Condition Report: One with a detached handle and glued mount. A 26mm long nail was inserted to the body to connect the handle, surrounded by glue residue. The other with loose mount. Significant wear to the joint of the handle and the mount, including 15mm crack and 8mm hole. The rim with 12mm hairline and 90mm hairline going down to foot. A 10mm chip to the inside of the cover. Expected firing flaws with loss of enamel.
A Japanese bronze koro and an iron brazier, hibachiMeiji period, the koro signed YoshidaThe koro standing on tripod feet and cast with mythical beast handles and long-tailed birds on prunus around the body, cast signature to the base, 29.5cm wide; the iron brazier decorated with a single crab in shallow relief under the rim and paired loop handles, wood stand, 31.5cm wide (2).
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