Family Group: An Order of St. John pair awarded to Acting Sister F. A. Hill, Surrey Brigade, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s shoulder badge, silver and enamel; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension, with four Additional Award Bars (33222 A/Sis. F. A. Hill. Surrey. S.J.A.B. 1945); together with the related miniature award on a lady’s bow riband, very fine Three: Corporal H. A. Hill, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme on 13 July 1916 1914-15 Star (G-1848 L. Cpl. H. A. Hill. The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-1848 Cpl. H. A. Hill. Queen’s R.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Arthur Hill) in card envelope of issue, extremely fine Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class, J. Hill, Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (5904 2. A.M. J. Hill. R.F.C.) extremely fine (7) £160-£200 --- Florence Alice Hill, a long serving member of St. John Ambulance Brigade, Surrey Brigade, was the wife of James Hill. Henry Arthur Hill attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 27 July 1915. Appointed Corporal, he was reported missing, later confirmed as killed in action whilst serving with the 7th Battalion on 13 July 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. James Hill, from Reigate, Surrey, attested for the Royal Flying Corps for service during the Great War on 1 June 1915.
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A post-War Order of St. John group of six awarded to Warden R. S. A. Allen, Civil Defence Warden Services, late Mercantile Marine, who was awarded a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct for his services during the Second World War The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Ralph Allen); Defence Medal, with K.C.B.C. silver laurel leaves; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R. (R. S. Allen) crudely engraved naming; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with three Additional Award Bars, unnamed, mounted as worn, generally very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Serving Brother, Order of St. John London Gazette 23 June 1970. K.C.B.C. London Gazette 31 October 1941. ‘For brave conduct in Civil Defence.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘On the night of 11 April 1941, an enemy parachute mine fell in Derby Road, Southampton, and wrecked approximately 120 houses. In one of these wrecked houses there were 5 casualties with face injuries due to the blast, plus small cuts and abrasions to arms ands legs. Before the house collapsed there were 2 persons in the upper part of the house and 3 persons on the ground floor, and when the house collapsed all 5 persons were buried with the debris on top of them. Mr. Allen, who is a member of St. John Ambulance Brigade, and a part-time Warden, tunnelled under the debris and administered First Aid to these trapped people. Two of these casualties were pinned down by sections of wooden beams. After administering First Aid, he obtained help of other Wardens and these beams were sawn through, and the injured persons sere then released. Throughout these operations which lasted approximately half an hour, he displayed outstanding courage, coolness, and was an inspiration to his fellow Wardens. Fire and escaping town gas added to his difficulties.’ Rudolph Sidney Albert Allen was born in Southampton on 11 May 1898 and served during the Great War in the Mercantile Marine, attesting under the slightly less Germanic-sounding Christian name of Ralph. Amonst the ships he served in was the Cunard Line’s S.S. Aquitania, that had been requisitioned as a troopship. During the Second World War he was employed as a Warden with the Civil Defence Warden Service, and was awarded a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct for his services in Southampton in April 1941. He was created a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John in 1970, and died in Southampton in 1978. Sold with copied research.
A post-War Order of St. John pair awarded to M. Herring, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 4th type (1974-84), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles flush with the background; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal, with one gilt Additional Award Bar (SG1. M. Herring. Bedford. S.J.A.B. 1956.) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s riband bar, very fine (2) £70-£90
Order of the League of Mercy, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; together with two Voluntary Medical Service Medals, the first silver (John P. Barrett), with one Additional Award Bar; the second a modern striking in cupro-nickel, unnamed, with two Additional Award Bars, in card box; and a British Red Cross Society Badge of Honour lapel badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse numbered ‘8996’, good very fine (4) £60-£80
A Selection of Miscellaneous Nursing Lapel Badges. Comprising Leicester General Hospital, gilt and enamel, unnamed; Newcastle General Hospital, silvered and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘L. W. Bookless’, with silvered ‘City of Newcastle upon Tyne’ brooch bar; Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Wigan, silver and enamel, unnamed; Chequers Court Hospital 1914-1916, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Agnes Thomson’; Southmead Health Authority Bristol, silver and enamel, unnamed; Church of Scotland Deaconess Hospital, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘May Mc.Tavish 1933-1937’; Registered General Nurse Scotland, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘M. T. Watt A16,771’; General Nursing Council of Scotland Enrolled Assistant Nurse, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘R. H. Keiller 2845’; North Down College of Nursing, silvered and enamel, unnamed; and Confederation of Health Service Employees Steward, silvered and enamel, unnamed, all with reverse pin-back suspensions, generally very fine (10) £100-£140
Copy Medals (27): George Cross (3); Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R.; Military Cross (4), G.V.R. (2); G.VI.R., 1st issue; E.II.R.; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., 1st issue (3); Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (2); Military Medal (10), G.V.R., 1st issue (3); G.VI.R., 1st issue (3); E.II.R., 2nd issue (4); Air Force Medal, G.VI.R.; Queen’s Gallantry Medal; Royal Victorian Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue, silver; together with a reduced-sized gilt and enamel cross of the Royal Victorian Order, the majority poor-quality castings, therefore generally fine as produced (28) £60-£80
The V.C. group of nine miniature dress medals worn by Major-General E. H. Sartorius V.C., 59th Foot, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery at Sliah-jui, Afghanistan, on 24 October 1879, and who was gifted his miniature V.C. by his brother (and fellow V.C. recipient) R. W. Sartorius Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar contemporarily engraved ‘R. S. to E. S. 25.5.81’; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle; Jubilee 1887, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp; Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, Fourth Class badge, silver, gold, and enamel, with rosette on riband; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted as worn and housed in a wooden box with plaque inscribed ‘Major General Euston Henry Sartorius, VC., G.C.B. [sic]’, green enamel damage to Medjidieh, generally very fine (9) £2,400-£2,800 --- V.C. London Gazette 16 May 1881: ‘For conspicuous bravery during the action at Sliah-jui, on the 24th October 1879, in leading a party of five or six men of the 59th Regiment against a body of the enemy, of unknown strength, occupying an almost inaccessible position on the top of a precipitous hill. The nature of the ground made any sort of regular formation impossible, and Captain Sartorius had to bear the first brunt of the attack from the whole body of the enemy, who fell upon him and his men as they gained the top of the precipitous pathway; but the gallant and determined bearing of this Officer, emulated as it was by his men, led to the most perfect success, and the surviving occupants of the hilltop, seven in number, were all killed. In this encounter Captain Sartorius was wounded by sword cuts in both hands, and one of his men was killed.’ Euston Henry Sartorius was born in Cintra, Portugal, on 6 June 1844, the younger son of Admiral Sir George Rose Sartorius, G.C.B., and the younger brother of Reginald William Sartorius V.C., C.M.G. Along with his brothers, he was educated at Victoria College, St. Helier, Jersey, then Woolwich, and later at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. First serving as an Ensign in the 59th Foot, he was gazetted Lieutenant on 29 June 1865. He served as a Staff Officer and Instructor at Sandhurst from December 1869 until 1874, during which time, on 29 June 1869 along with two other men, he helped to save three girls from drowning at Broadstairs, Kent, and was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal in Bronze. When he left for India in 1874, he served as a Company Commander during the Second Afghanistan War, and for his gallantry at Shahjui on 24 October 1879 was awarded the Victoria Cross. Lieutenant Irwin of the 59th, who was under Sartorius’ command, wrote of the action: ‘Captain Sartorius ordered his men to fix bayonets, and to clamber up. The hill was very steep, and when they got to within a few feet of the top the Afghans sprang up with a yell, and, sword in hand, slashing right and left, simply jumped down upon our fellows. For a few moments, all was confusion, friend and foe falling down together, but it was speedily all over. We had gained the hill, and the standards on it, not one of the enemy having escaped. We lost one man, and Captain Sartorius was wounded in both hands. The fanatics were splendid, though ferocious-looking scoundrels, and fought like fiends, having evidently made up their minds to die, and to do as much damage as possible before doing so.’ Sartorious was invested with his Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria on 1 July 1881. Due to wounds received during his V.C. action, he partially lost the use of his left hand; unable to continue as an active field officer, he was appointed to a staff post at Aldershot. In the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War he was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General, responsible for base and communications, and was afterwards promoted brevet Lieutenant-Colonel; was Mentioned in Despatches; and was awarded the Fourth Class of the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh. He was promoted Colonel in 1886, and was Assistant Adjutant-General in Portsmouth from 1891 to 1894. He then served as Military Attaché to Japan, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1896. Promoted Major-General in 1899, he retired in August 1901, although he continued to serve as a Colonel of a volunteer battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment. The inscription on the reverse of the Victoria Cross ‘R. S. to E. S.’, presumably refers to the fact that Euston Sartorius was gifted his miniature V.C. by his brother Reginald Sartorius, himself a recipient of the V.C. during the Ashantee War. The Sartorius brothers are one of only four sets of brothers to both be awarded the Victoria Cross (the others being C. J. S. and H. H. Gough; G. N. and R. B. Bradford; and A. B. and V. B. Turner).
The C.M.G. group of five miniature dress medals worn by Colonel A. de M. Bell, Canadian Army Service Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £200-£240 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1919. Archibald de Mowbray Bell was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on 17 March 1874 and was commissioned into the 43rd Rifles in the late 1890s. Following the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned Major in the Canadian Army Service Corps on 23 September 1914, and serviced during the Great War on the Western Front, being twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 31 December 1918), awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 12 July 1918), and created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Advanced Colonel, he died on 31 March 1963. Sold with the recipient’s Province of Quebec Curlers Association Past President’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Col. A. de M. Bell.’; and a miniature photograph of the recipient in uniform forming the centrepiece of a silver and enamel oval brooch, and housed in a fitted leather case.
The O.B.E., R.R.C. group of eleven miniature dress medals attributed to Principal Matron Miss Ida Walden, Territorial Force Nursing Service, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, gilt; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), E.II.R. [sic], silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq; India General Service 1908-35, no clasp [sic - entitled to the clasp Waziristan 1921-24]; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn on two riband bars, the Great War trio on one bar, and the remainder on a second bar, generally very fine (11) £140-£180 --- O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 23 December 1947: ‘In recognition of gallant conduct in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner’ The original Recommendation states: ‘On the night of 4 April 1947, 2 Combined Military Hospital Meiktila (Burma) held 299 patients accommodated in semi-permanent bashas. As a result of a typhoon which hit the hospital area at about 1800 hours, all these bashas were raised to the ground within a period of two hours. Despite the fact that a large proportion of the patients were bed cases, no casualties were sustained and by the following morning all the patients were accommodated in alternative berths, with treatment resumed. This very credible performance was largely due to Principal Matron Ida Walden, R.R.C., who immediately preceded to the hospital at considerable risk of falling timber and, ignoring the fact that the Sisters’ Mess and quarters were already partly destroyed and would obviously lead to the loss of personal kit and possessions, commenced supervising the evacuation of patients. Her leadership and tireless energy, combined with her continued cheerfulness in the face of adversity, acted as an inspiration and won the admiration of all the medical staff and patients, and was largely responsible for avoiding what otherwise might have been a disaster.’ R.R.C. London Gazette 15 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘In hospitals in the operational area she has by her efficient and energetic action done good work in raising the standard of nursing and morale of the personnel in a lonely station and done much good work for the comfort of patients.’ Miss Ida Jane Walden was born in October 1889 and served during the Great War with the Territorial Force Nursing Service, serving on board the hospital ship Britannic, (the sister ship of the Titanic), sailing back and forth to Gallipoli to evacuate the wounded. Subsequently posted to India, she saw further service in Iraq, Kurdistan, Persia and Burma, and for her gallantry and service in Burma during and immediately after the Second World War she was awarded both the O.B.E. and the R.R.C. She was latterly assistant matron of Nakuru War Memorial Hospital in Kenya, and then Matron of the Mombasa and Coast European Hospital in Kenya. She retired to Worthing and died in June 1979, a few short months before her 90th birthday. Sold with copied research. Note: Great War M.I.D. unconfirmed.
An unattributed C.B., C.V.O. group of six miniature dress medals The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel; The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s badge, gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Coronation 1902, silver; Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R. cypher, with integral top riband bar, mounted for wear, the CB and CVO both of recent manufacture; the latter four all of contemporary manufacture, generally very fine An unattributed group of five miniature dress medals United States of America, Silver Star, with two silver star emblems on riband; Bronze Star; Purple Heart, with four silver star emblems on riband; France, Fifth Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s badge, silvered and enamel; Great Britain, Distinguished Service Order, E.II.R., gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, mounted American-style for wear, nearly very fine Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp (3), Fort Detroit; Chateauguay; Chrystler’s Farm; British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, no clasp (2), silver issue; bronze issue, all of recent manufacture; Canada, Order of Canada, badge, gilt and enamel; together with a miniature Territorial Force Nursing Service cape badge, good very fine (18) £140-£180
Victoria Cross; George Cross; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type; badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on 1st type riband; Military Cross, G.VI.R.; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar; Military Medal, G.V.R., 2nd ‘crowned head’ issue; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R.; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R., generally very fine and better (10) £100-£140
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, this of modern manufacture; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Wittebergen, Cape Colony, clasps mounted in this order; Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse; Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R.; Germany, Third Reich, Cross of Honour for the German Mother, 2nd issue, First Class, gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, all except the KtoK Star of contemporary manufacture, good very fine (9) £100-£140
A pair of German dress miniatures Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, silver, with enamel obverse central medallion; Saxony, Order of Albert, Civil Division, silver and enamel, with crown suspension, mounted as worn continental style from a double braided gilt chain, with decorative mounting button at one end and hook at other, very fine (2) £60-£80
A mounted group of forty-two miniature dress medals representative of the medals worn by H.M. King Hussain of Jordan Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of Hussein bin Ali; Order of the Renaissance; Hashemite Star; Military Gallantry Medal; Order of the Star of Jordan; Order of Independence; Order of Military Merit; Medal for the Battle of Karama 1968; Medal for the Great Ramadan War 1973; Silver Jubilee Medal 1977; Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Hashemite Collar; Morroco, Kingdom, Order of El Mohammed I; Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile; Iraq, Republic, Order of the Two Rivers; Syria, Republic, National Order of Ummayad; Lebanon, Republic, Order of Merit; Tunisia, Republic, Order of Independence; Oman, Sultanate, Order of Oman; Saudi Arabia, Order of Abdul Aziz Al Saud; Yemen, Kingdom, Order of Ma’arib; Libya, Republic, Order of the Grand Conqueror; Iran, Empire, Order of Pahlavi; Great Britain, The Royal Victorian Order; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer; France, Fifth Republic, Legion of Honour; Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit; Malaysia, Federation, Order of the National Crown; Pakistan, Republic, Order of Pakistan; Spain, Kingdom, Order of Isabella the Catholic; Romania, Republic, Order of the Twenty Third of August; Mexico, Republic, Order of the Aztec Eagle; Philippines, Republic, Order of Sikatuna; Japan, Empire, Order of he Chrysanthemum; Austria, Second Republic, Order of Merit; Yugoslavia, Republic, Order of the Grand Star of Yugoslavia; Italy, Republic, Order of Merit; Great Britain, Order of the Bath (Military Division); Netherlands, Kingdom, Civil Order of Merit of the Netherlands Lion; Spain, Kingdom, Order of the Golden Fleece, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, mounted for wear, about extremely fine and a remarkable set (42) £1,500-£2,000 --- Owing to the completeness and the rarity of some of the miniatures in this group, it would appear likely that this group of miniatures was mounted with the intention that it would be worn by H.M. King Hussain (who doubtless would have had various miniature groups both for wear and in reserve).
Belgium, Kingdom, Military Cross, Second Class, silver-gilt and enamel, in case of issue; Civil Decoration, First Class Cross (2), silver-gilt and enamel, both on Administrative Long Service ribands, and both in cases of issue; Commemorative Cross for the 75th Anniversary of the Belgian Telegraph 1846-1921, First Class, gilt and enamel, with riband bar, in case of issue; Decoration for Workers and Artisans, silver and enamel, bilingual motto, in card box of issue; together with a 25th Anniversary Medal 1929-54, silver, in case of issue with crowned ‘E’ to lid; and an unofficial Belgian Red Cross decoration, in case of issue, generally very fine and better Greece, Republic, Order of the Phoenix, Civil Division, Fifth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, with single star to top arm of cross, in case of issue, extremely fine (8) £80-£100
Belgium, Kingdom, A selection of miscellaneous Orders, Decorations, and Medals, including Order of Leopold II, Knight’s breast badge (2), one lacking reverse centre; Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge (2), one in box of issue; Silver Medal of Charles Prince Regent (1944-50); Red Cross Decoration, in silver and enamel; Civic Decoration (2), in silver-gilt and silver; Labour Decoration (6), First class (3), Second class (3); Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, generally very fine (30+) £200-£240
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of the Oaken Crown, Knight’s breast badge, 35mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, good very fine Netherlands, Kingdom, House Order of Oranje-Nassau, Silver Merit Medal, silver; War Cross 1939-45 (2), bronze; Nijmegen March Cross (2), bronze-gilt, both with integral top riband bars, extremely fine (6) £100-£140
Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class breast badge, 72mm including star and crescent suspension x 55mm, silver, gold, and enamel, mint mark to reverse, with rosette on riband; together with a base silver star, 59mm, probably a military society badge, similar design to the Medjidieh but with gilt toughra on red enamelled background with two-lined inscription below, good very fine (2) £140-£180
A German Great War Iron Cross Group of Five. Comprising the 1914 Iron Cross Second Class, the Mecklenburg Schwerin Military Service Cross Second Class, the Third Reich awarded 1914-18 War Honour Cross with swords, the Prussian 15 Year Long Service Medal, and the Third Reich awarded 40 Year Long Service Medal in gilt with undamaged enamel, mounted as worn, good condition (5) £100-£140
A German Second World War Order of the German Eagle First Class Without Swords. Very nice example of the Eagle Order First Class without swords, cased. Undamaged enamel within the arms of the swastika, excellent gilt to the remains of the award, complete with its full length ribbon in silk with red neck ties. Fitted into its correct case with the lettering to the upper inner lid matching the award Verdienstkreuz 1.Stufe. The exterior of the lid is very good with good strong gilt to the Reich eagle, two scuffs to the leather on the left hand side and a slight rectangular mark probably from a old glued label to the bottom right hand front of the lid, very good condition £1,400-£1,800
A German Second World War Order of the German Eagle Third Class. A very fine condition Order of the German Eagle Third Class, with swords, totally undamaged white enamel to both sides of the Maltese Cross with good white enamel within the arms of the swastikas, good gilt to all other fitted parts, with its original ribbon and dress retaining pin, suspension ring marked 900 21. Fitted into its presentation box, the gilt lettering to the upper inner imitation silk reads correctly. Two ink stains to the right hand side of the inner upper silk, the exterior of the box having good proud gilded eagle and swastika and gilt edge line but some rubbing to the corners with what appears to be ink stain to the top left hand corner of the box, very good condition £500-£700
A German Second World War German Cross in Gold. A classic No.20 C.F. Zimmermann production, good gilt to the gold wreath with some rubbing to the high spots, all of the finish to the ray and star good with undamaged red enamel ring, the brushed aluminium finish behind the enamel swastika good without any damage to the enamels of the swastika itself. On the reverse side the standard No.20 four domed hollow rivets. The wide tapering pin all intact with its original hook and hinge, stamped number 20 under the pin, good condition £1,000-£1,400
A German Second World War German Cross in Silver. A Superb quality convex shaped Deschler & Sohn produced German Cross in Silver, this is the heavy unmarked version. Totally undamaged enamels to the central swastika, slight rubbing to the dark patinated finish of the ray, the silver star all good, undamaged red enamel to the ring below the silver 1941 dated wreath, slight toning to the area between the arms of the swastika, with its classic four domed rivets by Deschler. Wide tapering pin, original hook and hinge, extremely good condition £2,000-£2,400
A German Second World War German Cross in Silver. A very nice example of the cased German Cross in silver. Manufacturer number 20, C.F. Zimmermann & Company. This is the classic example, the most commonly encountered manufacturer of all the German Crosses both gold and silver. Number 20 stamped to the underside of the pin. Four slightly raised hollow rivets. Typical straight tapering pin. Original hook and hinge. Totally undamaged enamel to the black swastika. Very slight rubbing only to the surface of the silver wreath with its 1941 date. All of the finish to the star and ray intact. The red enamel ring is undamaged with slight toning to the silvered finish within the arms of the swastika. Fitted into its correct silver lined box, the silver lining has turned to a hue of gold over the years but is definitely a silver version. The box itself has some slight scuffing, some minor biro marks on the inner imitation silk in the area of the hinge with some scuff marks and what appears to be a paint stain to the top front section of the lid itself, very good condition £1,800-£2,200
Miscellaneous German Awards. Comprising the Third Reich awarded 1914 War Honour Cross for 1914-18 for widows, mint condition in its original presentation case with correct riband; the Hamburg Field Ehrenzeichen, with undamaged enamel; the 1872 Warrior Merit Medal for Prussia; a 1936 dated Schutzenkonig Shooting award stamped silber 935; and two British-made facsimile Iron Crosses, one for the Bombardment of Hartlepool, Scarborough, and Whitby; the other for the German siege on Antwerp, Dinant, and Gent 1914, generally good condition (6) £60-£80
German Second World War Mothers Crosses in Gold. Three excellent condition Mother Crosses in gold, all cased, enamel to all three superb, the first manufactured R. Hauschild of Pforzheim, the second by Robert Sieper of Ludenscheid, and the third by Wilhelm Deumer of Ludenscheid. All of the awards are titled to the upper inner imitation silk to the lids, all have the outline of the Mothers Cross in gold to the exterior, boxes with minor scuffing, good condition (3) £140-£180
Miscellaneous Irish Guards Insignia. A miscellaneous selection including an Officers silvered and enamel cap badge, another Warrant Officer example, a scarce bronze Pagri badge, another silver plate example, two pipers caubeen badges, a Guards Depot trained solder arm badge, and sundry cap, collar, and cloth badges, generally good condition (lot) £240-£280
A Second War M.B.E. awarded to Lieutenant H. Rogers, Royal Naval Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver and enamel, in Royal Mint case of issue and outer card transmission box, extremely fine £160-£200 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 11 July 1944: ‘For courage, leadership, and skill in fire-fighting, rescue work, and in towing ships clear of the fire during and after a heavy air raid on Bari.’ The original Recommendation, dated 12 March 1944 states: ‘For courage, resource, and devotion to duty in towing a damaged and deserted cased petrol ship clear of a conflagration following the Air Raid on Bari during the night of 2-3 December 1943. This he achieved by means of an Italian Tug, of which he took charge after organising a volunteer crew of British Naval Ratings. Remarks of Administrative Authority: Highly recommended. I have received several reports of the gallant work of this officer.’ Sold with the Bestowal Document for the M.B.E., together with named Buckingham Palace enclosure; Central Chancery enclosure; and Admiralty copy of the recommendation; Commission Document appointing the recipient a Temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve; Admiralty enclosure for the recipient’s other Second War awards (1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp; Africa Star with North Africa 1942-43 clasp; Italy Star; and War Medal 1939-45); and copied research.
Four: Admiral R. P. Cator, Royal Navy, the only R.N. officer to receive an officially impressed medal for Azoff Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Azoff, Sebastopol (Lieut. R. P. Cator, R.N.) officially impressed naming, but with engraved correction to second initial [from ‘I’]; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, unnamed as issued; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th class, silver, gold and enamels; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, dark toned, light contact marks and chips to red enamel, otherwise good very fine (4) £2,000-£2,400 --- Ralph Peter Cator was born on 19 May 1829, at Bangalore in the Kingdom of Mysore, India, eldest son of Peter Cator, of Beckenham, Kent, Barrister-at-Law, who was for thirteen years Registrar of the Supreme Court of Madras. He was nephew of Major-General William Cator, C.B., Director-General of Artillery, and of Vice-Admiral B. C. Cator; and first cousin of J. B. Cator, R.N. He entered the Royal Navy on 22 May 1843, on board the Castor, in which frigate he was employed for four and a half years, chiefly on the China and New Zealand stations (also entitled to New Zealand medal dated 1845-46 - his name is shown on the medal roll but this medal is never mentioned in his services in the Navy List right up to his death and has never been seen on the market. The Admiral is, however, depicted wearing a New Zealand medal in a portrait held in the collection of the Defence Academy of the U.K.). He served off the coast of Africa, where, in 1850 whilst in command of the pinnace of Philomel, he made prize of the Brazilian brigantine Condor off the river Louisa Loanga, for which he was mentioned for his judgement and gallantry. In January 1853 he was appointed to the Rodney, and, in August 1854, to the command of the Danube, steam tender to the ship last named, and in September 1855 to the Rodney again. In command of the Danube he performed much valuable service. He assisted in landing the army in the Crimea, and in embarking the wounded after the battle of the Alma; he was in attendance on the allied fleets during the attack on the forts of Sebastopol, 17 October 1854; and in April 1855, he aided in embarking the Turkish troops under Omar Pasha at Eupatoria. He also accompanied the expedition to Kertch, where he was again employed in landing troops; and entering the Sea of Azoff with the flotilla under the orders of Captain Edmund Moubray Lyons, he contributed to the destruction of a vast accumulation of stores belonging to the Russian Government at Taganrog, Marioupol, and Gheisk, 3, 5 and 6 June; rendering, at Taganrog, good service with a 24-pounder howitzer and rockets, and evincing merit, which was mentioned with praise in the despatches of the senior officer. On the night of 16 June, prior to the unsuccessful attack on Malakhoff and Redan, the Danube was engaged in pouring a shower of rockets on the sea defences and town of Sebastopol. As First-Lieutenant of the Furious he was attached to the Naval Brigade at the storming of the city of Canton in December 1857, on which occasion he assisted Captain Osborn in burning the houses in the vicinity of the North Gate, a service executed under sharp fire and with considerable difficulty, the houses containing little or no inflammable matter. His conduct during the operations against Canton was brought to the notice of the Commander-in-Chief, by whom he was mentioned for his services on shore (while belonging to the Calcutta) as Senior Lieutenant of the 2nd division of small-arm men at the destruction of the Chinese fortifications at the entrance of the Peiho River, 20 May 1858. He was rewarded with the rank of Commander in September 1858, and advanced to Captain in 1866, to Rear-Admiral in 1882, and to Vice-Admiral in 1888. He was A.D.C. to the Queen from December 1879 to December 1882, and the inventor of a “fog alarm buoy” which was approved by the Admiralty and issued to the Fleet. He was advanced to full Admiral in May 1894. Admiral Cator died in Chelsea, London, on 30 July 1903 and is buried in Northwood Cemetery. Cator’s officially impressed Crimea medal is the only such example issued to an R.N. officer with the clasp for Azoff. Rodney was one of the four ships to which officially impressed medals were issued but Cator was the only officer to be detached for service in the Sea of Azoff from any of those ships. Sold with copied research and Liverpool Medal Company catalogue entry offering these four medals for sale circa 1980-85.
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel H. H. Stevenson, 79th Cameron Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Captn. Henry H. Stevenson. 79th. Highlanders) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Brig. Majr. Hy. Holford Stevenson.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast badge, by Hunt & Roskell, London, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Bt. Major H. H. Stevenson 79th Highlanders’, with manufacturer’s name around reverse central plate, and additional reverse retaining pin; Sardinia, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Captn. Hy. Holford Stevenson 79 Regt.’; Ottoman Empire, Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’ (Bt. Major H. H. Stevenson 79th. Highlanders) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming, with small ring suspension, minor edge bruising, generally good very fine and better (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- Henry Holford Stevenson was commissioned Ensign in the 79th Cameron Highlanders from Sandhurst on 29 June 1849 and was promoted Lieutenant on 24 December 1852, and Captain on 29 December 1854. He served with the Regiment throughout the entire Crimean War (one of only 8 Officers of the Regiment to do so), including the battles of Alma and Balaklava, and the siege and fall of Sebastopol; the assaults of 18 June and 8 September 1855; and the expeditions to Kertch and Yenikale. For his services in the Crimea he was awarded the Sardinian Al Valore Militare, and the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh Fifth Class. Stevenson saw further service in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, including at the siege and capture of Lucknow; and acted as Brigade Major from February 1858. For his services during the Mutiny he was Mentioned in Despatches, and was promoted Brevet Major. He was subsequently appointed Aide-de-Camp to General Sir Duncan Cameron Commanding the Forces in Scotland, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 25 March 1869. He died at Llangorse, Brecknockshire, on 7 May 1892. Sold with copied research. For the Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to his cousin, Lieutenant H. P. Holford, see Lot 382.
Attributed to Christian Friedrich Zincke (German 1683-1767) Portrait miniature of William Metcalfe of Fordham Abbey, Cambridgeshire (d.1785), wearing a brown coat and powdered wig Enamel on copper, in a gilt metal frame, in a leather case 45 x 38mm Provenance: The collection of the late John Taylor
Joseph Lee (1780-1859) Portrait miniature of a gentleman in 17th-century Dutch dress Signed, dated and inscribed Joseph Lee Pinxt./London 1816 (in black paint to the counter enamel) Enamel on copper, rectangular, in a gilt metal frame 96 x 82mm Provenance: Redlynch House, Salisbury, Wiltshire Exhibited: Possibly, London, Royal Academy, 1816, as 'An enamel of Bartholomew Vander Helst. After a picture by himself'
Henry Pierce Bone (1779-1855) Portrait miniature of Mrs Buller, wearing a blue dress with lace collar and a cream shawl, seated in an interior Signed, dated and indistinctly inscribed Mrs Buller/London/March 1813/Painted by Henry Bone R.A./Enamel Painter in Ordinary/to His Majesty and Enamel/Painter to H.R.H. the Prince/****t after *** picture in/the possession of Lady Somers (in black paint to the counter enamel) Enamel on copper, rectangular, in a gilt painted easel frame 101 x 82mm Provenance: Redlynch House, Salisbury, Wiltshire The squared drawing for this work is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London (no.NPG D17711).
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