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Lot 1
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for Birmingham 2015; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, housed on original case insert, of modern manufacture, extremely fine (2) £1,600-£2,000
Lot 10
A Great War C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Colonel J. R. Dyas, Hampshire Regiment, later Royal Warwickshire Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Lieut: J. R. Dyas. 2/Hamps: Regt.); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieutt. J. R. Dyas. 2d. Bn. Hamps: R.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Capt. J. R. Dyas. 1/R. War: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Major. J. R. Dyas, Rl: Warwick Rgt.) engraved naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (Col. J. R. Dyas.) rank officially corrected; Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (Captain J. R. Dyas, 1st. Bn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, mounted court-style for display, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £1,200-£1,600 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 8 March 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services in connection with the War.’ James Ridgeway Dyas was born on 11 March 1862, the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Dyas, Royal Engineers, and was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 67th Regiment of Foot on 22 January 1881, and served with the Regiment (later the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment) in India from 10 March 1881. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1881, and served in the Sudan campaign in 1885, and then with the Burmese Expedition in 1885-86 (Mentioned in Despatches) and again in 1887-89. Promoted Captain on 4 September 1889, he transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and served in the campaign in the Sudan under Sir Herbert Kitchener with the 1st Battalion, and was present at the Battle of Khartoum. He was promoted Major on 1 April 1899, and saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from February to June 1900. He was appointed Second in Command of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, on 6 April 1902, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 December 1905. Promoted Brevet Colonel on 22 December 1908, he was placed on half pay on completion of his tenure of command of the battalion the following year. Dyas rejoined for the Great War on 21 September 1913, and was appointed to the command of the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He transferred to the command of the 9th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 6 August 1915, and then to the command of the 36th Training Reserve Battalion on 1 September 1916. He reverted to retired pay on 24 July 1919, and subsequently served as Librarian at the Staff College, Camberley. For his services during the Great War he was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and received the British War Medal only. He died on 23 January 1933. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied research.
Lot 11
A post-War C.M.G. group of four awarded to Sir Christopher Chancellor, General Manager of Reuters from 1944 to 1959 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Phoenix, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, generally good very fine (4) £400-£500 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 4 June 1948: ‘General Manager, Reuters’ Sir Christopher John Chancellor was born on 29 March 1904, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Robert Chancellor, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., G.B.E., D.S.O., and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined Reuters in 1930 and remained with the agency for 29 years. Based in Shanghai from 1931 to 1939 with his young family, he kept the agency's China service operating after the Japanese invasion in 1932. He returned to London during the War, and worked with William Moloney and William Haley in reorganising Reuters' news and business operations, succeeding Sir Roderic Jones as the general manager of Reuters in 1944. The Daily Telegraph credited him for keeping the company running under extremely difficult wartime circumstances, noting that ‘It was largely thanks to Chancellor that Reuters had survived the war intact, despite the loss for several years of the greatest part of its world market.’ By 1951, at the firm's 100th anniversary, Chancellor was credited with tripling the agency's correspondents and revenues. He was additionally knighted in 1951 and received the King Hakkon VII Liberty Cross (1947), Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau (1950), Commander of the Order of Danebrog (1951), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1951), Commander of the Spanish Order of Civil Merit (1952), Commander of the Order of the Phoeneix (1953), Commander of the Order of Vasa (1953) and Commander of the Italian Order of Merit (1959). Following his retirement from Reuters in 1959, Chancellor held various Fleet Street directorships, as well as serving on various charitable committees. His younger son, Alexander Chancellor, was editor of the Spectator form 1975 to 1984, and his grand-daughter is the actress Anna Chancellor. He died in 1989. Sold with original named Coronation Medal transmittal slip, this framed.
Lot 12
A Great War ‘Palestine operations’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Vice-Admiral (Retired) J. D. Nares, Royal Navy, who was decorated and mentioned in despatches for services whilst serving in H.M.S. Enterprise in October & November 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. J. D. Nares. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, unnamed as issued, flaking to obverse red enamel central medallion, otherwise good very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 20 February 1919: ‘Cdr. John Dodd Nares, R.N., H.M.S. Enterprise. Did most useful service prior to the operations in fixing positions north of Gaza, thus enabling a map to be drawn up. Rendered every 'assistance’ to R.A. Egypt from the 6th to 12th November, 1917, when the Rear Admiral’s flag was flown in Enterprise.’ John Dodd Nares was born on 11 December 1877, the son of Admiral Sir George Nares, the Arctic explorer. He entered the Royal Navy on 15 January 1892 and was promoted to Sub Lieutenant on 15 December 1897, having served as a Cadet in H.M.S. Britannia, and in H.M.S. Crescent, in which he advanced to Midshipman on 15 March 1994. As a Midshipman he served in H.M.S. Katoomba, H.M.S. Orlando, H.M.S. Flora, H.M.S. Calliope, H.M.S. Victory and H.M.S. Volage. It was remarked that he "suffers greatly from sea sickness". He became an Assistant Surveyor 4th Class on 1 September 1898 and, as a Sub-Lieutenant, served in H.M.S. Triton and H.M.S. Penguin. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 April 1900, then serving in H.M.S. Dart, H.M.S. Penguin, H.M.S. Research and, from March 1908 to February 1911, in H.M.S. Egeria, as First Lieutenant and, from March 1910, in command. He was in H.M.S. Fantôme from 21 February 1911, and in command from May 1911 until May 1913, when he spent a few months in the Hydrographic Department before taking command of H.M.S. Hearty on 7 November 1913. He was promoted to Commander on 31 December 1913, and left Hearty only a couple of months later on 28 February 1914, when he returned to the Hydrographic Department the following day as a Naval Assistant, before becoming Superintendent of Charts on 17 February 1915. He joined H.M.S. Enterprise on 1 September 1917, in command and as Charge Hydrographic Surveyor, and was also appointed to the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, nominally to conduct surveys in the Red Sea. But, from October to December 1917, operated in H.M.S. Enterprise off the coast of Palestine, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and was also mentioned in despatches. From 19 August 1918, he commanded H.M.S. Merlin, in Hong Kong and was promoted to Captain on 30 June 1919. It is recorded that Their Lordships "expressed satisfaction at the circumstances in which hydrographic information of considerable value of Canton Rivers East and West was obtained". He was Superintendent of Charts in the Hydrographic Department from 1 November 1920 to 1 March 1922, when he took command of H.M.S. Endeavour on the west coast of Africa, remaining in her until 13 August 1924. He returned to the Hydrographic Department as Assistant Hydrographer until 23 February 1928, when he joined H.M.S. Iroquois in command on the China Station until 6 December 1929. Vice Admiral Tyrwhitt described him as "Above average. A most efficient surveyor and has carried out his duties in accordance with Admiralty Orders. Charming personality and a pleasant companion." He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 4 April 1931 and retired the following day. During 1931-32 he undertook surveys of Bharanager Channel on the west coast of India, before becoming the President of the Directing Committee of the International Hydrographic Bureau in Monaco from 1932 to 1940 when, with the collapse of France, he returned to England to serve in the Hydrographic Department - first as a Retired Commander and then as a Retired Captain. From 1942-44 he held the post of Assistant Hydrographer in Bath. He returned to Monaco as a Vice Admiral (dating from 1 Jan 1936) in 1945, and remained there until his death on 18 January 1957. Sold with copied research, including record of service and confirmation of Second War medals.
Lot 125
Six: Surgeon Captain K. H. Jones, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (Surgn. K. H. Jones, R.N., H.M.S. Waterwitch); 1914-15 Star (Ft. Surg. K. H. Jones, M.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Commr. K. H. Jones. R.N.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Russia, Empire, Order of St Stanislaus, Second Class neck badge, with swords, gold and enamel, by Eduard, St Petersburg, the first five mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- Kenneth Hurlstone Jones was born on 10 February 1873, at Manchester, and was educated at Owens College Manchester and Victoria University, M.B., Ch.B. (2nd class Honours), 1897. On graduation he joined the Royal Navy, serving in home waters until sent to H.M.S. Waterwitch on the China station, where he earned his first medal. In 1905, after a short period on half pay, he joined R.N.H. Hong Kong. In 1908 he was promoted Staff Surgeon on his return to the U.K. In 1909 he published an article in “Ibis” entitled “Notes on birds seen on the Trans-Siberian Railway”, so it is possible he returned to the U.K. overland. His papers show he was interested in natural history and several papers in a range of journals were to follow. He then held a range of appointments, being promoted to Fleet Surgeon in 1913 ante-dated to 1911. In World War 1 after a period on H.M.H.S. Agadir Jones joined the Duke of Edinburgh, serving on her at Jutland. He was awarded the Order of St Stanislaus (London Gazette 5 June 1917) for his services at Jutland, and also the Order of the Crown of Belgium (London Gazette 29 August 1917). After the war he served in a range of establishments, being discharged in 1924 with an honorary step in rank to Surgeon Captain. He was a Fellow of the Zoological Society, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a member of the Council of the R.S.P.B. He died in November 1938 at Canterbury aged sixty five from a coronary thrombosis.
Lot 13
A Great War ‘Western Front 1918’ D.S.O. and M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Lloyd, commanding 1/1st Denbigh Yeomanry, later re-designated as 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. R. C. Lloyd.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. R. C. Lloyd. Denbigh Yeo.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, the last five mounted as worn and contained in a contemporary fitted glazed display case with the D.S.O. still on its original integral ribbon brooch, obverse centre depressed on the D.S.O., otherwise good very fine, the TFWM rare to unit (6) £3,600-£4,400 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 2 April 1919; citation published 10 December 1919: ‘Captain (acting Major) Roderick Croil Lloyd, M.C., 1/1st Denbigh Yeomanry, attached 24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. During the successful operations of 31st October 1918, in the vicinity of Tieghem, he showed great gallantry and able leadership in command of his Battalion. At one period of the operations he went forward to the leading Company Commander, and with him so effectively reorganised the Company under heavy fire that he was able to order it forward to the attack on the second objective. He then found the supporting Company, who had lost direction, reorganised it and placed it in position’. M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘Captain (acting Major), 1/1st Denbigh Yeomanry.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 12 January 1918 (Egypt) and 5 July 1919 (France). Roderick Croil Lloyd was born in Flint, Mold, on 3 July 1885, the son of Major Edward Lloyd and his wife Ethel Mary. Educated at Cheltenham College, he was first commissioned in the Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry as Second Lieutenant on 30 August 1902; Lieutenant, 1 April 1908; Lieutenant, Denbigh Yeomanry, from T.F. Reserve of Officers, 19 August 1914; Temporary Major, 7 May 1916; Acting Major whilst employed on H.Q. of a Yeomanry Regiment, 20 June 1918; Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, 9 November 1918, whilst commanding a Yeomanry Battalion. Relinquishing the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 3 December 1918, he was promoted substantive Lieutenant-Colonel on 7 March 1921. Post War he commanded the 5th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers from 10 September 1920. Serving with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 3 March 1916 with the Denbighshire Yeomanry, on 1 March 1917 whilst in Egypt it was re-designated 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Territorial Force. Leaving Egypt on 30 April 1918, the Battalion arrived in France on 18 May 1918. On 21 June 1918, it became part of 94th Brigade, 31st Division and took part in the following actions: battle of St Quentin, battle of Bapaume, battles of Arras, Estaires, Hazebrouck, defence of the Nieppe Forest, attack at La Becque, capture of Vieux Berguin, battle of Ypres including the action at Tieghem. War Services of Army Officers (1920) records that Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd was wounded. Post War he returned to his estate and probably continued his former career as a Land Agent. He married Joan Tate on 29 April 1924, whose family owned the well-known Tate & Lyle Company. He was a J.P. of Denbigh and died there in 1971 aged 86 years.
Lot 14
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Major E. A. Widdowson, New Zealand Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (3/463 Major. E. A. Widdowson. N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (3/463 Major E. A. Widdowson. N.Z.E.F.) nearly extremely fine (4) £2,000-£2,400 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1918. Eric Arthur Widdowson was born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, on 11 November 1888 and enlisted at Otago on 21 October 1914. Commissioned a Captain in the New Zealand Army Medical Corps, he embarked for service with the 2nd Reinforcement, New Zealand Expeditionary Force at Wellington on 14 December 1914, and served during the Great War at Gallipoli; with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force; and on the Western Front. Promoted Major on 13 December 1917, he served latterly with No. 1 New Zealand Field Ambulance, and for his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ‘for his gallant conduct and devotion to duty during the period 25 September 1917 to 24 February 1918’ (London Gazette 28 May 1918), as well as being appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Returning to New Zealand on 20 May 1919, he was discharged on 21 August 1919, and in later life practised as a G.P. in England. He died on 29 April 1959. Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient, housed in a glazed display frame.
Lot 15
An unusual Second War ‘1944’ D.S.O., ‘1943’ A.F.C., United States of America Bronze Star group of nine awarded to Group Captain D. C. R. MacDonald, Royal Air Force, a Hawker Hind and Baltimore pilot, who served with 613 Squadron in 1939 and commanded 211 and 52 Squadrons in the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa. He also commanded the Mediterranean Air Transport Service, December 1944 - May 1945 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1944, with integral top riband bar; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; United States of America, Bronze Star, reverse engraved ‘D. C. R. MacDonald’, mounted for display, generally very fine or better (9) £2,800-£3,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 9 June 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘Group Captain (Wing Commander) MacDonald took over the command of 52 Squadron in March 1943, whilst rearming with Baltimores for use as bombers in the Middle East. In June the Squadron was transferred to this Command for reconnaissance. Later the Squadron was employed in the protection of shipping running between Sicily and Salerno from enemy submarines. These changes in role, though considerable, were made efficiently and quickly. Credit for this is due to Group Captain MacDonald. Since the arrival of the Squadron in North Africa, Group Captain MacDonald has flown a considerable number of hours on active operations. During the last six months, for example, he has flown 150 operational hours. These figures are high for a Squadron Commander, but the Squadron was without previous experience of sea reconnaissance and anti-submarine work and had to learn as it went along. It is in this respect that Group Captain MacDonald has shown outstanding leadership in the face of the enemy as he never hesitated to do the more hazardous sorties himself first of all and to pass on his experience to his squadron. The Squadron arrived in North Africa at a time when it was vital shipping be stopped between Italy and Sicily. This shipping travelled close inshore and under fighter protection. Much of this reconnaissance was carried out by 52 Squadron and on sighting reports being made shipping torpedo strikes were made by Beaufighters or Wellingtons in North Africa, and also by bombers of the Strategic Air Force. Shipping reconnaissances were also necessary to stop traffic between Sardinia and Corsica and Italy during the period of the evacuation of these islands by the enemy. Many of the successful strikes on shipping were made as a result of reconnaissance by 52 Squadron. Much of this sea reconnaissance was very hazardous. Many of the sightings of enemy shipping made by Group Captain MacDonald, despite the fact that the shipping was covered by enemy fighters, resulted in sinkings by the shipping strikes. I attribute the excellent work done by 52 Squadron in sea reconnaissance to the personal example and courageous and gallant leadership of Group Captain MacDonald, who set a very high standard of achievement to the rest of the Squadron.’ A.F.C. London Gazette 2 June 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘Since the formation of this unit [No. 72 Operational Training Unit], this officer has been engaged as chief instructor. He has produced consistently good results during the period. The school has become an exceptionally efficient training unit and Wing Commander MacDonald has set a fine example.’ United States of America Bronze Star. The official citation, dated 24 October 1945, states: ‘Group Captain D. C. R. MacDonald, Royal Air Force, first as Commander and later as Deputy Commander, Mediterranean Air Transport Service, from December 1944 to May 1945, assumed his duties at the time of departure of the American commander of the theatre. With unusual ability he applied himself to the difficult and complex task of operating an allied airline in a combat zone. His changes in operation control, and his diplomacy and tact in transactions with the associated carriers, materially increased the efficiency of the command. His enthusiastic and loyal support of the later American commander not only inspired members of the organisation but paved the way for future allied co-operation. Group Captain MacDonald’s outstanding services in the Mediterranean Air Transport Service contributed greatly to the execution of the allied war effort.’ Duncan Charles Ruthven MacDonald was born in Woolwich in 1913, and educated at home and University College, London. He joined the Royal Air Force as Acting Pilot Officer on probation in September 1934, and was posted to No. 5 F.T.S., Sealand for pilot training. Having qualified as a pilot, subsequent postings included to 4 and 614 Squadrons. MacDonald advanced to Flying Officer in March 1937, and was posted to 613 Squadron (Auxiliary Air Force) as the Regular Officer Adjutant and Instructor with the rank of Flight Lieutenant in March 1939. The Squadron was an army co-operation unit, and at the outbreak of the war was allocated to the Air Component, British Expeditionary Force in support of troops in France. Flying Hawker Hinds, they also carried out raids on German installations. MacDonald advanced to Squadron Leader in September 1940, and to Wing Commander in February 1941. He appears to have spent the remainder of the war in flying appointments in the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa, including as the Commanding Officer of 211 Squadron, July - November 1941. At this latter date an element of the squadron formed No. 72 O.T.U. (See A.F.C.). MacDonald was appointed to the command of 52 Squadron (Baltimores), Egypt, in March 1943. He moved with the Sqaudron to Tunisia in June, from where they carried out shipping reconnaissance and convoy escort duties before moving to Italy in November 1943. MacDonald advanced to Group Captain, and commanded No. 328 Wing prior to commanding the Mediterranean Air Transport Service, December 1944 - May 1945. By the end of the war he had flown over 2,000 hours, and at least 63 operational sorties. Group Captain MacDonald was presented with is D.S.O. and A.F.C. by H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace in December 1946), and retired in September 1958. Sold with Bestowal Document for the D.S.O., dated 9 June 1944, and official photograph of recipient being awarded the Bronze Star. Also with copied research.
Lot 152
Five: Sick Berth Attendant G. J. Grieve, Royal Navy, who was severely wounded in action at Athens in December 1916, being mentioned in despatches and awarded both the French Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre 1914-15 Star (M.4417. G. J. Grieve, S.B.A., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (M.4417 G. J. Grieve. S.B.A. R.N.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-16, with bronze palmes; Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted for display, enamel chipped on reverse centre of last, otherwise good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 23 March 1917. Croix de Guerre with Palme London Gazette 23 March 1917. Medaille Militaire London Gazette 12 May 1917. George Johnson Grieve was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, on 24 May 1893. He enlisted into the Royal Navy on 6 May 1912, at Devonport, was rated as a probationary Sick Berth Attendant and served in this rate until May 1913 when he was rated Sick Berth Attendant having completed his training at the R.N. hospital Plymouth. He joined H.M.S. Exmouth as S.B.A. on 30 July 1914. Exmouth was sent to Gallipoli as flag ship to Admiral Nicholson and remained off the beaches even after the torpedoing of the Goliath, Majestic and Triumph. Grieve was landed ashore with the Allied Naval Brigade at Athens in December 1916, in which operations he was severely wounded, as described in Blumberg’s History of the Royal Marines: ‘During the fighting Surgeon Lt. John Desmond Milligan of the Exmouth continued to attend to the wounded on the crest of a hill all through the first period of the fighting, although fully exposed to the Greek fire, and was assisted by Sick Berth Attendant Grieve, who was wounded three times in the arm.’ Following his wounding in Greece, Grieve spent several months in hospital before re joining Exmouth which ship he left on 31 August 1917, returning to duties at R.N. Hospital, Plymouth. Unfortunately, Grieve developed epilepsy and was invalided out of the Navy on 12 December 1917. He died of tuberculosis in November 1929. Sold with the following archive: i) A fine studio portrait photograph of the recipient ii) The recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 23 Marcy 1917. iii) Admiralty Telegram to Mrs Grieve informing her that he son had been severely wounded. iv) Certificate of discharge from Hospital. v) Vellum parchment certificate for Medaille Militaire. vi) Borough of Tenby certificate admitting Grieve as an Honorary Freeman of the Borough. vii) Obituary notice from a Tenby newspaper. viii) Certified Copy of Birth Certificate.
Lot 19
A M.V.O. and R.V.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant H. G. Barrett, Royal Horse Artillery The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, the reverse unnumbered [see footnote], minor blue enamel restoration to motto; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (49234 Sgt. H. G. Barrett. U Bty., R.H.A.); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (49234 Sjt: H. G. Barrett. R.H.A.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, traces of lacquer, otherwise good very fine and better (5) £700-£900 --- M.V.O. 5th Class London Gazette 2 January 1933 Henry Gulliver Barrett was born in Woolwich on 2 May 1871; his father was Richard Barrett, a Sergeant in the Riding Establishment, Royal Artillery. Following his father’s footsteps, Barrett joined the Royal Horse Artillery and as a Sergeant in ‘U’ Battery R.H.A. served in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 December 1899 to 5 March 1900. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Gratuity per Army Order 172 of October 1903. After leaving the Army he joined Royal Service, and as Clerk of the Stables at Marlborough House he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Silver on 31 December 1925, on the occasion of the death of Queen Alexandra, on 20 November 1925. He was subsequently in the Household of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and for many years organised the reunion dinners of ‘Q’ Battery, R.H.A. As ‘Storekeeper, Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace’, he was appointed a Member Fifth Class of the Royal Victorian Order on 29 July 1932, and was presented with the insignia in hospital by Sir Arthur Erskine shortly before he died in Croydon General Hospital on 13 November 1932. Note: Research included with the lot, compiled by John Tamplin, indicates that the recipient was allocated the M.V.O. badge no. 589; however, owing to the fact that the insignia of the Order was presented to him in hospital in a presumably hurried ceremony, and before the notification of the award had even appeared in the London Gazette, it is possible that he was invested with an unnumbered badge. Sold with copied research.
Lot 21
A Great War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Mr Henry A. Harrington, Director of Posts at Alexandria, Egypt, late Sergeant, 3rd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, breast badge, hallmarks for London 1918; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85 (2288. Lce. Cpl. H. A. Harrington, 3/K.R. Rif: C.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, with mint mark to reverse; Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, Fourth Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine (5) £1,500-£2,000 --- Only 4 Egypt medals issued to 3/K.R. Rif. C. with this combination of clasps. M.B.E. London Gazette 30 March 1920: ‘For services in connection with the war - Henry Augustus Harrington, Esq., Postmaster, Alexandria.’ Order of the Nile, 4th Class London Gazette 29 December 1916: ‘Director of Post Office, Alexandria.’
Henry Augustus Harrington was born at the Rifle Depot, Winchester, on 3 April 1864, where his father was serving as a Colour-Sergeant in 3/60th King’s Royal Rifles. Henry enlisted in his father's regiment as a boy recruit in February 1879 and, as per regimental musters, 'Lad W. H. Harrington' was embarked for South Africa in February 1880. At the onset of the First Anglo-Boer War, it is likely young Henry was kept back at the battalion's base at Newcastle. In December 1881, he was appointed to the Mounted Infantry of 3/60th Royal Rifles, the regiment being retitled the King's Royal Rifle Corps in the same year.
He was embarked for Alexandria in July 1882, ande was present in the actions at Magfar and Kassassin, and at battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal & Clasp; Khedive's Star). Promoted to Lance-Corporal in April 1883, Harrington was next detailed to serve as Postmaster for the Army of Occupation at Cairo, and he remained similarly employed until June 1884; he was detached for duty in the South Staffordshire and Essex Regiments in the same period. During the Nile operations he was detached for duty on the staff as Postmaster at Dongola (Clasp). He served in the Egyptian Postal Service from 1883 to 1916. Postal Arrangements in Sudan in 1884 The trained staff available for postal service consisted of the Chevalier Santoni, nine Egyptian employees, and three or four British non-commissioned officers [one of whom was Sergeant Harrington] who had worked at the Post Office at Cairo. These men were reserved for the three principal Post Offices [Sergeant Harrington was to serve on the staff at Dongola as Postmaster during the 1884-85 Sudan Campaign], the intermediate offices being served for the most part by convalescent soldiers. Mails were made up at Cairo for battalions and corps on information telegraphed to the Commandant of the base. A parcels post was established under the superintendence of the Commandant of the base. The mails were carried from Cairo to Assiut by railway; Assiut to Assuan by steamers; Assuan to Philae by railway; Philae to Halfa by steamers; Halfa to Sarras by railway, Sarras to Abu Fatmeh by camel; and Abu Fatmeh to the south by camel. Separate contracts were made for the carriage of letters, parcels, and newspapers, by camel; three camels sufficed as a rule for the letters, and ten for the parcels, &c. Local posts were also organised by the military authorities on the Line of Communications; the means of transport being almost entirely camels, sometimes hired, but generally government property. The post riders were either natives or Egyptian soldiers. Regular post offices were opened at Dongola [where Harrington was appointed postmaster] and Korti and also a transit office on board the Lotus, by the Egyptian postal authorities, in which a complete postal service was established, letters could be registered and money orders obtained. (History of the Sudan Campaign, Vol. 1 p. 86 refers). On 1 November 1885, Harrington reverted to Regimental Duty, from pay with the 2nd Essex Regiment at Assuan, and, on 1 January 1886, he purchased his discharge in Egypt to accept an offer from the Egyptian authorities of a position in the Post Office. And there he remained happily employed for many years, rising to the office of Local Director of Posts at Alexandria. During the Great War he showed 'a general interest in the welfare of British troops' and undertook canteen work. He was awarded the M.B.E. and appointed an Officer of the Egyptian Order of the Nile (London Gazette 29 December 1916, refers); his Order of Medjidieh was likely awarded in the same period but was not gazetted. Henry Harrington died at Walton-on-Thames on 4 November 1948. Sold with research copied to CD.
Lot 211
Five: Captain F. C. Parsons, British Red Cross Society and Serbian Relief Fund, late Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles British War and Victory Medals (F. C. Parsons. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse inscribed (Captain F. C. Parsons S.P. Mtd Rfls.) complete with top suspension brooch; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St Sava, Fourth Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in fitted case of issue; together with gilt medal for Serbo-Turkish War of 1912, this last unconfirmed, extremely fine (6) £500-£700 --- Francis Cotton Parsons was born on 29 November 1867, the second son of William Baldock Parsons, of Aylmer Hall, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. Educated at Waterbeach, Cambridge and Amersham Hall School, Reading and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was appointed to the Indian Civil Service in 1886. Parsons subsequently served in Madras as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, in 1894 as Special Settlement Officer, in 1897 as Head Assistant Collector and Magistrate, the following year as Special Settlement Officer in Malabar, in 1901 Head Assistant Collector in South Canara, in 1902 Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, in 1904 Collector and Magistrate, becoming a District and Sessions Judge during 1907-08. He was later an Assistant Magistrate and Assistant to the Governor of Vizagapatam and retired in August 1914. He is shown in 1912 as being on ‘Leave ex-India 2 yrs’. It is not known what he did in this period but it is possible that he is entitled to the Serbian Medal for the war with Turkey. He had, meanwhile, in December 1905, been appointed a Captain in the Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles. With the outbreak of war, Parsons served with the British Red Cross Society and the Serbian Relief Fund, being awarded the Order of St Sava, 4th Class (FO372/1162 confirms.) Parsons is confirmed as being out there before the retreat and was the administrator with the Second Farmers unit. He died at Lausanne on 23 December 1924. Sold with copied research.
Lot 220
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Townsend, East Surrey Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (Major C. H. Townsend.); Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, Fourth Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Sudan 1899, unnamed as issued; Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, the first four mounted court-style as worn, together with similarly mounted set of five miniature dress medal and tunic riband bar, all contained in a specially fitted double-fronted glazed leather display case by Spink, Piccadilly, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- Order of Medijieh London Gazette 23 September 1902. Order of Osmanieh London Gazette 22 March 1912. Order of the Nile London Gazette 20 June 1916. Cuthbery Hanson Townsend was born on 5 April 1872, at Rushbrook, near Queenstown, son of Admiral S. P. Townsend, R.N. He was educated at United Service College, Westward Ho!, North Devon, and R.M.C. Sandhurst 1891. Noted to be acquainted with French and German, following training at the Royal Military College he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 18 June 1892, into the East Surrey Regiment. Promoted Lieutenant on 29 May 1894, he was appointed Adjutant in November 1896. Seconded to Egyptian Army on 9 March 1899, he was A.A.G. Egyptian Army 1905-07. He retired from the British Army in 1910 but continued to serve in Egypt. He was Governor of Berber Province for three years, then Governor and Commandant of Troops, Kassala Province for four years. He retired from the Egyptian Army and Sudan Government Service in 1917, and was employed at the War Office 1917-18 (single B.W.M. for services in Sudan confirmed. He was afterwards Regional Director of Pensions for the N.W. Region, 1919-25. His first wife, Letitia, died on 2 May 1938, and he remarried on 2 April 1946 to Muriel Amy Denton. He died on 27 January 1956, while living at Godrevy, Park Hill Road, Ewell, Surrey. Sold with original Commission Certificate dated 18 June 1892, and copied research saved to CD.
Lot 3
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and silver gilt, with both full sized and miniature width neck riband; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, in Garrard, London, fitted case of issue, about extremely fine (2) £700-£900
Lot 399
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s badge, 1st type (1892-1939), circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Thomas Charles Miller); Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. James F. Kivlahan); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, The Great War 1914-18, Long Service 1929 (Inspr. Alfred H. Hawkes); Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman John F. Nelson); Service Medal of the Order of St. John, unnamed as issued; Voluntary Medical Service Medal (Lilla G. Greenwood); Women’s Voluntary Service Medal, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (8) £100-£140
Lot 442
A selection of miscellaneous Naval medals, comprising a Marine Society Reward of Merit, silver ‘A. H. Baker 22 May 29.’; the Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College, H.M.S. Worcester General Good Conduct Medal, silver, ‘L. D. Byrne, Midsummer 1918’; Arethusa and Chichester Training Ships 3 Years’ Service at Sea with Very Good Character Medal, silver ‘E. J. Martin’; two Greenwich Hospital School Good Conduct Medals, silver, both named ‘W. F. C. Strong’ and one dated ‘1871.’; Royal Marines Volunteer Boys Corps Medal for 4 Years’ Very Good Conduct, silver, unnamed; Navy League Sea Cadet Corps Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, silver, unnamed; a Mineswepers and Patrol Vessels of the Great War Medallion ‘To the Fishermen Defenders of our Coast’, silver, unnamed; an Imperial Maritime League medallion, silvered nasd enamel; and a Mersey Division No. 3 Company Seamanship Medallion 1913, silver, generally very fine (10) £140-£180
Lot 444
Royal Naval Temperance Society Medals. Royal Naval Temperance Society, Membership Medal (2), silvered and enamel (RNTS.2), one with ‘15 Years’ bar, both with ‘R.N.T.S.’ top riband bar; One Year Medal, silvered and enamel (RNTS.3), with ‘Fidelity’ top riband bar; Three Year Medal, silvered and enamel (RNTS.4), with ‘Three Years’ top riband bar; Five Year Medal, silvered and enamel (RNTS.5), with ‘Victory Medal’ top riband bar, all unnamed as issued, generally very fine (5) £60-£80
Lot 445
Scots Guards Association Regimental Medals. Comprising a Scots Guards Association London Branch President’s Medal, gold (9ct., 14.88g), bearing the Scots Guards headdress badge to the obverse within a circlet engraved ‘*Scots Guards Association* London Branch*’, with two tier riband bar reading ‘President 1940’, and engraved suspension pin brooch engraved ‘Serjeant J. Imrie’, with tartan riband; a Scots Guards Past and Present Association President’s badge in the form of the Scots Guards badge in white metal, gilt centre with green and purple enamel detail, engraved to the reverse ‘Past and Present Association 1963 J. Imrie’, suspended from a tartan riband with suspension brooch engraved ‘President’; a Scots Guards Association President’s Medal, silver-gilt (hallmarks for Edinburgh 1975), bearing the Scots Guards badge to the obverse, the reverse engraved ‘A. M. Somerville’ within wreath, suspended from a tartan riband with suspension pin brooch engraved ‘Chairman S.G.A.’ and additional riband bar with the date ‘1980’; and a Scots Guards Warrant Officer sleeve badge, silver and gilt bullion wire embroidered badge with crossed sabres below, sphinx within wreath, Scots Guards embroidered badge with green centre, surmounted by Kings Crown, black felt background, purple satin flag, and crown with red velvet trim, the whole with heavy stiffened buff canvas or buckram backing; the badge with some wear to velvet on crown, and tarnishing to bullion wire, otherwise better than very fine (4) £160-£200
Lot 446
A mounted display of British Red Cross Society medals and badges, comprising British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18 (2), one with Mentioned in Despatches emblem affixed; white embroidered Red Cross uniform badges (2); V.A.D. Detachment embroidered uniform badge; Red Cross and Order of St John, small white metal ‘Penny a Week Fund’ lapel badge (2); Red Cross County of Surrey pin badge, engraved to reverse ‘18862 V. M. Morris’; British Red Cross Society hat or cap badge with enamelled centre (2), one modern bright gilt finish, lacking pin fitting, the other older aged brass lacking one blade fixing; cap ribbon cockade with affixed pin back brass and enamel cap badge; silvered and enamel Junior Red Cross Proficiency badge engraved to reverse ‘O587 Hygiene 8.8.52.’; 4 black bakelite / plastic buttons, two large and two small; 1942 Red Cross qualification clasp, gilt and enamel; brass shoulder title; small 1914-15 lapel stick pin badge, hallmarked silver and enamel; Boy’s Life Brigade Semi Jubilee Fund 1925, gilt and enamel lapel badge with red cross to centre; Junior Red Cross ‘Serve One Another’ lapel pin badge; Boys Brigade First Aid Proficiency badge with red cross to centre; British Red Cross Society gilt and enamelled pin back lapel badge; Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing Medal, engraved to reverse ‘35904 R. S. Bowerman’, generally very fine (lot) £60-£80 --- The British Red Cross Society Medals for War Service 1914-18, have hand-written attributions to ‘D. J. Newell, Mentioned in Despatches’, and ‘Y. M. V. Russell’.
Lot 448
A selection of miscellaneous medals, including a Medallion to commemorate the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland in 1868, this in poor condition; a Great War Tribute Medal from the Citizens of Lidcombe 1918, silver (Cpl. W. E. Simpson); a Great War Silver War Badge ‘132571’, with brass wound stripe; a London County Council ‘King’s Medal’ for good attendance, silver, 1 clasp, 1911-12 (F. Kitchen.), with an undated second clasp, and ‘L.C.C.’ top riband bar; a London County Council ‘King’s Medal’ for good attendance, bronze, 1 clasp, 1911-12 (M. Chatfield.), with ‘L.C.C.’ top riband bar; two Association of Conservative Clubs Distinguished Service Medals, bronze and enamel, the first with two ‘Five Years’ clasps, ‘M. J. Blades 1904’; the second with three ‘Five Years’ clasps, ‘H. Edmunds 1957’, both with top ‘Distinguished Service’ riband bars; a Salvation Army Long and Faithful Service Medal, silver and enamel, ‘Major George W. P. Read. 1917’; three Safe Driving Competition Badges, the first the War substitute for the Gold Medal, ‘E. A. Owen’, with top 1941 riband bar; the second a 5 years Driver Award, ‘E. A. Owen’, with top 1936 riband bar; the third a bronze medal for 25 Years, 1926-1950, ‘G. P. Lucking’, with additional clasps for 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954, and top 1950 25 [Years] riband bar; a British Securicor Medal for Long Service, silver, unnamed; three National Saving Bank Long Service Badges, for 7 Years, 15 Years, and 20 Years; a Royal Irish Rangers 1689-1989 Commemorative Medal, unnamed; a Gordon Highlanders Glengarry cap badge; a Canadian lapel badge; a Yachtsman lapel badge; a George IV pendant with five miscellaneous tokens; a Royal Dublin Society silver oval medallion, ‘Spring Show 1939, Long Service Award, Edward Farrelly, 42 Years Service’; a U.S.S. Constellation Commissioning Medallion 1961, bronze; and a Pakistan Republic Medal 1956, generally very fine (lot) £100-£140
Lot 451
A selection of Masonic and Related Jewels, including a silver Compass and Square Past Master’s neck Jewel, silver and silver-gilt, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to W. Bro. H. Riley P.M. 1941 by Sapphire Lodge 561’, in fitted case; a Great War Masonic Million Memorial Fund Jewel, silver, the reverse engraved ‘W. Bro. F. G. Yeoman No. 1745.’; Peace Medallion 1919, silver, unnamed; an R.A.O.B. Peace Jewel 1919, bronze and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Primo W. G. Swannell’; a silver Maltese Cross, the reverse engraved ‘W. D. Collins’, with top silver riband bar, in case of issue; a Murdostoun Priory Founders Jewel, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Fr. John Walker 17-6-16’; a Fortis Green Chapter Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel ,the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Ex. Comp. C. W. Paine for his services as M.E.Z. of the Chapter as a mark of esteem and affection by the Companions 1957-58’; three Masonic Jewels, for the Fortis Green Lodge, the Bryn Lodge, and the St. John’s Lodge, all silver-gilt and enamel, named to ‘W. Bro Christopher Walter Paine, P.M., 25th Master 1954-55; W. Bro. William Harrison, 1955-56; Wor. Bro. Ernest E. Wagstaff, 34th W.M., 1934’ respectively; and a R.M.B.I. Steward’s Badge 1979, gilt and enamel, unnamed, generally good very fine (lot) £200-£240
Lot 460
Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown (2), Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt centre, and enamel, with crossed swords device on riband; Silver Palms of the Order, silver, in Wolfers, Brussels, case; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R. (4), bronze, one with three bronze palms on riband, another with four bronze palms and gilt Lion emblem on riband; Yser Medal 1914 (2), bronze and enamel; Allied Victory Medal (5), bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War, bronze, with three silver and one gilt bars on riband; Combat Volunteers Medal 1914-18 (2), bronze; Frontline Fire Service Cross, bronze; Albert I Commemorative Medal 1909-34, bronze; Resistance Medal 1940-45, bronze; War Medal 1940-45, bronze; Military Combatant’s Medal 1940-45, bronze, generally good very fine (21) £100-£140
Lot 464
Egypt, Republic, Order of National Merit, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 82mm including surmounting eagle suspension x 52mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with mint mark and silver marks to reverse; Star, 82mm including surmounting eagle suspension x 76mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with mint mark and silver marks to reverse and to retaining pin, with neck riband, gilding slightly rubbed on Star, generally very fine and rare (2) £800-£1,000
Lot 467
France, Bourbon dynasty, Order of the Lily, a reduced size 47mm including crown suspension x 28mm scarce star shaped variant of the Order of the Lily in silver and enamel with gold centre, the obverse blue enamelled circlet surrounding the bust of the restored monarch Louis XVIII, reading ‘Fidelite Devouement’ and the reverse with the central device of the Fleur de Lys, and circlet with the dates ‘12 Avril, 3 Mai 1814, 19 Mars, 8 Juillet 1815’, and suspended from ring with Fleur de Lys below crown, chipping to obverse blue enamel, but overall very fine and scarce £200-£240 --- Sold with an original hand written letter in French, from the Surgeon Major of the 15th Regiment of Infantry stating that the Chef de Battalion, Guillaume Langlois, commanding officer and holder of the Legion d’Honneur, was suffering from illness and dysentery, and requesting leave to recuperate, dated 15 October 1808. A Napoleonic ‘sick note’.
Lot 468
France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, with rosette on riband, minor chipping to obverse blue enamel circlet, and chipping to points of several arms, a couple of ball finials a little bent; but overall nearly very fine £140-£180
Lot 470
France, Second Empire, St. Helena Medal, bronze; Italy Campaign Medal, silver, by Barre, silver, this last lacking ring suspension, polished and worn, therefore fine, the first better France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension, lacking blue enamel to reverse; Croix de Guerre (2), bronze, the first with reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband; the second undated, as issued by the Free French Forces during the Second World War; Croix du Combattant, bronze; Franco-Prussian War Medal 1870-71, planchet only, bronze, generally nearly very fine and better (7) £100-£140
Lot 471
France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire (3), silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, all with trophy of arms suspension, blue enamel damage to reverse of one; Commemorative Medal for the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 (2), bronze; together with a related Red Cross Medal, bronze; Morocco Medal 1909, silver; Allied Victory Medal, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War (2), bronze; Combatant’s Cross (3), bronze; Wound Medal, Combatant’s issue, gilt with red enamel; Verdun Medal (2), bronze, one with silver ‘Verdun’ clasp; Dardanelles Campaign Medal, bronze; Soldiers of the Marne Medal 1914-18, bronze; Medal for Victims of the Invasion 1914-18, bronze; Escapers Medal, bronze; Croix de Guerre, Theatres d’Operations Exterieurs (4), bronze, one with gilt star device on riband; Overseas Medal silvered, 1 clasp, Zaire; together with a silver French Society Medal 1894, generally very fine (25) £100-£140
Lot 490
Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Knight’s breast badge, without crown suspension, gilt and enamel; War Merit Cross (4), bronze; Allied Victory Medal, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War (2), bronze; Fiume Medal 1926, bronze; East Africa Medal, bronze; Medal of Merit for Italian Schools Abroad, V.E.III.R., silver, in case of issue; together with an 11th Army Commemorative Cross, bronze and enamel, generally very fine (12) £140-£180
Lot 491
Japan, Empire, Order of the Golden Kite, Seventh Class breast badge, silver, with gilded falcon, in rio-nuri lacquered case of issue; Order of the Rising Sun, Eighth Class breast badge, silver, in rio-nuri lacquered case of issue; Order of the Sacred Treasure (2), Sixth Class breast badge, silver and enamel; Seventh Class breast badge, silver, good very fine (4) £100-£140
Lot 499
Spain, Franco Period, Order of Isabella the Catholic, Commander’s Star, 71mm, silver-gilt and enamel, lower limb chipped; Order of Military Merit, First Class Cross, gilt and red enamel; Order of Aeronautical Merit, Second Class Cross, silver, gilt, and white enamel; War Cross, silvered, gilt, and enamel, good very fine or better (4) £100-£140
Lot 504
Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the White Elephant, 2nd type, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 88mm including crown suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark to reverse of crown; Star, 83mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with maker’s mark to reverse of retaining pin, with neck riband, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £180-£220
Lot 508
Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the White Elephant, 2nd type, Lady’s shoulder badge (3), all 80mm including crown suspension x 45mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark to reverse of crown on two, all on lady’s bow ribands, one of recent manufacture, good very fine and better (3) £120-£160
Lot 513
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Patriotic War, 3rd ‘1985 issue’ type, Second Class badge (2), silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverses officially numbered ‘1811508’ and ‘1912801’, both with Monetny Dvor mint mark and screwback suspension; Order of the Badge of Honour, 4th type (2), silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverses officially numbered ‘1011338’ and ‘1460082’, both with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension; Order of Glory (2), Second Class, 2nd type breast badge, silver, gold, and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘5521’, with riband suspension; Third Class, 2nd type breast badge, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘261564’, with riband suspension, nearly very fine and better (6) £100-£140
Lot 514
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Patriotic War, 3rd ‘1985 issue’ type, Second Class badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘531808’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and screw-back suspension; Order of the Badge of Honour, 4th type badge (2), silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘690576’ and ‘706348’, both with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension; Order of Glory, Third Class, 2nd type badge (2), silver and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘9246681’ and ‘430814’, with riband suspension; Order of Labour Glory, Third Class, 2nd type, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘58578’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension, generally very fine (6) £100-£140
Lot 515
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Red Banner of Labour (5), 5th type breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘243259’; 6th type breast badge (4), silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, reverses officially numbered ‘627604’; ‘641145’; ‘790360’; and ‘1103503’, all with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension, good very fine (5) £80-£100
Lot 516
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for Bravery (3), silver and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘685927’; ‘932748’; and ‘3272816’, all with riband suspension; Medal for Military Merit (5), silver and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘363702’; ‘193673’; ‘297447’; ‘764703’; and ‘1615009’, the first with screwback suspension, the latter four all with riband suspension, generally very fine (8) £80-£100
Lot 517
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for Bravery (4), silver and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘905989’; ‘1673685’; ‘2749653’; and ‘3619709’, all with riband suspension; Medal for Military Merit (4), silver and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘680425’; ‘2013930’; and ‘2860799’; with one unnumbered, all with riband suspension, generally very fine (8) £80-£100
Lot 518
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of Maternal Glory (5), First Class (2), silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverses officially numbered ‘1144523’ and ‘821088’, both with Monetny Dvor mint mark and gilt and enamelled riband suspension; Second Class (2), silver and enamel, reverses officially numbered ‘1578275’ and ‘1620343’, both with Monetny Dvor mint mark and silver and enamelled riband suspension; Third Class, silver, reverse officially numbered ‘1462588’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and silver and enamelled riband suspension, good very fine (5) £60-£80
Lot 519
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for the Defence of Moscow, bronze; Medal for the Defence of Leningrad, bronze; Medal for the Sixtieth Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1945-2005, (6), bronze; together with two trade proficiency badges, bronze and enamel; and other related awards, including a Socialist Republic of Romania Order for Distinguished Service in Defence of the Fatherland, Third Class Star, bronze and enamel, with ten paste ‘diamonds’, generally very fine (lot) £60-£80
Lot 520
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for the Defence of Leningrad (2), bronze; Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad, bronze; Medal for the Caucasus, bronze; Medal for the Capture of Koenigsberg, bronze; Labour Medal (2), silver and enamel, both unnumbered; Medal for a Veteran of Labour, silvered, generally very fine (8) £60-£80
Lot 576
Miscellaneous German Third Reich Awards and Tinnies. Comprising a NSAPS Stockholm 1937 meeting Tinny. NSFK membership pin, bronze finish, lapel pin fixing. Unidentified small enamelled high quality badge DBV, twisted and grooved lapel pin fixing, Ges Gesch marked on the reverse side. A small NS Frauenschaft badge, enamel undamaged but scratched, RZM marked on the reverse side. NSBO stick pin. High quality tinny of Nuremberg Party Day 1929 with tinny type fixing. Norwegian Hird cap badge with damaged enamels with slider fixing. A German Third Reich medal ribbon bar comprising 8 sections. A 95mm Third Prize medallion for an SS shooting competition 1939. A 55mm Second Prize medallion for a General Government competition, Roman style image on the reverse side, generally good condition (10) £60-£80
Lot 579
Miscellaneous German Lapel Pins and Badges. Comprising a Lufthansa blue enamelled stick pin. Unidentified triangular pin with winged wheel letters EPV. A small lapel badge for buttonhole fixing using the Pan European motif for a post service, winged wheel and bugle horn. RLB membership pin, nice condition with undamaged black enamel swastika with suspension pin. DLV membership pin, red enamel undamaged with maker mark and suspension pin. Austrian enamelled membership pin. Unidentified small swastika day badge with letters NSG over swastika with the motto of the Strength with Joy Organisation below. A Postschutz insignia in gilt with lapel pin fixing. A Third Reich awarded 1914-18 War Honour Cross with swords, maker marked RV of Pforzheim without ribbon. The metallic emblem from a lozenge form cloth based NSKK drivers badge, pins missing, generally good condition (10) £60-£80
Lot 585
Miscellaneous German Tinnies and Lapel Pins. Comprising a German Lutheran Church Day 10 November 1933 with all original finish. A further Lutheran Church Day November 1933, finish dull. Unidentified sports tinny with 4 sewn fixing holes. 25 year Veterans Association multi enamelled lapel pin with its correct lapel pin fixing. 2 DAF lapel pins with their pins. A further DAF lapel pin with pin missing. A German Graves Commission lapel pin with the lettering VDK in enamels. An unidentified work lapel pin in enamels showing the 5 Olympic rings with hammer and wheat sheaf below. A very interesting 10mm circumference enamel tinny of the rare Freikorps Werewolf Organisation. 4 lapel pins, 1 in enamels 1 in plastic colour, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140
Lot 586
Miscellaneous German Second World War Lapel Pins and Membership Badges. Comprising a Luftschutz tinny with pin back. 2 Hitler Youth Membership lozenge badges, both of the later period non enamelled type with fitting pins on the reverse side. A rare individually numbered Lufthansa lapel pin numbered 725 in blue enamel. German Turnerbund lapel badge with mobile swastika. Stalhelm badge with pin back. 4 veterans pins both lapel and pin back fixing. A large swastika lapel pin. 12 mixed organisational lapel pins and tinnies, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140
Lot 589
Miscellaneous German Tinnies, Pins, and Plaques. Comprising 6 mixed German tinnies all with pins. 2 German tinnies without pins. An unusual Finnish blue enamel swastika award, maker marked and individually numbered. RAD uniform tinny with both fixing pins. An unusual Flemish Devlag lapel pin badge. What appears to be a lifesaving pin with large eagle and swastika over a man carrying a body. Enamelled badge with pins broken on the reverse side denoting some form of Bird Association, enamel damaged. A small sports plaque for Danzig, generally good condition (lot) £120-£160
Lot 592
Miscellaneous German Third Reich and Associated Tinnies and Badges. Comprising a Fire Service cap badge, nice deep strike with both pins. Frauenschaft beautifully enamelled badge of a Frauenschaft Leader in an Ortsgruppe, blue enamel piped edging. Unidentified RLB cap badge non enamelled. Belgium VNV cap badge, excellent condition with both lugs. Aluminium tinny for Gautag Limberg June 1936. DAF cruise 1939 tinny. High quality May 1939 heavy nickel, maker marked on back with tinny fixing. Unidentified multi enamelled green, black and silver brooch type for 1925 with swastika centre with central medical motif lettering VPK having a Riga Latvia maker’s mark on the reverse side. Unusual long tinny with swastika, pin back suspension. Italian Opera Balilla, good quality badge with tinny type construction, maker marked on the reverse side, generally good condition (10) £140-£180
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