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Click here to subscribeIndia General Service, 1854-1895, single clasp, Chin Lushai 1889-90 (848 Pte J. Leach. 1st Bn. K. O. Sco. Bord.); engraved in a running script, dark tone, nearly extremely fine. Private John Leach is confirmed on the India General Service Medal Roll as having served with the 1st Battalion KOSB during the Chin Lushai 1889-90 Campaign. He is also entitled to a 3 clasp Q.S.A. Medal.
*A ‘Double IGS’ Pair awarded to Pte John. J. Wall, 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who also served in the Second Boer War, comprising: India General Service, 1854-1895, 2 clasps, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891 (4764 Pte J. J. Wall. 1st Bn K. R. Rif. C.); India General Service, 1895-1902, single clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (4764 Pte J. J. Wall 1st Bn K. R. Rifle Corps); Both medals officially engraved, pair loose, old mottled tone, extremely fine (2). Private John J. Wall of the 1st Battalion K.R.R.C. is confirmed as being entitled to the above pair, and also appears to be entitled to a 5 clasp Q.S.A. medal.
Great War Victory Medals to Infantry Regiments (10), comprising: Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (10) (27114 Pte. T. Lamb. G. Gds.) and (20899 Pte. G. Percival. G. Gds.) and (17417 Pte. C. A. Chalmers. Bedf. R.) and (23086 T. W. White. Midd’x R.) and (67934 Pte. E. E. Axell. The Queen’s R.) and (16460 Pte. G. W. Jackson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) and (14061 Pte. C. A. Pease. R. Berks. R.) and (R-14519 Pte. H. George. K. R. Rif. C.) and (31109 Pte. C. P. Langley, Rif. Brig.) and (2730 Pte. E. J. Savill. R. Fus.); generally good very fine to extremely fine (10)
*Indian Mutiny, 1857-59, no clasp (Lt. E. F. Fortescue 1st Bengal Fusiliers); engraved in an elegant running script, iridescent obverse tone, good very fine. Edward Francis Knottesford Fortescue is confirmed on the Indian Mutiny Medal Roll, which notes that he joined the regiment 05 December 1858, and served with the 1st Bengal Fusiliers. His obituary, published in The Church Times July 2 1886, records his background, and certain events in India, as follows: “Edward Francis Knottesford Fortescue was born in 1840, his father being the Very Rev. E. B. K. Fortescue, so well-known formerly as the Provost of St Ninian’s Perth… Very early in life he entered the army, and served during the Indian Mutiny with the First Bengal Fusiliers, afterwards known as the 101st regiment. For his services at that time he received a medal with the Lucknow clasp (CATALOGUER’S NOTE: This is not shown in the medal roll). We well remember an account which he once gave us in a gossiping after-dinner chat of how, during that stirring time, he was awakened one night by a slight noise in his bedroom, and he saw a naked sepoy creeping on hands and knees up to his bed, with a knife between his teeth, and how he saved his own life, and probably the lives of others, by silently in the half-darkness drawing the loaded revolver, which he always had at night under his pillow, and coolly shooting the rascal down. The wording of the above incident is our own, for Major Fortescue was the last man in the world to think that anything he did was worthy of commendation, for the two leading features in his character may be summed up as “principle and duty”. At this time he was aide-de-camp to Lord Lawrence, then Governor-General of India. After serving with distinction in India he returned to England, and married Alice, daughter of the late Rev Tyrwhitt, and leaves four children, two girls and two boys, the elder boy being, of course, heir to the old family estate of Alveston Manor, close to Stratford-on-Avon. Everybody who has passed over the bridge there, after visiting the house and tomb of Shakespeare, must have noticed the charming old half-timbered Elizabethan house standing at the end of a spacious lawn running down to the river, and on asking would have been told that the old Manor House belonged to the eldest branch of the Fortescue family….The Major had been living at Brighton for several years, and it was there that his death occurred… We were forgetting to say that Major Fortescue was a Chevalier of Justice in the Order of St John of Jerusalem (English language), and took much active interest in the work undertaken by the Brethren.”
The Important Second World War Orders, Decorations and Medals awarded to Major-General Sir Kenneth William Dobson Strong, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who started his army intelligence career shortly after the Great War during ‘The Troubles’ in Ireland. He served as Military Attaché to Berlin in the years before the outbreak of WW2 during which time he came to meet many of the senior figures and leaders of Nazi Germany and understood ‘the German military mind’. Consequently, Strong found himself at the very centre of strategic military intelligence throughout the war as Eisenhower’s Head of Intelligence at Supreme Allied Force Headquarters (S.H.A.E.F.) and as his trusted friend and advisor. A trained interpreter, a shrewd judge of character and a very capable leader of men, he played a major part in negotiating the armistice and surrender of Italian Forces on 3 September 1943, during the negotiations for the surrender of German forces occupying the Netherlands on 4-5 May 1945, and then during the final, unconditional German surrender on 7 May in Berlin, where he was immediately at hand to negotiate terms and to translate. After the war he rose to become Director-General of Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence, capping off an almost unparalleled intelligence career, comprising: Orders and Decorations: The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion’s (C.B.) neck badge, in silver gilt and enamels; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Civilian Division, Knight Commander’s (K.B.E.) set of insignia by Garrard & Co., comprising neck badge and breast star, in gilt, silver-gilt and enamels, in original case of issue; Medal Group (as worn): The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Military Division, Second Type, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast badge, in silver-gilt; 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, 1939-1945; U.S.A., Distinguished Service Medal, in gilt and enamels, edge impressed ‘11176’ and engraved to reverse ‘K. W. D. Strong’; France, Légion d’Honneur, officer’s breast badge in silver-gilt and enamels; France, Croix de Guerre, 1939-1945, with bronze palm upon ribbon; Russia, U.S.S.R., The Order of the Red Banner, breast badge, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, reverse engraved ‘224122’ U.S.A., Legion of Merit, Officer’s breast badge in gilt and enamels, with gilt emblem upon ribbon; 1953 Coronation, this issued later and still loose, with pin for wear; Group swing-mounted upon bar, with a matching set of 15 miniatures; some minor enamel damage to Croix de Guerre, medals generally extremely fine; Also offered with: riband bars, two ‘proof’ editions of his books ‘Intelligence at the Top’ and ‘Men of Intelligence’; two further copies of the aforementioned books as published, with another two in Italian, and another in German; a rare, framed and glazed hand-signed portrait of General Dwight Eisenhower, 27.5cm x 35cm, inscribed to the recipient (‘For General K. W. D. Strong – to whose skill and devotion I and the Allied cause owe much in World War II. From his lasting friend, Dwight Eisenhower’), minor damp mark to mount, but not to portrait; an extremely rare framed and glazed certificate, 39.5cm x 46cm, officially named to the recipient from the Director General of Intelligence, Defence Intelligence Agency (or D.I.A), United States of America, ‘in recognition of his warm friendship and outstanding support’ (circa 1961); a painted portrait of the recipient, oil on canvas board, 33cm x 24cm, signed to reverse, signature unclear, dated March 1978); a typed and signed letter sent to the recipient from Gerhard Graf von Schwerin, ‘General Der Panzertruppe’, dated 29 December, 1978; and a black and white reproduction portrait of the recipient’s father.(lot) O.B.E. (Military Division): London Gazette: 1 January 1942; U.S.A.: Legion of Merit: London Gazette: 10 March 1944 (for his work at Allied Force Headquarters); M.i.D.: London Gazette: 19 April 1945 – ‘in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Europe’; C.B.E. London Gazette: 2 August 1945 ; U.S.S.R.: The Order of the Red Banner – reportedly awarded 21 June 1945; C.B. (Military Division): London Gazette: 2 August 1945; France: Legion d’Honneur and Croix de Guerre – (c.1945-6); U.S.A.: Distinguished Service Medal: London Gazette: 16 January 1948 – ‘in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies’; K.B.E. (Civil Division): London Gazette: 11 June 1966 – ‘Director-General of Intelligence, Ministry of Defence’.
Ireland - banknotes - to include Bank of Ireland One Pound - black on blue with green underprint. Prefix B20 Belfast 14 July 1943, signature H. J. Adams. GF - AVF and Central Bank of Ireland Ten Shillings - orange on green 6.6.68, signatures - M. O. Muimhneachain and T. K. Whitaker. A.UNC (2 notes)
G.B. mixed banknotes - to include Fisher Ten Shillings. Prefix U76. F - GF, Peppiatt blue Pound Mar. 1940. Prefix C22D. GVF, Ten Shillings mauve, Oct. 1940. Prefix U56D. GVF, brown Ten Shillings, Oct. 1934. Prefix 40O. EF, L. K. O'Brien blue Five Pound note, Feb. 1957. VF and others (26 notes in total)
Six First World War pairs - comprising War and Victory medals, named to 201375 PTE. A. Dudley. E. Surr.R., 41051 A. CPL. F. H. Jeavons. Devon.R., G-66844 PTE. J. K. Lawn. The Queen's R., 5-31425 PTE. P. T. Weston. R:F. Brig., 39610 PTE. T. W. W. Smith R.Fus. and 33001 PTE. A. C. Pickering E. Yorks.R
RUUD GULLIT- HOLLAND Holland shirt worn by Ruud Gullit and presented to Ajax player Nikos Machlas (Greek International), comes with letter from person who obtained it from Nikos. The shirt is an Adidas short sleeve orange Dutch international shirt with "10" in large white numbers on reverse. Front has Dutch crest and "K N V B " on left breast with Adidas trademark on white breast. Shirt has v neck with White "v" and white stripes down the short sleeve. Good
A Contemporary Solitaire Diamond Ring with Platinum Shank, with Diamond Set Shoulders. The ring has a central brilliant cut diamond with an estimated carat weight of 0.41 carat. Estimated colour is G, estimated clarity SI1. Estimated Total Carat Weight is 0.53 carat. Ring size K. Total weight of the article is 4.42 grams.
A gold bangle with engraved decoration and inset with three light blue sapphires, the interior engraved with latin inscription, 'Dominus Verbiscum' (May God be with you) and dated September 28th 1909, stamped 14 K, Provenance; Collection of US President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) (in office 1885-9 and 1893-7) and his descendants. He was the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms of office. Including some of his wife's jewellery (Frances Folsom), and silver. Acquired from two of the President's grand-daughters, Marion Frances (Daniel) nee Bosanquet, (1919-2016) and her sister Philippa Ruth (Foot) nee Bosanquet, by bequest and gift. Their mother Esther was the only child born at The White House to a serving American President.
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