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Click here to subscribeASSORTED MILITARIA comprising a Second World War era black and white full-length portrait photograph of an R.A.F. airman, the frame with attached air gunner brevet; a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrist compass; a German wrist compass; a British War Medal 1914-20; two Victory Medals (including one Welsh Guards); cap badges; a pair of dog tags; ephemera; and other items.
WARTIME MEDAL Wartime medal produced by Bertoni of Milan, in original box which is a little battered. The medal relates to football circa 1945 Central Mediterranean Forces in Italy, it is of high quality and engraved on the back "13 Corps Inter-Unit Soccer Competition Winners" this was probably issued for the Forces Championship Final played between all the Units in Italy. As described
WARTIME MEDALS Two Wartime medals both from collection of Jonny Hartburn although not engraved to him. One is Royal Air Force Football Association with enamel to the front and RAF crest and the other is a bronze coloured medal engraved on the back S.H.Q Admin Staff 1961 Winners Hartburn served in RAF in the War and later played for Watford, QPR and Leyton Orient. Generally good
OLYMPIC GAMES Very rare book issued by Thailand to celebrate the winning of their first ever gold medal, won at Atlanta 1996 by boxer Kamsing who remains a Superstar in Thailand today.130 pages. Also included are a selection of Olympic Games tickets comprising , Melbourne 24/11/56 (Athletics), and 28/11/56 (Athletics), Helsinki 1952 Weightlifting 25/7/52, Fencing 24./7/52, 1/8/52, Basketball 27/7/52, London 1948 (Athletics 6/8/48), Los Angeles 1984 (Closing Ceremony 12/8/84 ). Generally good
A collection of early 20th Century items to include a WWI first world war victory medal, a WWII Defence medal, an Education Committee Good Attendance medal, a folding knife with a brass handle and embossing of a soldier on it, two thimbles, a thimble / needle case, a pair of Rand No. 1 opera binoculars within a handled tin. 6cm high 13cm wide.
The First World War Victoria Cross Gold Half Sovereign Set - A Bradford Exchange two coin and medal coin set featuring a 1912 gold 22ct half sovereign 3.99g, 999 pure silver 1 oz crown and a 1:1 scale replica Military interest Victoria Cross. All contained within coin capsules in sleek fitted black case with certificate booklet.
The WWI Behind Enemy Lines Gold Sovereign Coin Set - A Bradford Exchange limited edition coin set featuring a 1912 22ct gold full sovereign 7.98 grams along with a Treasury Great Britain £1 note and a pair of Military interest Victory and War medal. All complete in fitted case with 003 numbered certificate coin and certificate booklet.
The George Cross Gold and Silver Matt Proof Coin Set - A Bradford Exchange coin set featuring a 9ct gold double crown layered with 22ct gold weighing 2.75 grams and a silver crown coin weighing 28.28 grams along with a replica military interest George Cross medal. All complete in fitted case with coin capsules and certificate.
A group of four WW1 medals including a military cross, awarded to a soldier from Cambridge, the group comprising the Victory medal, 1914-1915 star and the British War medal, in their original cardboard cases, all named, and the military cross in the original fitted case, un-named, along with the matching dress set, contained in a small leather travelling attache case along with copies of the newspaper report, and other personal records. Provenance: 2ND LT ARTHUR REGINALD WADSWORTH MC of 'The Laurels', Newmarket Road, Cambridge, attended Framlingham College 1905-1907, served in Royal Engineers and later in the Machine Gun Corps. He was awarded the Military Cross on 26 November 1917: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the situation was obscure in the early stages of the attack, he carried out a personal reconnaissance under heavy shell fire. With the information which he gained he was able to appreciate the position and bring direct fire to bear on important targets. Though wounded, he remained at duty with great courage and untiring energy for a further 26 hours, keeping his only remaining 2 guns in action with great effect. His cheerfulness and utter disregard of danger were a splendid example to his men." Wadsworth finished the war in a prisoner of war camp.
Medicine - an interesting collection of prepared microscope slides, comprehensively labelled and annotated, including ** muscle from a man who died in the London Hospital, Head of Blow Fly, and Scale of Jack Fish, many with labels for Prize Medal, Paris 1867, arranged in eight trays, the case with hinged cover and fall front, 21cm wide overall; others, Animal Hairs (2)
Medals, Queen Victoria, South Africa, First, Second and Third Kaffir Wars & the Boer War: South Africa Medal (1853), unnamed, later silk ribbon en suite; Queen's South Africa (1900), Cape Colony clasp, named to 23145 Pte. J. Love T.M.T. [Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, S.A. Unit], silk ribbon, [2]
Medallion, GB, Politics, Tory/Conservative, William Pitt Club and the Peace of Paris 1814 silver-gilt member's medal, by Thomas Wyon the Younger (1792 - 1817) after Joseph Nollekens RA (1737 - 1823), obv: bust of William Pitt the Younger, fully-turned to sinister, inscribed on truncation Rt. Honble. William Pitt/Liverpool Pitt Club, rev: Britannia crowned by Peace and Victory, truncation: Britain Victorious/Tyranny Overthrown/Europe Protected/Peace Restored, signed in exergue, English rose, Scottish thistle and Irish shamrock to apron, gilt-metal bezel and convex glass frame, loop suspension, 53.5mm, EF, [BHM 836, Eimer 1039 - note]
Exhibition History - The Great Exhibition, 1851, The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, The Industry of All Nations 1851, Published for the Proprietors, by George Vertue, London [n.d., 1851], illustrated throughout with wood engravings, contemporary green-stained half-calf and watered cloth boards, gilt lettered and tooled spine, marbled endpapers, Plain Armorial bookplate: William Thomson, small folio; a Baxter print of the Crystal Palace, 14.5cm x 32.5cm, Hogarth frame; Festival of Britain, 1951, South Bank Exhibition, London, guide; Yachting Regatta prize medal, boxed, [4]
WW1 Scots Guards Medal Including Casualty.Comprising: 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal “11052 PTE E. WILLIAMS S. GDS”. ... Similar Pair “12107 CPL J.H. LLOYD S. GDS”. Private Edward Williams landed in France on the 2nd April 1915 and was Killed in Action on the 18th April 1916. He was a native of Birkenhead Cheshire.
WW1 Guards Machine Gun Regiment Medals.British War Medal “357 CPL H. UPTON GDS. M.G.R. “... British War Medal, Victory Medal “14686 PTE H. BALL S.GDS”.... Victory Medal “22290 PTE E.J. BOURNE C. GDS”. Private Harold Upton was awarded the BWM & VM. Private Harold Ball is confirmed as been awarded the Pair only. His MIC notes he served with GMGR Regimental number 769. Private Edward J. Bourne was awarded the BWM & VM and is confirmed serving with the GMGR regimental number 8256.
Scottish. Seaforth Highlanders Captain’s pipe banner circa 1901-03.A very fine and attractive example of yellow silk. One side with silver embroidered Coronet and HRH Duke of Albany’s cypher and stag’s head with various honour scrolls, the other side embroidered with the crest and motto of Captain Diog (later Lt. Col. DSO, OBE), a Company Commander. The rectangular banner is edged on three sides with silver wire tassels and is housed in a mahogany fire screen, glazed both sides. Generally VGCClaude Prendergast Diog was born 11th February 1874, educated at Edinburgh Academy and RMC Sandhurst. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 10th October 1894, promoted Lieutenant 29th April 1896 and Captain 2nd February 1901 which entitled his company piper to carry his banner. Promoted Major 27th March 1911 and Lt.Colonel 24th April 1919 on his retirement. Served Chitral Relief Force 1895 (Medal and clasp), South African War 1899-1902 and wounded in action (QSA with three clasps; KSA with two clasps), NW Frontier with Zakka Khel Expedition 1908 (Medal and clasp). During the Great War he also commanded a battalion of Oxf & Bucks LI as well as one of the Royal Scots. DSO 14th Jan 1916; OBE (1919), 1914 Star and bar, War Medal and Victory Medal.
Victorian Attributed Portrait of an Officer of the Scots Guards.This fine quality oil on board portrait depicts a head and shoulder study of an Officer of the Scots Guards, believed to by General Sir Reginald Ramsey Gipps, He is wearing regimental pattern frock coat, with four medals to his chest possibly: Crimean War Medal, ?, Turkish Order of Medjidie and Turkish Crimea Medal. To his right hand he holds his regimental forage cap and to his waist his Guards pattern sword. The painting is complete with original ornate carved gesso gilt frame. Frame size 24 x 28 inches.The painting by family ??????? It is believed that the sitter of the portrait is General Sir Reginald Ramsey Gipps who joined the Scots Guards in 1849 and fought with the Regiment during the Crimean War, being wounded in the hand at Alma, by a Russian bayonet and again wounded in the neck at Inkerman, he also saw service during the siege of Sevastopol. Remaining with the Scots Guards, he was appointed Adjutant in 1855 and was given command of the Regiment in 1877 a post he held until 1881, when promoted to Major General. Post held included: Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District in 1884, Deputy Adjutant-General for Auxiliary Forces in 1891 and Military Secretary in 1892 he was appointed an Order of the Bath in 1888. He retired from the army in 1896, having the previous year purchased Sycamore House Farnborough, Hampshire , where the portrait hung for many years. Following the Crimean war, General Gipps medal entitlement was Crimean War Medal, Knight Legion of Honour, Turkish Order of Medjidie and Turkish Crimea Medal. This would confirm the medals in the portrait.
South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Officer’s Undress uniforms.An interesting example. Blue serge “frock” with fine bi-metal collar badges. Gilt metal buttons and Lieutenant Colonel’s post 1902 badges of rank. Medal ribbons absent, otherwise VGC ... Khaki Service Dress tunic by James Harris, Stirling, to same officer, the label inscribed Lt Col Brodie 1/11/42. Good bronze collar badges, ribbons for British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1935 Silver Jubilee and 1937 Coronation Medals. Minimal moth confined to right cuff, otherwise VGC. (2 items)
Imperial German Iron Cross group of four medalsIron Cross 1914 2nd Class (magnetic centre) ... Bavaria, War Merit Cross 3rd Class with crown and swords ... 1914-18 Hindenburg Honour Cross with swords for combatants (L.NBG) ... Bavaria, 9 year Service Medal. Mounted Germanic style, pin to reverse. VGC (4 medals)
Imperial German Iron Cross group of seven medalsIron Cross 1914 2nd Class (magnetic centre) ... Oldenburg. Friedrich August Cross 2nd Class with ’VOR DEM FEINDE’ clasp on ribbon ... Brunswick. 1914 War Merit Cross ... Hanseatic Cross for Hamburg in red enamel ... Commemorative Medal of the German Legion of Honour with sword and wreath on ribbon ... Hungary. 1914-14 Bulgaria War Medal. Mounted Germanic style, pin to reverse. VGC (7 medals)
WW1 ‘Gallipoli Star’ Turkish War Medal 1915.A good silvered and enamelled German Officer’s private purchase breast star by BB & Co. Silvered five pointed red translucent enamelled star with balls to the tips. Mounted to the centre, a silver crescent enclosing the Sultan’s cypher and date. Horizontal pin to reverse. TonedOttoman Empire award for gallantry in battle instituted by the Sultan Mehmed Reshad V on 1 March 1915. Awarded for the duration of World War I to Ottoman and other Central Powers troops including many German Officers.
Imperial German Iron Cross group of three medalsIron Cross 1914 2nd Class (magnetic centre) ... 1914-18 Hindenburg Honour Cross with swords for combatants (R.V.26 PFORZHEIM No.5) ... Prussia. 1897 Centenary Medal. Mounted Germanic style, pin to reverse and tailor’s plaque ‘FR.ACKERMANN MILITARAUSTRSUNGEN KOBLENZ/RH BALDUINSTR.1’. VGC (3 medals)
Imperial German/ Third Reich Iron Cross group of eight medalsIron Cross 1914 2nd Class (magnetic centre) ... 1919 War Merit Cross with swords ... Hanseatic Cross for Hamburg in red enamel ... Oldenburg. Friedrich August Cross 2nd Class ... 1914-18 Hindenburg Honour Cross with swords for combatants (PM) ... 25 year Faithful Service Decoration silvered with black enamel ... Prussia. 9 year Service Medal ... Prussia. 1897 Centenary Medal. Mounted Germanic style, pin to reverse. VGC (8 medals)
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