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Lot 378
A Post Medieval Charles 1st silver pendant.A cast silver Charles 1st pendant 1640-1670. A cast silver pendant of Charles 1st, a double sided medal decorated with the bust of Charles 1st in profile, facing left. On the reverse is the Royal Arms, surrounded with a motto which is extremely worn. Condition is generally good but with some wear and porosity especially on the reverse, 20 mm diameter/2.99 grams
Lot 256
British school, mid 20th century Portrait of Gillian Kluane Tanner GM, half length wearing the London branch uniform of the Auxiliary Fire Service, oil on canvas, unframed, 61 x 50cmProvenance: by family descent to the present owner.Notes: Gillian Tanner was awarded the George Medal while stationed as an auxiliary fire officer at Dockhead Station, Bermondsey during the Blitz. As a letter from the Ministry of Home Security stated in 1941 the award was made for 'gallant conduct on 20th September 1940 when for three hours you drove a lorry from fire to fire replenishing petrol supplies during intense bombing.'Included in the lot are portraits of Mignon Margaret Muirhead Gould (mother of Gillian Tanner) and Emily Gertrude Lilias Muirhead (grandmother of Gillian Tanner)The photographs depict Gillian Tanner with her Uncle Rear Admiral Muirhead-Gould and after the war participating in a Monte Carlo rally. (These are for illustration purposes only and are not included in the lot)
Lot 674
A collection of commemorative silver and bronze medallions, to include; Diamond Jubilee of Victoria, Edward VII Coronation, George V, George VI and Elizabeth II medals, together with 'Treaties of Paris' bronze medal, an early 18th century Italian bronze medallion and a silver World War I tribute medal (14)
Lot 678
An impressive Great War Military Cross and Life saving Albert medal group of seven, awarded to second Lieutenant William Marychurch Morgan, comprising; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, Albert medal, 2nd class, for gallantry in saving life on land, reverse officially inscribed 'Presented by his majesty to second Lieutenant William Marychurch Morgan for gallantry in saving life at Locon in France on the 14th February 1916', Mons star with clasp '5th Aug-22nd Nov 1914', awarded to '1553 PTE W.M. Morgan H.A.C', 1914-18 War medal, awarded to 'CAPT W.M. Morgan', Victory medal, awarded to 'CAPT W.M. Morgan', India General Service medal G.V.R. with clasp 'Waziristan 1921-24' awarded to 'CAPT W.M Morgan 3-9 JAT.R.', Indian General service medal G.V.I.R. with clasp 'North West Frontier 1936-37', awarded to 'MAJOR W.M. Morgan 3-9 JAT.R', all mounted to barWilliam Marychurch Morgan enlisted as private 1553 in the Honourable Artillery Company, a territorial unit base in London. He went to France on 18th September 1914 and this qualified for the 1914 'Mons' star. He was commissioned on 23rd April 1915 into the Royal Welch Fusiliers and became a captain in the regiment on 9th June 1917.On 22nd April 1916 he was awarded the Albert medal for gallantry in 'Saving Life on Land' as published in the London Gazette dated 19th May 1916. Following this, as recorded in November 1916, Morgan was awarded his Military Cross (M.C.).Morgan's unit at the time of his Albert Medal (A.M.) was 15th Batt R.W.F., part of the 113 infantry brigade, which was itself part of 38th Welsh division. His A.M. was substituted by the General Officer Commanding after Morgan was initially put forward for the M.C. from the A.M. incident which took place at Locon in France. He was presented with both the M.C. and A.M. at the same investiture by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace on 16th December 1916. After the end of the War Morgan transferred to the Indian Army and was awarded the two Indian Service medals, here he served in the 3rd/9th JAT regiment.According to his gravestone in Jeffreyston, just North of Tenby, Morgan died a Lieutenant Colonel on 23rd October 1944 and although they do not appear to have been claimed he would have been entitled to at least two World War Two medals.A.M.- London Gazette 19th May 1916, second Lieutenant William M. Morgan, 15th Battalion R.W.F., on the 14th February 1916 during grenade instruction in a trench a men let fall a grenade which sank in the mud so that only the smoke from the fuse could be seen, Lt. Morgan, who was outside the danger zone, at once sprang forward and groped in the mud for the grenade. The difficulty in finding it added greatly to the danger. He picked up the grenade and threw it over the parapet just in time thereby saving several men from death or injury.M.C.- London gazette, dated 25th November 1916, stated that the Military Cross was awarded to Temp 2nd Lt William Marychurch Morgan for 'Conspicuous Gallantry in action on seven consecutive nights, he carried out valuable reconnaissance under intense fire and later he led a daring raid himself accounting for one of the enemy, he had previously done very fine work'.
Lot 310
A FAMILY OF FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS FOR J. W. WILSON, comprising a Military Medal "FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD", War Medal and Victory Medal, together with a military badge and a 9ct gold pocket watch by W M Greenwood, Leeds & Huddersfield, engraved internally "Presented to BDR Wilson J. W. (Sig) R.G.A. by the Kippax Soldier & Sailors Comforts Fund Awarded Military Medal for Conspicuous Bravery during the advance of 1918" (5) (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)
Lot 385
A FAMILY OF MEDALS AWARDED TO GUNNER FRANK COWEN, comprising 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and associated ephemera including his Burma Campaign slouch hat, Japanese silk surrender flag, a Japanese silk cloth with central sun and lettering, paperwork including service book and Burma Star association beret, together with his Father's World War One medals comprising a British War Medal and a Victory medal (Qnty.) (Est. plus 18% premium inc. VAT)
Lot 882
DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL George VI, 550572 SGT J A PATTERSON RAF, British War Medal and Victory Medal L-1601 GNR J T THOMPSON RA and Air Ministry Aircraft Recognition book AP1764, March 1940 (4) Provenance: (DFM) The family of the recipient and by descent to the present owner. Sold with a scan of a photograph of the recipient. DFM: London Gazette, 31 October 1941, 550572 Sergeant John Anderson Patterson (deceased) awarded with effect from 28th December 1940. Sergeant J A Patterson of 51 Squadron, RAF died on 27 February 1941, aged 21. He enlisted in 1936 as a 'Boy Entrant-Wireless Operator'. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Patterson and husband of Kathleen Phillips Patterson of Staveley, Derbyshire.
Lot 65
FOUR WEDGWOOD JASPER PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS, 18TH CENTURY comprising George Washington copied from a medal by Voltaire struck in Paris 1777, blue jasper and white relief, c1777-80, 10.5 x 8.5cm, impressed WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY, Admiral Augustus Keppel, c1780, blue jasper with white relief impressed KEPPEL, 10 x 8cm, impressed WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY, William ('Governor') Franklin, modelled by John Flaxman, c1783-90, white jasper dipped in green with white relief, impressed Gr. FRANKLIN, 10.5 x 8.5cm, impressed WEDGWOOD and James 'Athenian' Stuart, c1780, white jasper dipped in green with white relief, impressed J. STUART, 8.8 x 7cm, impressed WEDGWOOD, in Victorian machine carved oak frame with printed trade label of Shaw & Sons Wheeler Gate Nottingham ++All in fine condition, undisturbed in the frame until removed for the purposes of cataloguing for the present sale, the medallion of Washington with some mild surface discolouration visible on the image
Lot 479
SOCCER. BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT AND COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 9CT GOLD AND ENAMEL MEDAL, 1894-5 the reverse engraved WINNERS 1894-5 T THORPE, 3.4cm h excluding ring, by Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham 1874, cased, 19.2g Tom Thorpe, Walsall Unity goalkeeper. ++Light wear and minor scratches really only noticeable under 10x magnification
Lot 881
GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL one clasp Iraq, 3045967 PTE A THOMPSON R SCOTS ditto ditto one clasp S E Asia 1945-46 naming erased, ditto ditto one clasp Palestine 4975795 PTE S S BANNER FORESTERS, ditto ditto Elizabeth II, one clasp Malaya 22558496 PTE H W NEIL RAOC, Defence Medal and South Africa Medal for War Services (6)
Lot 875
INDIA MEDAL two clasps Punjab Frontier 1897-98 and Tirah 1897-98 2041 SAPPER ... MURAD ALI No 3 COY..., India General Service Medal, one clasp North West Frontier 1908 6171 PTE J FARLEY 1ST W Y REGT, ditto ditto Afghanistan N.W.F.1919 renamed, ditto ditto two clasps North West Frontier 1930-31 and Mohmand 1933 9791 SEP MULA SINGH 1-7 RAJPUT R and ditto ditto North West Frontier 1936-37 and North West Frontier 1937-39 S-3106 RESVT BUTCHER SIKANDAR KHAN R1ASC (5)
Lot 482
A COMPLETE AND VERY IMPORTANT ARCHIVE OF MEDALS AND SERVICE EPHEMERA, to a member of the 6th Btn North Staffordshire Regiment, who was a Veteran of the 'D' Day landings 'Operation Overlord' in June 1944, 5038238 Private, later Company Sgt Major & WO 2.John Coleman, this archive consists of the 1939-45 & France/Germany Stars, Defence and War medal, together with the Territorial Efficiency medal, correctly named to 5038238 WO.Class2. J Coleman, North Staffs, together with certificate of issue and original fibre dog tags, soldiers Service and paybook, six boxed and loose silver & silver gilt Shooting medals for Coleman from the Lichfield Miniature Rifle club, two are named on the reverse J.Coleman, metal North Staffs tie bar, four original WW2 period patches for the North Staffords, and 59th Staffs Division/21st Army group, a number of original maps for the D Day landings including area of Arromanches,(Gold Beach) The overlay map of the Bocage are back from the Beaches,& a further map of the area around Caen, also present is the original cover from the Daily Herald dated Friday August 11th 1944, concerning the landings, original Soldiers release book for Coleman, giving his date of birth as 11th October 1901, information from the Family States that he was evacuated back to the UK with an injury, but went back to France and served with the push to Paris and its liberation, The archive includes many original black and white photos of his time in Paris, with menu cards tourist pamphlets etc, and some original French Resistance photos of their struggles with the Nazi's, there is also a printed letter from Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme HQ AEF, finally a framed certificate from Commander Home Forces dated 4 June 1943 to Coleman & a framed North Stafford crest, a historical and important archive to a D Day veteran
Lot 457
BRITISH WAR & VICTORY MEDAL PAIR, correctly named to 42334 Pte C B Taylor Notts & Derby Regiment. Together with 4 gold coloured School board of London Attendance medals all named to E Blaney for 1897,1898, 1900 & 1901, together with a similar medal silver coloured for 1902, E Blayney, all struck by Spink of London with a cased Proof set of Decimal coinage GB for 1980
Lot 459
A FAMILY ARCHIVE OF MEDALS AND OTHER RELATED PAPERS AND ITEMS, relating to a father and Sons Service in WW1 and WW2. Firstly a British War & Victory medal pair, correctly named to 860T.C. H Coxall, TR.CK. (Trawler Cook) Royal Naval Reserve. He is listed as a Casualty when the Steam Trawler 'Corella' out of Grimsby was lost on 30th September, 1919. He was 37 years. With Pensions and issue slip paperwork, and what appears to be a locker or bed plate engraved H Coxall, secondly the WW2 group of medals and miniatures relating to his Son John Steven Coxall. 2387868 consisting of 1939-45, Italy, Africa stars and War Medal,(all un-named) the miniatures have the France & Germany Star and Defence medal in the group? It would appear that Coxall was taken POW possibly during the Africa or Italy Campaigns, and found himself interned at Stalag X1A near Magdeburg, Germany, this Camp was also known as Stalag 341,the medals come with Original documents from the Red Cross including Camp location map, advice booklet for relatives, and a metal plate with the markings of Stalag X1A on it and the POW ID Number 141718, this was Coxalls POW number, Army Form B104, press cutting, ID Card, and Driving Licence, together with a further Licence for Edna Mary Coxall, boxed WW1 era German Iron Cross possibly silver marked KO on reverse, small silver coloured luftwaffe Eagle/Swastika Cap device, and a further German hat badge, together with a small pocket lighter marked JSC, there is also a framed 4'x6' picture of Coxall, together with a silver pocket watch and chain, a lovely family archive
Lot 480
A WOODEN BOX CONTAINING AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF WWII MEDALS, to a Polish Soldier who saw action at Monte Cassino in Italy with photographs and paperwork, group consists of the 1939-45 & Italy Stars, Defence & War Medal, Monte Cassino Cross, numbered 27030 to reverse together with original certificate of issue to Josef Dasiukiewicz and small black and white photo of recipient, 5th Polish Kresowa Division Badge, with original certificate of issue number 22946, issued to same recipient, Polish Polska Swemu Obroncy medal, no bars, 2nd Polish Corps Button badge, formed 1943, with issue certificate, Jerusalem Pilgrims Cross, a white metal Monte Cassino bracelet dated 18.V.1944, issue certificates for British medals & four black and white photos of the recipient, A lovely archive to a Polish soldier who saw some of the most fierce fighting in WW2 Italy
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