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Lot 563
A Crimea 1854 Medal, named to Lt Col Lionel D Mackinnon Coldm Gds, with Balaklava, Inkermann and Sebastopol bars, with copy of documentationThis is engraved and not impressed naming, the copy documentation shows he was killed at Inkermann, and we are therefore not certain why the Sebastopol clasp is present, a lovely, almost blue toning to the medal, not having been cleaned for sometime
Lot 486
Suffragette Interest: Medical Medal and Suffragette Medals attributed to Margaret Ida Balfour (Scottish 1866-1945), a Scottish Medical doctor and early campaigner for women's medical issues in Great Britain and India, to include The Medical College for Women, Edinburgh silver medal, a National Union Of Women's Suffrage Societies badge and pin, a locket and a pin Provenance: Sold on behalf of Tenovus Cancer Care
Lot 612
A group of four medals, awarded to 2 Lieut C N C Dickson RAF, comprising an AFC, British War Medal, Victory Medal, and a George VI Coronation Medal, with miniatures, Army Book 425 Pilot's Flying Log Book, a Royal Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book, RFC Training Transfer Card, other ephemera and copy documentation in an album (qty)AFC has been soldered repaired, cannot see any combat noted
Lot 579
A group of seven medals, awarded to Captain Alexander Wilson, comprising a British War Medal, Mercantile Marine Medal, 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, with France and Germany bar, Africa Star, Defence Medal, and an OBE, with box, also the postal box for the medals, with an album of copy research
Lot 564
A group of six medals, awarded to 9363 WO2 (RQMS) C Sexton, comprising a Queen's South Africa Medal, with Belmont bar, a King's South Africa Medal, with South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 bars (5360 Pte C Sexton North'd Fus, a 1914 Star Trio, with Mons bar (9363 CQM Sjt C Sexton R Innis Fus) and a LS & GC Medal, with copy documentation
Lot 61
A small collection of Great War medal groups, comprising: three: 1914-15 Star (88860. S. STH. E. C. HURST. R.F.A.)*, British War Medal and Victory Medal (88860 GNR. E. C. HURST. R.A.), naming on Victory Medal is weak - possibly partially skimmed, otherwise good very fine; three: 1914-15 Star (1810. GNR. A. L. SHEEPWASH. R.F.A.), British War Medal and Victory Medal (1810 CPL. A. L. SHEEPWASH. R.A.), very fine or better; three: British War Medal and Victory Medal (697374 GNR. W. A. VICARY. R.A.), GVR Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (697374 GNR: W. A. VICARY. R.F.A.), good very fine, the first and last heavily toned; two: British War Medal and Victory Medal (191724 GNR. D. CALDER. R.A.), framed, apparently extremely fine and toned; two: British War Medal and Victory Medal (G-81709 PTE. R. CARELESS. R. FUS.), nearly extremely fine and very fine; two: British War Medal and Victory Medal (LIEUT. P. S. SHORT.), in a double glazed easel frame surmounted by a Royal Artillery cap badge, medals almost as struck. [15]Not scale* Shoeing Smith
Lot 11
An Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 to Private G Wilson, 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, dated reverse, clasp: Tel-El-Kebir (678. PTE G. WILSON. 2/ YORK & LANC: R.), edge bruise rev. 4 o'clock, otherwise good very fine; together with an India General Service Medal 1908-35 to C-D Zaman, 57th Silladar Camel Corps, 2 clasps: Mahsun 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (932 C-D. ZAMAN, 57SILLADAR C. CPS.), good very fine. [2]36mm diameter eachProvenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Lot 15
Six medals named or attributed to Captain J. E. Thoresby, Royal Army Medical Corps: 1914 Star (LIEUT: J. E. THORSESBY R.A.M.C.), un-official but legitimate engraved alteration to name*; British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (CAPT. J. E. THORESBY.); 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal 1939-45; mounted for wearing, the first near fine, the others very fine [6]; together with a private purchase trench periscope, and a pair of field glasses by Karl Zeiss in a leather case.round medals 36mm diameter* Records show that this officer was issued with the 1914 Star under the name J.E.T. Jones, which he changed by deed poll in 1919.
Lot 50
A Great War pair to Private John S. Matthewson, 18th Battalion London Regiment, British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (6426 PTE. J. S. MATTHEWSON. 18-LOND. R.), mounted for wearing, good very fine; together with this man's Independent Order of Oddfellows (Manchester Unity) badge, and the remains of the medal postage packaging.Served France & Flanders 11/12/1916 to 07/06/1918.
Lot 62
A small collection of Great War campaign medals, comprising: two: British War Medal 1914-20 and Mercantile Marine War Medal (GEORGE E. M. JOHNSTON), good very fine; together with single British War Medals 1914-20 (5): (42822 PTE. A. CHAPPELL. YORK. R.), good very fine; (11423 PTE. J. EAGLESFIELD. S. STAFF. R.), extremely fine and toned; (26906 PTE. W. HANRAHAN E SURR. R), at least good very fine; (T3-023089 A.CPL. G. A. SANFORD. A.S.C.), very fine and toned; (222847 GNR. W. SEWELL. R.A.), good very fine. [7]Not scale
Lot 68
Miscellaneous medals, including: Army Temperance Association medals (7); Merionethshire Agricultural Society, silver prize medal (W.E. OAKELEY WELSH HEIFER CALF 8 MNTHS TOWYN SHOW SEPT 12TH 1902), good very fine; Edinburgh University, three bronze prize medals to Duncan McF. Barker (Physicus 1900, Diseased of the Eye 1903-04 and Mental Diseases 5th Medal 1904); and other items. [qty]Not scale
Lot 21
Great War - the Central Powers: a part group of orders and medals, comprising: Austria-Hungary, the Order of Franz Joseph, Knight's breast badge, gilt-metal and enamel, on Military Merit ribbon; Prussia, Centenary Medal; 25 Year Service Cross; Hamburg, Hanseatic Cross, red enamelled cross with central device of a triple-towered castle in silver; mounted for wearing with the vacant ribbons of two other awards; all about very fine. [4]
Lot 10
A Queen's South Africa Medal to Lieutenant Francis Sandham Geary, Hampshire Regiment (Mounted Infantry), who was killed in action East of Bloemfontein in April 1900: 1st type (b), 3 clasps: Relief of Kimberly, Paadeberg, Driefontein (Lieut. F. S. GEARY. 2/Hamps. Rgt.), engraved, extremely fine and toned with ghost dates.36mm diameterThis officer was killed in action at Sannah' s Post, near Thaba N'chu in the Orange Free State, 27th April 1900. The second son of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Le Guay Geary, K.C.B., he was born in February 1874 and educated at the United Services College, Westward Ho, and at the Royal Military Academy. He was commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment in October 1894 and promoted Lieutenant in August 1897. The 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment did not form part of the original Army Corps sent to South Africa in 1899 because it had insufficient men to make it up to war establishment. It did, however, contribute 35 men to the Mounted Infantry, under the charge of Lt. Geary, who therefore proceeded to South Africa in advance of his Regiment (in October 1899) and saw considerable action there. It was during an ambush against a British cavalry brigade that he was "killed in a gallant stand against overwhelming odds."
Lot 45
A Great War M.M. Group of three to Acting Warrant Officer Class II Ernest V. Summerscales, 15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles: Military Medal, George V (41149 SJT E. V. SUMERSCALES. 15/R.IR:RIF:), scratch in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine; British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (41149 A. W. O. CL. 2. E. V. SUMMERSCALES. R. IR. RIF.), good very fine and very fine. [3]36mm diamter eachM.M. London Gazette 17/06/1919
Lot 26
The Coronation of Queen Caroline 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, 35mm, bust left, rev. the Queen standing between Religion and Britannia (E 512), good very fine, reverse a little better; together with a silver medal for Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897, 26mm (E 1817b), good very fine; and five 19th century brass coin weights. [7]
Lot 19
A Jubilee (Police) Medal 1887 to the famous Detective Chief Inspector George Hepburn Greenham, Metropolitan Police, no clasp (CHF INSPR G. GREENHAM. A. DIVN), very fine; offered with a copy of 'Scotland Yard Experiences, From the Diary of G.H. Greenham', Routledge (pub.), 2018. and three copy photographs of the recipient.36mm diameterGeorge Greenham was born in Trieste in 1835. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1869 and almost immediately joined the Criminal Investigation Department. He worked on numerous cases involving fraud and murder and, due to his ability to speak several languages, was often involved in cases involving foreign nationals, frequently travelling abroad. He acted as bodyguard to Queen Victoria for 17 years on her trips abroad and also as bodyguard to Napoleon III, the Empress Eugenie and the Prince Imperial during their exile in England. On one notable occasion he saved the Prince Imperial’s life by apprehending a French assassin who was on the point of shooting the Prince with a revolver. In 1883 he, along with other officers, foiled a plot to blow up the German Embassy in London. Awarded the Knight of the Order of St Phillip by the Grand Duke of Hesse and another award by Alexander II of Russia. Full details of his career in the police are recorded in “Scotland Yard Experiences from the Diary of G. H. Greenham” originally published in 1904 and re-printed in 2018.
Lot 1
The orders and medals to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Le Guay Geary, K.C.B., Royal Artillery, comprising: The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (military division), Knight Commander's neck badge and breast star, the badge with neck cravat and clasp, the badge with some loss to finish and minor enamel damage, the cravat frail and parting at one point, the star lacking the 'DIEN' part of the scroll and with some minor damage besides; Crimea Medal 1854-56, clasp: Sebastopol (HENRY LE GUAY. GEARY. R.A.), privately engraved in serif capitals with arabesques, much edge bruising, good fine; Indian Mutiny Medal 1857, no clasp (LIEUTENANT H. LE G. GEARY, R.A.), impressed with official alteration to name*, extremely fine; Abyssinia Medal 1867-68 (CAPTN. H. L. GEARY. ROYAL ARTL.), officially named in relief, very fine; Jubilee Medal 1897, silver (H. L. GEARY.), privately engraved in serif capitals, extremely fine or nearly so; Turkey: the Order of the Medjidieh, 5th class breast badge, some loss to enamel, good very fine; Turkey: Crimea Medal, Sardinian type, private clip suspension (H. L. GEARY. R.A.), privately engraved in plain capitals, very fine. [8] 1st round medal 36mm diameter Henry Le Guay Geary was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant from the Cadet Company, 28/02/1855, and promoted 1st Lieutenan in April of the same year. He served in the Crimea from May 1855, with the siege train in the trenched before Sevastopol. He served in India from October 1858, in the Jugdespore District and with the Gorruckpore Field Force. He became a Captain in May 1862. in January 1868 he joined Lieutenant-General Robert Napier's expedition to Abyssinia as Brigade Major Artillery, taking part in the action at Arogye and the capture of Magdala, and was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 30/06/1868) and Brevetted Major. His Majority was confirmed in April 1868, and he rose to become a Lieutenant-General in October 1898. * Presumably a late claim under General Order 771 of 1868.
Lot 27
Bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar: a silver medal, 75 x 63mm, off irregular shape following the lines of a sketch of Admiral Lord Nelson's head, the Victory in fine relief, 'VICTORY NELSON' incuse, rev. Victory and Temeraire fighting with Redoutable, by M. Appleby (E 2217), about extremely fine; in a Sim Comfort Associates box with certificate number 38.
Lot 48
A Canada General Service Medal 1866-70 to Major Henry Villiers Villiers, District Staff, 2 clasps: Fenian Raid 1866 and Fenian Raid 1870 (Maj. H. V. Villiers, Dist. Staff.), impressed, official alteration to unit, good very fine and scarce to a staff officer.Served in the area of Port Colbourne and Port Maitland including night patrols in a tug. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel District Staff in 1870.
Lot 38
George III, four copper medals by C.H. Küchler, vis.: i) British Victories 1798, armoured bust left, signed C.H.K., rev. Britannia amid arms and trophies holds Victory aloft, 'MARI VICTRIX TERRAQUE INVICTA', 48mm (E 897); ii) Preserved from Assassination 1800, armoured bust left, rev. the Eye of Providence above a burning altar, 'PERSPICIT ET PROTEGIT', 48mm (E 916); iii) Union of Great Britain and Ireland 1801, armoured bust left, rev. Britannia and Hibernia facing with joined hands, 'JUNGUNTUR OPES FIRMATUR IMPERIUM', 48mm (E 927); iv) Peace of Amiens 1802, armoured bust left, rev. Peace holding an olive branch extinguishes a pile of arms, the sea with British Ships beyond, 'TRIUMPHIS POTIOR', 48mm (E 941); the first three as struck or nearly so and probably 19th century restrikes, the last about extremely fine. [4]48.2mm diamter of left hand medal
Lot 43
Art/Historical medals (3): William Pitt First Lord of the Treasury 1799, copper, by G. J. Hancock, bust left, re. text within a wreath, 53mm (E 912), near very fine; Inigo Jones Art Union of London 1849, copper, by C. F. Carter, bust left, rev. facade of the Banqueting House Whitehall, edge 'ART UNION OF LONDON 1849', 54mm (E 1437), about as struck; George Friedrich Handel, cast silver, 20th century German, bust quartering left, rev. Halle Cathedral, 90mm, good very fine. [3]53.2mm diameter of left hand medal
Lot 13
A Queen's South Africa Medal to Major Charles Archibald Townshend Boultbee, King's Royal Rifle Corps, first type (b), clasp: Talana (Major. C. A. T. BOULTBEE. .K.R.R.C.), engraved, good very fine or better, toned and with ghost dates.36mm diameterThis officer entered the King's Royal Rifle Corps as 2nd Lieutenant on the 21st July 1877. He was commissioned Major on the 16th April 1894. He served with the 1st Battalion at the Battle of Talana Hill on the 20th October 1899, in which action he was dangerously wounded. The 1st K.R.R.C. played a prominent part in the desperate fighting for control of the hilltop, suffering heavy casualties.
Lot 28
Anne, Union of England and Scotland 1707, a copper medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. shield in garter raised on a pedestal supported by a lion and a union, 47mm (E 424a), nearly extremely fine, reverse better; together with another copper medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. genii supporting a crown above arms and Garter collar, 34mm (E 425), good very fine, reverse better. [2]47.2mm larger medal
Lot 66
Edward VII, Delhi Durbar Medal 1903, silver, unnamed as issued, display mounted as a pair with a Delhi Durbar Medal 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine; together with another Delhi Durbar Medal 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, in a fitted case, extremely fine; and a third, very fine. [4]39mm diameter of first medal
Lot 49
A Queen's South Africa Medal to Lance Corporal G. Taylor, 112th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 4 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (35256 L. CORPL: G. TAYLOR. 112TH COY. IMP: YEO:), edge bruising, good fine; another to Private T. Keene, Volunteers Company Middlesex Regiment, 3 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (8399 PTE T. KEENE, VOL: COY MIDDX: REGT), good very fine; and another to Private William Henry Sadler, Volunteer Company Middlesex Regiment, 5 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing's Nek, South Africa 1901 (7174 PTE W. SADLER, VOL: COY MIDDX: REGT), good very fine. [3]
Lot 5
The Great War M.C. group of four to Major Frank Charles Gordon Naumann, Royal Artillery, comprising: Military Cross, George V, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (391 GNR. F.C.G. NAUMANN. H.A.C. (ART.)); British War Medal 1914-20 (MAJOR F.C.G. NAUMANN.); Victory Medal, the ribbon fixed with two oak leaf emblems (MAJOR F.C.G. NAUMANN.), some time mounted for wearing; good very fine or better, [4]; accompanied by the recipient's swing mounted set of corresponding dress miniature medals, about extremely fine; together with a mounted set of seven miniature medals attributable to this officer's son, comprising: M.B.E., 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 1st Army emblem, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45 with oak leaf, George VI Efficiency Decoration with Territorial bar; and other items.44mm width of crossBy descent.Frank Naumann disembarked in Egypt on the 10th of April 1915, as a Gunner with the Honourable Artillery Company Artillery. He was commissioned into the Special Reserve of Officers later that year as a Probationary 2nd Lieutenant, which appointment was confirmed in February of 1916. In the following month he transferred to the RHA. He rose to Acting Captain in 1917 and was a Major with seniority from the 11th of September 1919. He returned to service in the Second World War as a Captain and a Major, and he died in October 1947 at the age of 55 years. His Military Cross was announced in the London Gazette of the 4th of June 1917 "for distinguished service in the field". He was mentioned in a despatch of General Sir Douglas Haig of the 13th of November 1916 (London Gazette 4th January 1917).
Lot 29
George I, coronation 1714, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate and armoured bust right, rev. the King enthroned is crowned by Britannia, 34mm (E 470), good very fine or better; and Queen Caroline, coronation 1727, a silver medal by J. Croker, bust left, rev. the Queen standing facing between Religion and Britannia, 34mm (E 512), nearly extremely fine. [2]34.7mm left hand medal
Lot 7
The Second World War D.F.C. group of five to Pilot Officer (later Flight Lieutenant) William Edgar Lewis Palmer, R.A.F.: Distinguished Flying Cross, George VI, reverse lower arm dated 1944, engraved details across horizontal arms (P/O., W. E. L. PALMER 12TH DECEMBER), in case of issue with transmission slip, good very fine; 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with France & Germany clasp, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, with postal box and Air Ministry slips, lightly tarnished, otherwise about extremely fine; together with a small collection of fabric insignia, identity tags, the recipient's R.A.F. Service and Release book, a copy of ''To See the Breaking Dawn' by W.R. Chorley (in which the recipient receives several mentions) and various associated ephemera. [5 medals] Round medals 36mm diametger D.F.C. London Gazette 12/12/1944William Palmer served in 76 Squadron R.A.F. flying bombers over Europe. On the night of the 24th May 1944 he was at the controls of a Halifax on approach to Aachen when his rear gunner warned of an approaching enemy fighter. The gunner called for a corkscrew manoeuvre (a breakaway that had saved Palmer's bomber from a similar predicament over Tergnier the previous month*) but "in the next second our starboard outer engine was knocked out and the wing set on fire"**. Palmer extinguished the flames by going into a dive so steep and rapid that to pull out of it required the strength of three men on the controls. "Bill Palmer would fly home low across the channel, his hydraulics shot away, to crash-land at Tangmere". By family tradition, this was the incident that resulted in the award to the D.F.C. * AIR 50/139 ** Flying officer Clifford Waite quoted in Chorley, 'To See the Breaking Dawn', p. 147
Lot 46
A Great War M.M. group of three to Sergeant Thomas Whitty, London Regiment: Military Medal, George V (608576 SJT T. WHITTY. 18/LOND:R.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (608576 SJT. T. WHITTY. 1-LOND.R.); mounted for wearing, edge bruising to M.M., otherwise very fine or better. [3]36mm diameter eachM.M. London Gazette 13/03/1919. Serving in the 1st and 18th Battalions of the London Regiment, and in the Leinster Regiment.
Lot 47
A Great War M.M. group of three to Corporal George Woolgar, 18th Battalion London Regiment: Mlitary Medal, George V (592048 CPL G. WOOLGAR 18/LOND:R.), lightly cleaned but otherwise nearly extremely fine; British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (4402 PTE. G. WOOLGAR. 18-LOND. R.), the first very fine, the next with heavy verdigris. [3]36mm diameter eachM.M. London Gazette 17/06/1919. Lived in Pimlico, West London.
Lot 9
A Military General Service Medal 1793-1814 to Private Bernard Gallagher, 44th Foot, a casualty of the War of 1812, clasp: Egypt (B. GALLAGHER, 44TH FOOT), very fine.36mm diameterA labourer from Fermanagh, Gallagher joined the 44th Foot in January 1798 and took part in operations in Egypt, Sicily, and Tarragona. In 1814 he sailed with the expedition to the Chesapeake and took part in the battle of Bladensburg, the destruction of the White House and the Battle of North Point where he was wounded by musket balls in the right knee and left arm. He was discharged to pension in 1816 as a result of wounds. NB. Appears as Bernard in WO 100/12, though transcribed in published rolls as Benjamin.
Lot 16
Second World War Prisoner of War interest: a fascinating and scarce archive of original documents, medals, and secondary ephemera preserved by the late Lieutenant Ernest Boyes Lee, Royal Army Service Corps, who worked on escape maps and intelligence while a P.O.W. and was awarded the France & Germany Star in spite of having been captured by the Germans before the Dunkirk evacuation.Medals: 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal (Territorial), Elizabeth II, with second award bar (6792074 PTE. E. B. LEE. R.A.S.C.), mounted for wearing, good very fine, [4]Documents and Epehmera: a large collection including escape maps, correspondence, an article written for the Bank of England's staff journal describing some of the recipient's activities in Oflag VII C Prison Camp, authority for the France and Germany Star (scarce to men taken prisoner prior to D-Day); together with a small number of badges and other personal effects. Round medal 36mm diameter Ernest Boyes Lee served with the British Expeditionary Force in France and was captured by the Germans on the 22nd May 1940. As prisoner number 319 he was interned at Oflag VII C, where from early 1941 he began to receive letters from a friend giving news of the War in coded form, which he was able to disseminate to the other prisoners. The content of the letters appeared harmless to censors, concerned with social matters and trivial seeming news from home; but the writer included allusions to unknown persons and inexplicable events and Lee soon perceived that these were cryptic references to the progress of the war. As Lee himself explains in "Gepruft", a 1951 article for the staff journal of the Bank of England:"T. continued to write regularly. Letter by letter he built up a framework...the key to many of the clues was beyond the reach of all except T's intimate friends...others were simple anagrams or in the form of crossword clues."Examples included imaginary racehorses: "Pike Cave, a filly lacking pace" (Kiev); and "my boy-friend has dumped any amount of luggage personelly [sic] at my home" (an encouraging reference to the build-up of U.S. forces prior to the allied invasion of Europe).Lee was transferred to Oflag VII B late in the same year, where a smuggled radio provided news of the outside world, augmented by ongoing letters. He also took part in the production of escape maps, of which a number are included with this lot. In 1945, with the Allies closing in, the Germans began forced marches of prisoners of war to try and keep them out of the hands of the liberating forces. It is at this point that Lee's story coincides with that of Lieutenant Colonel William Douglas Baird Thompson, D.S.O., M.C.Lt. Col. Thompson, who had been commissioned from the ranks into the Durham Light Infantry in 1915, was decorated for gallantry in action at Arras in 1917 (M.C.) and during the German offensive of March 1918. He was furthermore awarded the French Croix de Guerre for participating in the capture of 85 German soldiers at Cuitron in July 1918. Like Ernest Boyes Lee he was captured by the Germans before the Dunkirk evacuations.On the 14th April 1945 the Germans attempted to march a large party of Allied prisoners from Oflag VII B to Berchtesgaden, where it was intended that they be held as hostages. This failed when the column was mistakenly attacked by American P-47 Thunderbolts, killing 12 and injuring 40. Thompson initiated a retreat to the camp, and his orders were confirmed by the Germans. On the evening of the 15th the prisoners set off on a second march that led, by the night of the 23rd, to Stalag VII A at Moosburg in Bavaria. The following day Thompson was confirmed in command of the British forces, which he put on an operational footing, freeing Russian prisoners from the cells at Moosburg, and securing a bridge for the use of the advancing U.S. forces. Although many senior Germans, including the camp commandant and the mayor of Moosburg, were keen to capitulate peacefully, other elements, such as the S.S Division Charlemagne, were not; and in the confused situation that followed the surrender of the Commandant, there was fighting in the vicinity of the camp. Thompson stated that on the 29th April "First tanks of the 14 Am Div US Army broke through the Kommandantur, certain amounts of firing within the camp, Able to arm guards and piquets."It was in recognition of these operational services that the prisoners who served under Thompson's command, Ernest Boyes Lee among them, were deemed eligible for the France and Germany Star.
Lot 33
George III, accession 1760, a copper medal by Thomas Pingo, armoured bust left, 'GEORGIUS TERTIUS REX' to a scroll, rev. rev. Tellus playing a tambourine and seated between two lions, female figures dancing around a oak tree beyond, 55mm (E 682), slight edge bruising and flan faults, otherwise about extremely fine.54.7mm diameter
Lot 60
A Turkish Crimea Medal, British version, unnamed as issued, privately fitted ring suspension, original suspension hole filled and watch type ball and loop fitted, otherwise very fine; a Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (4067 ST SERGT H. BELLRINGER. 19TH MIDDX. V.R.C.), good very fine; and Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George V, clasp: The Great War 1914-18 (WILLIAM SOMERVILLE), nearly extremely fine. [3not scale
Lot 32
George II, Majority of the Prince of Wales 1759, a silver medal by Thomas Pingo, armoured bust of the Prince left, 'GEORGIUS WALLIÆ PRINCEPS', rev. Tellus playing a tambourine and seated between two lions, female figures dancing around a oak tree beyond, 55mm (E 666), nearly extremely fine, rare.54.72mm diameter
Lot 12
A Queen's Sudan Medal 1896-98 re-engraved to Sergeant Frank Knowles, 21st Lancers, (3402, SERGT F. KNOWLES. 21/L/CERS.), personal details re-engraved in official style serif capitals, unit details officially engraved, about very fine. 36.38mm diameter The collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Possibly ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 12th June 1946 Frank Knowles, A Company, 21st Lancers, took part in the famous charge of his regiment at the Battle of Omdurman, September 1898. A Lance Corporal at that time, he was promoted to Sergeant 01/04/1900. It is possible that this re-engraved medal is an honest, though unofficial, replacement for his original medal, reflecting his later rank.
Lot 55
A collection of Great War Medals, groups and singles, comprising: a trio: 1914-15 Star (1929 PTE. A. L. MACK, 18-LOND.R.) with BWM and VM (1929 PTE. A. L. MACK. 18-LOND.R.); three medals: BWM and VM (306 CPL. F. T. MOORE. 18-LOND. R.), officially renamed*, and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, George V (306 CPL F. T. MOORE. 18/RES: BN: LOND: R.); a pair: BWM and VM (595897 PTE. F. C. PIERI 18-LOND. R.); a pair: BWM and VM (45975 PTE. W. E. PATRICK. 18-LOND. R.); a pair: BWM and VM (4683 PTE. O. W. OEXLE. 18-LOND.R.); a pair BWM and VM (595831 PTE. F. HOLDSTOCK. 18-LOND. R.); a pair with a Silver War Badge and medal packaging (7590 PTE. A. H. PAPILLION. 14-LOND. R.); a pair: Mercantile Marine War Medal and BWM (ALEXANDER MC CALL); and a single BWM (3917 PTE. P. W. PACKWOOD. 18-LOND. R.)**; mostly about very fine, the last extremely fine. [19]* MIC indicated medals replaced. Also entitled to 1914-15 Star** Percy William Packwood, wounded in action "shell wd. Arm & Hand L" 22/05/1916. Entitled to S.W.B.
Lot 67
A small collection of Coronation Medals, comprising a pair to P.C H. Shipway, Metropolitan Police: Coronation (Police) 1902 in bronze (P.C. H. SHIPWAY. K. DIV.), and Coronation (Police) 1911 in silver (P.C. H. SHIPWAY) the first very fine and the second better; together with four single medals: Edward VII, Coronation 1902, silver, near very fine; Visit to Scotland Medal 1903 (P.C. A. MCMILLAN.), good very fine, suspension brooch lacking pin; George V, Coronation (Police) 1911, Scottish Police, silver (P.C.. M. NICOLSON.), good very fine, reverse better; and Coronation (Police) 1911, St John Ambulance Brigade, silver (NURS. SISTER M. BOULTBEE.), edge bruising, near very fine. [6]Not scale
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