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Click here to subscribeCOMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, Rectangular French Bronze Medals (5), all celebrating the female form, Departement de la Seine, by Pillet, awarded to M Fourneau, Maire de Tainguy; Centenary of Marguerite Hauman, by Le Chevrell; Railway Union by E Blin, awarded to Gaillard; unawarded prize medal, by Mouchon; La Bouee, by Dubois. Generally extremely fine. (5)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Germany, Bohemia, Gilt-silver Medal, 1550, by Nickel Milicz, King Croesus (of Lydia), stands before the enthroned figure of Solomon, FRS FRIT SVBITO QVI MODO CROSSVS ERAT SOLON, rev cherub reclines below tree with skull and hour-glass, cityscape beyond, ILLE SAPIT QVI SCIT CAEDRE TEMPORIBVS 1550, 37mm, contemporary plain suspension ring (Goppel -; Scher, 2000, 11.2). Good very fine, an unusually pleasing example of Milicz’s medals, rare.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, World Medals, Japan, A Japanese Group of 4, comprising Taisho Enthronement Medal; Showa Enthronement Medal; 1931-34 Manchuria Incident War Medal; Manchurian National Foundation Medal, mounted for wear with one space for another medal not with group; with Japanese’s Red Cross Men’s Members Medal and Men’s Life Membership Medal, both in one box; Japanese Special Members Badge Naval Association, in box; Japanese Members Badge Religious Group Temple Badge, in box; Japanese Members Badge 2nd Infantry Regiment Association, in box; Japanese Honorary Members Badge of the Imperial Live Saving Association, in box; Japanese Commemorative Badge for the 77th Infantry Regiment, in box; Japanese Patriotic Badge – Friends of War Society 1941, in box; Japanese 3rd Class Merit Badge - Japanese Red Cross, in box. Generally very fine. (13)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Louis XVII (1785-1795), The Lost King of France, Silver Memorial Medal, 1795, struck during the Restoration c.1815-1830, by Depaulis and Jeuffroy (reverse), young portrait bust left, … REGNI TANTVM IVRA, rev within the Temple Prison walls, the winged Genius of the Monarchy stands on altar decorated with three wilting lilies, QVAM REDDAT HAEREDI, 50mm, edge un-marked. Nearly extremely fine, surface sometime buffed and edge bruise at 8 o’clock.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Joshua Renyolds, Art Union of London, Copper Medal, 1845, by A J Stothard, head left, rev the infant Hercules, 58mm (BHM 2207; Eimer 1399); David Garrick, Copper Tribute Medal, 1772, by L Pingo, rev the three muses, 40mm (BHM 160; Eimer 746; Eimer, Pingo 48); Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott, Copper Prize Medal for Essay Writing, 54mm; John Locke, Death 1704, Bronze Medal, by J Dassier (Eimer 413; MI ii 271/72); Joseph Hanson (1774-1811), The Weavers Friend, 1811, Bronze Medal, by Thomas Wyon Sr, 42mm (BHM 693; Eimer 1012); 700th Anniversary of the Mayoralty of Winchester, 1884, Copper Medal, by Messrs Pinches, 45mm (BHM 3179). Generally very fine to extremely fine. (6)
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Single British Campaign Medals, A 1914 Great War Casualty Single British War Medal awarded to Serjeant T.S. Jolly, 5th Battalion (City of London Rifle Brigade) London Regiment; British War Medal 1914-1920 (8231 Sjt. T.S. Jolly 5-Lond. R.). Toned, very fine. Thomas Spratley Jolly was a pre-war member of the 5th Battalion (City of London Rifle Brigade) London Regiment with the service number 8231. Born in Upton Park, East London, he was the son of Richard and Matilda Jolly – Thomas enlisted at Manor Park whilst his family lived there. He landed in France on the 4 November; he was by now a Serjeant and aged 28 years old. After one of the many holding actions in the last months of 1914, Serjeant Jolly was wounded, succumbing to his injuries at a Casualty Clearing Station at Bailleul on the 19 December 1914, he is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France, Row E, Grave 9. Sold with copy research and a photograph of Sjt. Jolly’s headstone.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786), Trial by Court Martial and Acquital, Brass Medal with gilt reverse, 1779, uniformed bust three-quarters right, rev Justice tramples on Tyrany, ship beyond, JUSTICE TRIUMPHANT AND MALICE DEFEATED, 34.5mm (BHM 221; Eimer 777; Betts 564; MH 441). Obverse very fine, reverse better with strong gilding, very rare.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Campaign Groups and Pairs, A South African World War Two Group of 6 awarded to J L H Carelse, comprising 1939-1945 Star (104117 J. L. H. Carelse), Africa Star (104117 J. L. H. Carelse), Pacific Star (104117 J. L. H. Carelse), Defence and War Medals, 1939-1945 (104117 J. L. H. Carelse), Africa Service Medal (104117 J. L. H. Carelse); medals officially impressed, group loose, sold with similarly named duplicate set. Generally good very fine to extremely fine. (12)
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Single British Campaign Medals, India Medal 1895-1902, three clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (4227 Pte T. Nolan 1st Bn. Ryl Sco Fus). Suspender slack, otherwise very fine. Private Thomas Nolan enlisted into the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the 19 September 1893 at Melton, Glasgow, giving his age as 19 years and six months. He served for 12 years, being in India from 23 January 1895 to 16 December 1902. He was tried by District Court Martial in September 1899 for Drunkenness being imprisoned for 28 days and again by Regimental Court Martial in 1900, again for drunkenness this time imprisoned for 21 days. Sold with copy service papers which confirm the three clasps.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Campaign Groups and Pairs, A Great War Family Group of 4 awarded to Driver H.F. Butt, Royal Army Medal Corps and E. Deacon, Royal Red Cross, comprising 1914-15 Star (1305 Dvr. H. Butt R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals 1914-1920 (1305 Dvr. H.F. Butt. R.A.M.C.); British Red Cross Society Medal, clasp, Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing (4841 Edna Deacon). Toned, very fine. (4)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, Societé de l’Industrie Minerale, Rectangular Bronze Medal, 1910, by Corneille Theunissen, women load barges from a waterside cargo train, rev men smelting iron or steel, 54mm x 75mm, edge stamped BRONZE with cornucopiæ and lizard, and numbered 72. Extremely fine, scarce.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Single Orders and Decorations for Gallantry, A Great War Military Medal and “Trench Raid” Bar, awarded to Lance Corporal J.A. Mitchell, 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders; Military Medal and 2nd award bar GVR (11767 L. Cpl J.A. Mitchell. 6/Gord: Hdrs. T.F.). Toned, very fine. Military Medal London Gazette, 26 April 1917 Bar to the Military Medal London Gazette, 18 June 1917 At 6.10am on the morning of 5 March 1917, 300 men and 13 Officers took part in a Trench Raid at Roclincourt. “At zero minus 1 the artillery opened and punctually one minute later the first wave of raiders rushed over No-man’s Land and for the most part got into the German Trenches before the defenders could get out of their dug-outs, the second wave followed 50 yards behind the first with the objective of the German second line 70 yards further on. Considerable fighting took place in the German trenches – sixty German dead were counted and 21 prisoners captured including one officer, one machine-gun was brought back, one was smashed by a shell and 1 Anti-Aircraft gun was destroyed by bombs. Large mobile charges of ammonal and Stokes bombs were used to wreck shelters. In some cases, tins of petrol provided beforehand and perforated by the bayonet were flung down the dug-out stairs, followed a second later by a phosphorus bomb which ignited the petrol and made the dug-out a blazing inferno”. That afternoon Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haigh inspected the men who had taken part in the raid near Arras, the men parading in the dress and equipment they had worn in the attack. 54 men of the raiding party were killed, wounded or missing, 2 Military Crosses, 1 Distinguished Conduct Medal, 6 Military Medals and one Bar to the Military Medal were conferred upon the raiding party. Sold with copied War Diary and Battalion History of the 6th Gordons in France and Flanders, MiC, and London Gazette entries.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, International Exhibitions, USA, Panama-Pacific Exhibition, San Francisco 1915, Bronze “Medal of Award”, by John B Flanagan (1895-1942), naked male and female standing, clasping arms across panorama of the Isthmus of Panama, rev façade of the Tower of Jewels within palm wreath, 70.5mm (Baxter 114; BDM VII, 308). Two minor spots (on edge and reverse), otherwise nearly extremely fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Genoa, Battista Fregoso, Doge of Genoa (1478-1483), Cast Bronze Medal, by Battista d’Elia (active c.1480), bust right, BAPT FVLGOS, rev bird feeding from the mouth of a crocodile, PECVLIARES AVDACIA ET VICTVS, 42mm (Kress 201; Pollard 225). Fine, an early cast of considerable age.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Charles I, Memorial, Silver Medal, 1649, bust of king right, wearing armour and medal on riband, POPVLE MEV QVID EFCI TBI, 1649, CAROLYS REX, rev head of Medusa, concentric circles divided by flaming sword, thunderbolt and arms, BLASFEMANT NECANT SPERVNT DEVM REGEM LEGEM CONCILIABVLVM ANCLIAE, 54mm (MI i 349/208). Good very fine, finely cast and chased, likely to be a later copy. This unusual piece differs in many respects from the example recorded in the major sources. The bust differs, there is no stippling in the field and many words are misspelt. For a similar example cast in bronze see the Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, lot 644, May 2010.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, The Death of the Duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon II), Copper Medal, 1832, by Bauchéry, head and shoulders of Napoleon, three-quarters right, his eyes closed in death, rev Napoleon seated in the clouds reaches out for his son, the dates of the respective deaths to either side, 51.5mm. Extremely fine. The Duke of Reichstadt was the title given to Napoleon II, the son of Napoleon I and the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, in 1818, as some consolation for the destruction of the Empire over which he was nominally the Emperor.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Single British Campaign Medals, Egypt Medal 1882-89, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85; contemporarily re-named (Tp.S.M. D. Paterson. 2nd Dragoons). Usual pitting to both sides, edge bruises, otherwise good to fine. Troop Sergeant-Major David Paterson 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for the action at Abu Klea. His DCM recommendation was submitted to Her Majesty Queen Victoria on 4 February 1886, and announced in General Order 24 of 1886. One of only two awards of the DCM to the Scots Greys for Abu Klea. Patterson received his award from the Queen at Windsor Castle on 23 February 1886, full details being published in The Times the next day. “Troop-Sergeant-Major- David Patterson, 2d Dragoons, present at every engagement, displayed great coolness and bravery in action and set an example of steadiness and determination to the men, and rendered valuable assistance to the officers, especially at Abu Klea in assisting to repel the Arab charge and then helping the men when their rifles jammed. Troop Sergeant Major Paterson’s Distinguished Conduct Medal was sold at DNW on the 23 September 2005, lot 386
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824), romantic poet, Death at Missolonghi, 1824, Copper Memorial Medal, by A J Stothard, bare head left, rev three young bay trees struck by lightning from a cloud above, ΑΦΘΙΤΟΝ ΑΙΕΙ, 63.5mm (BHM 1231; Eimer 1172); with Death of Frederick Duke of York, 1827, Copper Medal, by A J Stothard, head left, rev female figure resting on column, 62mm (BHM 1303). First with numerous peck marks, about very fine, second fine. (2)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Sport, Olympic Games, Paris 1924, Bronze Participant’s Medal, by Raoul Bénard, winged figure crowns athlete, rev city view in cartouche, VIIIe OLYMPIADE / PARIS / 1924, 55mm (Gad 2); Intercalated Games in Athens, 1906, Bronze Medal, by Lytras and Pittner, Helas with Phoenix, rev text and 1906 date removed to reveal the underlying original medal date of 1896, 49mm. Good very fine and fine. (2) The 1906 Games are no longer recognised by the IOC.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Sport, Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928, Bronze Participant’s Medal, unsigned (by J C Wienecke), naked male and female athletes hold the Olympic flame, rev Nike above the stadium, 55.5mm (GV 86.2). Extremely fine. There were 5901 specimens struck for 2,971 participants.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, A Georgian Engraved Brass Badge or Medal, 1755, a Caesar-like laureate bust left, J D D & M R, rev King crowned and enthroned on rocks holding sceptre and orb, before him a crowd of people, W X & ????? (the second set of initials obliterated), date below exergual line, border around, 39mm. Small piercing at top, obverse very fine, reverse nearly so. The cataloguers are unable to offer any explanation for this curious piece.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Single British Campaign Medals, China War Medal 1841-42, naming erased and suspender detached from medal showing solder repair marks. Toned, very fine. The Remains of the naming shows THOM******** H.M.S. ******LONDE, this would seem to be Able Seaman Thomas Kerley of HMS Blonde. The only ship present with the last four letters of her name spelling “LONDE” and Able Seaman Kerley is the only man who’s Christian name is Thomas on the Royal Navy Medal Roll for HMS Blonde for the China 1842 Medal.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Sport, Olympic Games, Intermediary Olympic Games, Athens 1906, Gilt-bronze Participant’s Medal, by N Lytras and Wilhelm Pittner, Victory seated with rising phoenix, the Acropolis beyond, rev legend within olive wreath, dated in tablet, 50mm (Gad 56, 2). Nearly extremely fine. The medal adapted from the 1896 participant’s medal, the original date replaced by the new date within a tablet.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Campaign Groups and Pairs, A Scarce Group of 8 to Colonel C. De Putron, Lancashire Fusiliers, Late Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, mentioned in despatches for the Defence of Kimberley, comprising Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 2nd type reverse, ghost dates, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State and Transvaal, the last a contemporary tailors copy with un-official rivets (Lieut. C. de Putron 1st L.N. Lanc. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. C. de Putron Lanc. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. C. De Putron. Lan Fus.); British War and Victory Medals 1914-1920, with mentioned in despatches emblem (Col C. De Putron); Kimberley Star, reverse engraved (Lieut. C. de Putron 1st Loyal North Lancashire Reg.), hallmarked “b” with top riband bar but lacking pin, French Legion of Honour, Knight’s badge, silver, gold centres and enamel, minor damage to white enamel; French Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, with palm; with associated miniatures. Medals with some verdigris, all mounted as originally worn cavalry-style except the Kimberley Star, generally very fine, toned. (8) Lancashire Regiment 1895; Lieutenant 1897; Assistant Signalling Officer and Brigade Transport Officer during the Defence of Kimberly (Mentioned in Despatches 8 May 1900); Captain 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 15 June 1901; Instructor School of Musketry (Hythe) 1 April 1909 to 31 March 1913; attached General Staff (graded Brigade Major), Northern Command December 1913 to March 1915, served during the Great War in Gallipoli, March to October 1915, Major 1 September 1915, the Balkans Theatre of Operations, October 1915 to April 1916 and November 1916 to June 1917; Temporary Lieutenant Colonel attached 2/15th Battalion London Regiment, May 1916 to October 1917, Western Front May 1916 to November 1916; with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force June 1917 to May 1918 (mentioned in Despatches London Gazette, 5 November 1915 and 4 January 1917; Legion of Honour 5th Class and Croix De Guerre); Commandant School of Musketry Southern Command August 1918 to March 1919; Lieutenant Colonel 22 March 1920; Colonel 22 March 1924; Officer in Command Record and Pay Office Royal Tank Corps 12 March 1927.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Papal Medals, Clement X (1670-1676), Copper Annual Medal, Year 4, 1673, by Giovanni Hamerani, bust right, rev the Roman Charity, Pero offers her breast to her imprisoned father, Cimon, VIVIFICAT ET BEAT, 34mm (Linc 1318). Extremely fine, die break in front of portrait thus presumed an early restrike.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, ART MEDALS, Art Deco, France, Perpignan et des Pyrénées-Orientales, Silver Medal, 1927 (presented 1930), by Raoul Benard, Mercury seated holding galleon, Perpignan behind, rev naked lady squeezes grapes into cup held high by naked boy, presentation inscription to Eugène Pams (1858-1932), President of the Chamber of Commerce, 85mm, edge stamped 2 ARGENT. Matt surface, about extremely fine and with splendidly Art-Deco reverse.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, World Medals, Johore, Sultan Abu Bakar Medal 1886, inscribed in Arabic, al-sultan abu bakr ibn al-mahrum ibrahim johor 1303, with crowned signature on obverse; The Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, instituted by Sultan Abu Baker as a reward for the police and civil service, reformed by Sultan Ibrahim on 17 September 1922, awarded in a single class, a silver medal. Both very fine. (2) Known as the Sultan Abu Bakar Medal, it was authorized in 1883, but always dated AH1303 (10 October 1885 to 29 September 1886), in gold or gold-plated, and bronze, and probably also in silver. It was issued to commemorate Abu Bakar’s acquisition of the title Sultan, and was subsequently awarded to individuals for invaluable service to the royal family.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Lord Nelson (1758-1805), The Battle of The Nile, White Metal Medal, 1798, by J G Hancock and P Kempson, uniformed bust three-quarters left, wearing Badge and Star of the Order of the Bath, rev the River God of the Nile reclines and watches the action, legend in concentric lines above, 47mm (BHM 448; Eimer 889; MH 475). Nearly extremely fine, the reverse with usual die flaw expanding, rare.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, World Medals, Africa, East And West Africa Medal, 1887-1900, single clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (1535. Pte. J. Thompson. 1/ W.I.R.); officially engraved in thin upright capitals. Toned, a few small marks in places, good very fine, reverse a little better. James Freeman Thompson was born c.1873 at Clarendon, Porus, Jamaica, and he attested for service with the West India Regiment on 9 October 1894, having previously worked as a Carpenter. He served for five years and 100 days, including service in the West Indies, Sierra Leone and Bermuda, prior to a medical discharge in Jamaica on 16 January 1900 with ‘Rheumatic Pains over body’ which could relate to recurring Malaria or Dengue Fever (also known as ‘Break bone fever’ in the Caribbean). Sold with copied service papers.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), 10th Anniversary of his Death, Early Trial Striking in Copper of G F Pidgeon’s Memorial Medal, 1819, by G F Pidgeon, bust right wearing frock coat, after Peter Rouw, MATTHEVS BOULTON, rev legend within wreath, INVENTAS AVT QVI VITAM EXCOLVERE PER ARTES, plain edge, 63.5mm (BHM 976; Eimer 1114; Pollard pp.316-318). Extremely fine. This is a curious striking with the obverse and reverse not perfectly aligned, leaving the edge with an un-matched swelling. The obverse appears to be on a slightly concave flan, the reverse slightly convex. This medal was issued by Boulton’s son and successor, Matthew Robinson Boulton, and Pollard records the history of the delays surrounding its production. The reverse legend (from Virgil, Aen. VI, 663), ends ARTIS on the final medal, not ARTES as here. Another example with the ARTES legend (not recognised at that time by the cataloguer), and plain edge, was sold at Baldwin’s Auction 81, 10 May 2013, lot 3124.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, World Medals, Japan, Order of the Golden Kite, 6th Class, Great War Era, in box; Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th Class, 1980s period, in box; Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, 6th Class, in box; Japanese 1935 Wounded Soldiers Association, 20 Year Commemorative Badge, in box; Manchuria Imperial Visit to Japan Commemorative Medal and an empty Post war Japanese Red Cross Medal Box; Japanese 2600 Anniversary of Imperial Rule Medal, 1940, in box; Japanese Supporting Members Badge for Imperial Soldiers Relief League, in box; Japanese Special Members Badge for the Patriotic Women’s Association, in box with Tassel; Japanese Red Cross Special Members Medal in silver, in box; Japanese 1963 Commemorative Badge – Japanese Training Fleet, in box. Generally very fine. (11)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Admiral George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792), The Capture of St Eustatius, Bronze Medal, 1781, bust right in tricorn hat, looking upwards, rev ships sail for port, within rope border, 33.5mm (BHM 236; MH 236). Very fine, corrosion spot on ships, rare.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Miscellaneous, A Fascinating Letter from Benedetto Pistrucci, Chief Medallist to the Royal Mint, dated 23 July 1829 to J C Herries, Master of the Royal Mint in which Pistrucci requests that his son Raphael be appointed his assistant and protests against the unfair treatment of himself compared with William Wyon, the chief engraver, he further complains that permission to accept a request from the East India Company to engrave the Burma War Medal was refused but that William Wyon was now doing that job. Very fine and rare.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Sport, Amateur Athletics Association Championships, Copper Medals (4), for hammer throwing (3), awarded to A E Flaxman, 1912, 1913, 1914, and one unnamed and undated standard medal; Olympic Games Trial Races, Copper Medal for discus, 1912. Extremely fine for issue. (5)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Edouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768-1835), President of the Conseils des Ministres Français and Minister of War, Copper Medal, 1835, by Jean-Pierre Montagny, his (chinless) bust left (“D’après nature”), LE MARÉCHAL MORTIER DUC DE TREVISE, rev legend in six lines, … TUÉ AUPRÈS DU ROI …, 51mm. Extremely fine. Mortier was part of the procession heading to review the National Guard when the assassin, Guiseppe Fieschi, fired off his “infernal machine”, a home-made multi-barelled gun, aimed at King Louis-Philippe. Mortier was one of 18 dead and 42 wounded.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, John VIII Palaeologus (1425-1448), Emperor of Constantinople, Bronze Medal, by Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello, bust right in wide-brimmed hat with tall crown, rev Emperor on horseback to right, by wayside cross, 100mm (Kress 1; Hill, Corpus 19). Very fine, a late cast.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Miscellaneous, A British Passport, dated 24 May 1897, issued to Lieutenant Colonel J.V. Burn-Murdoch R.E., an original copy of “Guide Pour L’Enseignement de la Fortification De Campagne”, dated Paris 1877; Signed Commission, dated 7 January 1702; The Original Royal Navy Certificate of Service for Chief Stoker William Deacon who served from 1 January 1890 to 26 March 1919 earning the 1914-1920 British war Medal and the Royal Navy Long service and Good Conduct Medal (not included) with an original photograph of Deacon wearing his LS&GC; and Two Royal Warrants Pertaining to Percy Viscount Strangford K.B., dated 8 September 1809 signed under “Royal Sign Manual” by His Majesty George III; and to Charles William Lord Vane Stewart, dated 8 August 1822, signed under “Royal Sign Manual” by His Majesty George IV. All good condition. (5)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Italy, Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574, Duke of Florence, 1537, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1569), Cast Bronze Medal, 1550, by Domenico Poggini, armoured bust right, rev the harbour at Elba, Neptune with trident, reclines at entrance, THVSCORVM ET LIGVRVM SECVRITATI, 41.5mm (Att 798; Armand I, 256, 10; Pollard, Bargello 388b). A sharp, darkly patinated medal, cast from an original a struck medal, good very fine.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Campaign Groups and Pairs, A Great War Christmas 1914 Casualty Group of 4 awarded to Private David Lord, 1st Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who was Killed in Action on 22 December 1914, comprising 1914-15 Star (3337 Pte. D. Lord L.N. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals 1914-1920 (3337 Pte. D. Lord L.N. Lan. R.); Memorial Plaque (David Lord). Medals toned, good fine, plaque lightly polished, black felt backing. (4) Private David Lord was born Farnworth, he served 12 years in the Lancashire Fusiliers, 8 years as a Regular and 4 years as a Reservist. Overseas Service, India and Africa and is entitled to the Sudan Medal 1898 with the clasp Khartoum, the Khedive’s Sudan Medal 1896-1908, the Queen’s South Africa Medal with 5 clasps Orange Free State, Transvaal, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek and the Kings South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 and 1902. He re-enlisted at Bolton in August 1914 into the 1st Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment being killed in the 1st Battalion’s attack at 5pm on Tuesday 22 December 1914 on the German trenches to the left of the road to Pilkem. Private Lord’s body was not found after the war and his name is commemorated on the Le Tourette Memorial, France. Sold with copy photograph and service details.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Louis XIV, Relief of Charleroi, 1672, Gilt-copper Medal, by Mauger, bust right, rev the city crowning the king with laurel, CAROLOREGIUM OBSIDIONE LIB, 41mm (Divo 129); Foundation of the City of Paris, Copper Medal, undated, by Molart, bust left, rev the city of Paris personified alongside the Seine, ORNATA ET AMPLIATA VRBE, with LVTETIA in exergue, 74mm. First good very fine, the second polished, very fine, thought to be a later strike due to die-break, though without any Paris mintmark to the edge. (2)
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Miscellaneous, A Royal Victorian Medal in Bronze awarded to Petty Officer 1st Class E. Richards who was one of the ratings who hauled the gun carriage carrying the body of the late King, His Majesty Edward VII, Royal Victorian Medal in Bronze, unnamed as issued, in box of issue and card box of issue with bestowal document. Extremely fine. From the Privy Purse Office: “This is to certify that His Majesty The King has been pleased to award the Royal Victorian Medal (in Bronze) to First Class Petty Officer Edgar Richards”. Dated 6 June 1910
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Campaign Groups and Pairs, A Northern Ireland and Cyprus Pair awarded to Lance Corporal C. J. Lavelle, Scots Dragon Guards, comprising General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24073229 L/Cpl. C.J. Lavelle Scots. DG.); United Nations Medal for Cyprus, unnamed as issued. Very fine, mounted for wear. (2)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Operative Wood Sawyers Friendly Society, Engraved Silver Medal, undated (early to mid 19th Century), two hands, “Union is Strength” and around, TRUTH PEACE WISDOM LIBERTY AND EQUALITY, rev “Presented to Mr James Grantham for the Great Services he rendered to our cause”, and around, “A Mark of respect from the Operative Wood Sawyers”, 56.5mm, 48.11g, suspension loop and ring (D&W 200/785, this piece). Very fine, patchy tone. As with Davis and Waters, the cataloguers have been unable to locate this Society.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Botany, Darwinism, India, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), botanist, Linnean Society of London, 1898, Bronze Laudatory Medal, by F Bowcher (1864-1938), bearded bust left, JDH Æ LXXX, rev presentation legend within floral wreath, 76mm (BHM 3632; Eimer 1829). Extremely fine, rare. Hooker was presented the medal in gold for his study of Indian flora. Bowcher’s portrait was used again on a Wedgwood plaquette and on Hooker’s memorial in Westminster Abbey.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Statesman, Death 1806, Silver Medal, by T Webb, bust right, C . I . FOX OB . SEP . XIII MDCCCVI, rev angel on globe holds wreaths, LIBERTATIS . HVMANITATISQVE VINDEX ., 53mm (BHM 604; Eimer 979). Good extremely fine with lightly toned original surfaces, an exceptional medal of the highest quality and rare in silver.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Gallantry Groups, An Extremely Rare German East Africa “Tanga 1914” Operation Distinguished Conduct Medal Group of 4 awarded to Private M. Lawlor, 2nd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, comprising Distinguished Conduct Medal G.V.R. (9422 Pte. M. Lawlor 2/L.N. Lanc. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (9422 Pte. M. Lawlor L.N. Lanc.); British War and Victory Medals 1914-1920 (9422 Pte M. Lawlor L.N. Lanc. R.); with Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘174607’. Contact marks and one or two edge bruises, generally good fine to very fine. (5) Distinguished Conduct Medal London Gazette, 3 June 1915 D.C.M. London Gazette, 3 June 1915 ‘For gallant conduct on 4 November 1914, during the attack on Tanga (East Africa) and for general good work performed under a heavy fire.’ Private Martin Lawlor, originally enlisted into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in August 1908, being discharged in May 1917 as a result of sickness. Sold with copied extracts from the Battalion War Diary and the Loyal North Lancs regimental history relating to the action of 4 November 1914. ex DNW Auction, 2 March 2005
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Single British Campaign Medals, Small Army Gold Medal, 1808-1814, awarded to Major-General Charles Edward Conyers CB, 1st Battalion 82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment, who was severely wounded in action at Orthes on 27 February 1814 whilst Commanding the Regiment (Lieut. Coll. Chas. E. Conyers, 82nd Foot), officially engraved, fitted with original gold ribbon buckle and suspension, original glass lunettes, suspension once neatly repaired but no longer swivels. Good very fine, tiny upper chip to reverse lunette. Charles Edward Conyers appears to have been born in Castlelyons, County Cork, Ireland. Whilst records are scant concerning his lineage, he is believed to be a scion of the influential Conyers family of Castletown-Conyers, County Limerick. Charles Conyers received his first commission into the British Army in 1794, as a young Ensign and soon found himself sent via nine-month spent in Gibraltar to the island of St Domingo in the West Indies. As part of the 1st Battalion 82nd Foot, this Regiment was intended to assist in the establishment of a Protectorate at Port-au-Prince at the request of a number of influential islanders, and dislodge the increasingly beleaguered French military presence located there, which was suffering under something of a national rebellion against French rule and slavery (which at this point in time was growing into a very important political movement in Britain). Some 832 rank and file of the 82nd Foot were embarked on 10 June 1795 under the Command of the young Lieutenant Colonel George Garnier, arriving at Mole St Nicholas, and proceeding immediately to Port-au-Prince to assist the Governor, Major-General Sir Adam Williamson KB, in a military offensive. Fighting from the district of Mirebalais, where, for a period of twelve months, the 82nd were the only European Troops, Conyers was made Lieutenant on 2 September 1795, and was present during a number of engagements with the enemy. The most serious of these attacks was made by the local chief and leader Toussaint L’Ouverture, on the whole line of the frontier, when 40 men of the 82nd, under Lieutenant’s Manners and Conyers, accompanied by some two thousand five hundred colonial levies, marched at night to assist Fort Serolle, then invested by four-thousand enemy soldiers, who were taken by surprise, subsequently dislodged and the dispersed with considerable casualties. For this particular success Lieutenant Conyers received a personal letter of thanks from Brigadier-General Churchill. Unfortunately, the 82nd lost their Commanding Officer Colonel Garnier (and his brother Henry, Ensign, amongst many) to yellow fever in December 1796, adding to their difficulties. In 1797 Conyers was placed in command of Fort Desureaux, leading a garrison of forty Europeans and three-hundred colonial troops. He had to repel several assaults during this period, and when Pestel was attacked, he personally led a party against the rear of the enemy, which caused the failure of their enterprise, and for his conduct on this occasion he gain received a personal letter of thanks from Brigadier-General Churchill. In March 1798, he was appointed Fort Major of Irois, and during its siege, which lasted for three-months, Lieutenant Conyers and two non-commissioned officers of the 82nd were wounded, and the garrison lost more men killed and wounded than its original number of three-hundred. Towards the end of 1798, treaties were made with the hostile chiefs for the evacuation of the island, owing to the constant fighting and the ravages of malaria and yellow fever, the remains of the 82nd were collected at Jaremie, under the command of Lieutenant Conyers, the only remaining officer of the original number which had landed less than three years before at St Domingo. In total, from the original contingent, 22 officers were lost as well as some 1000 men. After returning to England in late January 1799, he served briefly in the expedition to Quiberon Bay in France, before serving in Minorca for two years with the 82nd Foot until it was ceded to Spain under the terms of the Peace of Amiens, before being removed to Ireland in 1802. In this year Conyers was promoted to Captain on 25 June, 1802, and made ADC to Major-General Patrick Wauchope. It appears that he subsequently followed Wauchope to Malta for 1 year and 8 months, and then on to Egypt in 1807 as ADC, serving as a member of the Staff under General Alexander Mackenzie-Fraser to confront Ottoman forces in that strategic location. He was present with the British force led by Wauchope at the storming and retreat from Rosetta, as the British forces were shot and sniped from windows in the labyrinthine streets. Here Wauchope was killed and Captain Conyers was presumably wounded with him in the fighting, receiving a severe contusion (presumably from a glancing bullet). His service papers then detail that he was subsequently made ADC to Brigadier-General Sir William Stewart during the siege of Rosetta, before the British and Colonial army’s retreat to Sicily, where Captain Conyers served for 2 years and on the Staff as Brigade Major. Returning to England after some 9 years abroad in 1809, he was officially promoted to Major on 16 February 1809 when he was granted three-months leave. His service papers inconveniently end at this point, but it appears very likely that he served in the ill-fated Walcheren Expedition where both battalions of the 82nd Foot served. We do know, however, from the Royal Military calendar that he served on the Staff as Brigade Major in Spain under Wellington. The 82nd saw a great deal of action throughout the war in Spain and France, and perhaps owing to the severity in senior officer casualties suffered amongst the 82nd Foot during this campaign he appears to have been the highest-ranking able-bodied officer of the Regiment by late 1813. Continuing into 1814, he saw his finest hour during the operations on the Gave d’Oleron, at Hastingues and Oyer le Gave across the Pyrenees, culminating in the Battle of Orthes. Here he led his Regiment into action against concentrated French forces in a superior position, and commanded it successfully until he was severely wounded (presumed bullet wound, details strangely absent from all records), being awarded the Army Gold Medal, as well as another being awarded to major Vincent who succeeded him in command. Despite inflicting heavy French casualties, the 82nd suffered only 2 officer casualties, Conyers severely wounded and Lt Drummond wounded, two other ranks killed and 34 wounded, suggesting that Conyers was conspicuous at the front of his men. After a brief pause of 4 months, he received the Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, and thereafter Conyers (now recovered) was sent to command the 82nd Foot in Canada and North America in the War of 1812. 590 remaining rank and file embarked at Paulliac in Bordeaux on 5 May 1814, travelling to Quebec. Arriving in Canada, they travelled to meet the British army and fight with Canadian and Native Indian Volunteers at Fort Erie on the Niagara Frontier. In particular, it appears that Conyers here commanded the 2nd Battalion 82nd Foot until peace was made with America in March 1815, following the British capture of Washington, and the American victory at New Orleans. The Second Battalion was subsequently reduced and returned to England and Conyers was made Lieutenant Colonel on 20 April 1815. He was stationed in Ireland at Birr, County Armagh, as Commanding Officer for two years before returning to England, and whilst at his home in Fulham he married Miss Sarah Teixeria de Sampayo, daughter of Portuguese Consul General in London (and former Inspector General of Cavalry in Lisbon) Count Antonio Teixeria de Sampayo, 14 June 1815.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Gallantry Groups, A London Home Guard British Empire Medal Group of 2 awarded to Sergeant E.L. Young, 57th Battalion County of London Home Guard, comprising British Empire Medal GVIR, GRI Cypher (Mily) (Sgt. Edwin L. Young 57th Bn. Lon. H.G.); 1939-45 Defence Medal, un-named as issued, mounted for wear. Very fine. (2) British Empire Medal London Gazette, 15 December 1944 “The King has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Military Division) in recognition of Meritorious Service in the Home Guard.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Miscellaneous, A Collection of 5 Original Austrian Medal award documents to include the award of the Ritterkreuz Allerhochstihres Franz Joseph-Ordens awarded to Dimmitri K. Fopstos, 6 December 1905; and further paperwork, invoices, passports, stamps, letters and documents. Good condition. (5)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Jean-Louis de Nogaret de la Valette, duc d’Eperon (1554-1642), Captain General, Admiral of France, Cast Bronze Medal, 1607, by G Dupré, draped and armoured bust of de la Valette, to right, rev lion watched by a fox, in a wooded landscape, turns to a figure of Fury, standing right, 54mm (BMC [Jones] II, 22; Kress 557; Mazerolle 656). A high quality secondary cast from a pierced original.
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