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Lot 567
Borough of Wangaratta Tribute Medal 1939-45, obverse: a standing female figure with royal crest above, ‘Borough of Wancaratta, Incorporated 1865’, reverse inscribed (number name and rank engraved), ‘In Grateful Appreciation VX21465 Lieut. Etches E. C. L. A. World War 1939-1945’, 51mm., silver, edge fitted with a screw-attachment, good very fine £60-80 Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia.
Lot 570
Crimea 1854-56, (Serjt. Petr. Hunter, Rl. Dgns.) engraved naming, no suspension, disk only, this originally fitted within an ornate silver swivel mount, originally with a pin fitting (this now lacking), edge pierced obliterating ‘T’ of ‘Hunter’, scuff marks elsewhere around edge, contact marks, edge bruising, good fine £100-150 Serjeant Peter Hunter, 1st Dragoons, was entitled to the Crimea Medal with clasps for Balaklava, Inkermann and Sebastopol. the Turkish Crimea Medal and Army L.S. & G.C. In The Charge of the Heavy Brigade, by Roy Dutton, he is listed as ‘Probably rode in the Charge’. With copied discharge papers and roll extracts.
Lot 574
‘War Medal and Order Ribbons’, 54 ribbons, mainly of British Orders, Decorations and Campaign Medals, mounted in a wooden framed glass-fronted case, 47.5 x 29cm., the ribbons are faded, but generally in good condition £50-70 The campaign medal ribbons are all pre-Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902.
Lot 578
British Red Cross Society Medals and Lapel Badges, a good selection of county lapel badges, enamelled “cross” awards, a gilt medal with ribbon for war service 1914-1918, a named bronze cross for proficiency in mental nursing, a bronze cross with suspender “steadfast & true”, an enamelled lapel for Southern Railway Ambulance Centre, a large bronze headdress badge for London Brighton & South Coast Railway, St. John’s Ambulance Asociation, a bronze medal with suspender Colonial Nursing Association 1896, and many other interesting items, good overall condition (58) £150-250
Lot 579
WWI National Reserve Badges and Other Related Items, a good selection including examples to County of Aberdeen, Hampshire Isle of Wight, Sussex, London, Warwickshire, a medal in gilt metal and enamels Borough of Deptford War Workers 1914 - 1919, a silver and enamel brooch Marine Engineers Association, a scarce lapel badge in gilding metal and enamels “Birmingham Battalion 1914’, a large bronze lapel Navy and Army Canteens 1917, a gilding metal lapel 37th Recruiting Area War Office, a rare hallmarked silver button H.P.S. S.V.R.A. with central lion and palm tree, a scarce gilt metal and triple enamelled lapel “Speed Up Munitions and Guns” and on the reverse “Did Her Bit on Munitions Great War 1914 - 1918”, a lapel in white metal and enamels National War Savings Committee with central swastika, together with sundry other interesting items, civilian, military and Police, good overall condition (85+) £200-300
Lot 608
Army List, 1868-69, London, 1868, 952pp; Hart’s Annual Army ListÉfor 1915, modern 4-volume facsimile reprint, x + 1,648pp; Everson, G.R., The South Africa 1853 Medal, London, 1978, 155pp, dj; Douglas-Morris, K.J., Naval Medals 1857-1880, London, 1994, xxii + 436pp, illustrations in text, casebound; Mitchell, N., and Duckers, P., Presented by the Queen: The Crimea Medal Award Ceremony, 18th May 1855, Oldham, 1996, 76pp; Fevyer, W.H., and Wilson, J.W., The Africa General Service Medal to theÉRoyal Marines, Uckfield, nd, 130pp; Duckers, P., Egypt 1882: Dispatches, Casualties, Awards, London, 2001, vi + 147pp; Dutton, R., Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade, Oxton, 2007, 417pp, illustrations in text. First in maroon half-leather, ribbed spine, gilt, an attractive copy; others in publishers’ bindings, the Douglas-Morris mint (11) £50-70
Lot 612
Fevyer, W.H., The Distinguished Service Medal 1939-1946, Polstead, 1981, vi + 163pp; Fevyer, W.H., The Distinguished Service Cross 1901-1938, London, 1991, iv + 91pp (2 copies, one hard-bound); Farmery, J.P., Police Gallantry, North Manley (NSW) 1995, xv + 252pp, illustrations in text, dj; Fevyer, W.H., and others, The Order of Industrial Heroism, np, 2000, xii + 197pp, illustrations in text, dj; Chhina, R., The India Distinguished Service Medal, New Delhi, 2001, xvi + 359pp, dj; Tavender, I.T., The Distinguished Flying MedalÉ1918-1996, London, 2003, 623pp; Borch, F.L., and Floyd, J.B., The Air Force Cross, np, 2004, xiv + 161pp; Anon, Citations of the Distinguished Conduct Medal in the Great War 1914-1920, London, 2007, 5 vols, complete, 2,372pp; together with other gallantry references, by Pillinger, Besly, Bancroft, etc [18]. Publishers’ bindings; all very fine copies (5) £80-100
Lot 614
Gibson, J.H., British Military & Naval Medals and Decorations, London, 1880, formerly Messrs. Baldwin’s working copy, many amendments and notes tipped-in; Irwin, D.H., War Medals and DecorationsÉ1588 to 1889, 1st edn, London, 1890, vi + 185pp, letter from author tipped-in, newspaper cuttings pasted in back; Mayo, J.H., Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, 2 vols, London, 1897, lxxxvii + 617pp, illustrations in text; [Spink], The War Medal Record, vol. II, London, 1898, xi + 226pp, illustrations in text; Irwin, D.H., War Medals and DecorationsÉ1588 to 1898, 2nd edn, London, 1899, vi + 356pp, illustrations; Hayward, J.B., and others, British Battles and Medals, 7th edn, London, 2006, xix + 798pp, illustrations in text; together with other references, by Purves, Johnson, Barclay, etc [12]. Mayo in modern maroon cloth, gilt, an attractive set, others in publishers’ bindings, last new (5) £80-100 Provenance: First ex libris A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd; fourth ex libris Abe Kosoff, New York
Lot 615
Gordon, L. L., British Battles and Medals, 1st edn, Aldershot, 1947, xv + 294pp, illustrations; Gould, R. W., and Douglas-Morris, K. J., The Army of India Medal Roll 1799-1826, London, 1974. 123pp; together with other references (27), by Debrett, Jane’s, Hieronymussen, Taprell Dorling, Bloomer, Wilkinson, Purves, Akers, etc [29]. Publishers’ bindings £40-50
Lot 618
Mayo, J.H., Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, 2 vols, London, 1897, lxxxviii + 618pp, 55 plates, other illustrations in text, original red cloth with bevelled edges, t.e.g., some wear at extremities and backs faded, internally very fine and clean; Irwin, D.H., War Medals and Decorations issued to the British Military and Naval Forces and Allies from 1588 to 1910, 4th edn., London, 1910, [x] + 536pp, 18 plates, original decorated cloth, some minor wear and a few pages slightly spotted, otherwise a fine copy of the best edition; Luard, J., A History of the Dress of the British Soldier, London [1852], the 1971 reprint, xxiv + 171pp, 50 engraved plates, copy no.385; Johnson, S.C., The Medal Collector, London, 1921, 320pp, 24 plates; Gillingham, H.E., Spanish Orders of Chivalry and Decorations of Honour, New York, 1926, 165pp. including 39 plates; Gillingham, H.E., South American Decorations and War Medals, N.Y., 1932, 178pp including plates; Gillingham, H.E., Ephemeral Decorations, New York, 1935, 45pp, plates; Joslin, E.C., The Standard Catalogue of British Orders Decorations & Medals, 1st edn, London, 1969, xiv + 114pp, illustrations in text; Purves, A.A., The Medals Decorations & Orders of the Great War 1914-1918, Ldn., 1975, xi + 199pp, illustrations in text, dj; Oosthuizen, P., Boer War Memorabilia, The Collectors’ Guide, Edmonton, 1987, xxxii + 239pp, illustrations in text, dj; together with other titles (5), by Thies, Hieronymussen, etc., good and better condition (16) £60-80
Lot 629
Distinguished Service Order, E.VII.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with 2nd Award Clasp and top bar; Royal Red Cross Decoration (2), 1st Class, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; another, 2nd Class, G.V.R., silver and enamel; Order of St. John (3), Officer, silver and enamel; another, silver; another, Serving Brother, silver and enamel; Royal Victorian Medal (3), E.II.R., gilt; G.V.R., silver; G.V.R., bronze; British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, military ribbon with ‘Gallantry’ emblem, all with ribbon; Imperial Service Order, G.V.R., silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, good very fine and better (12) £100-140
Lot 630
Victoria Cross; George Cross; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., 1st issue, with 2nd Award Clasp; Military Cross, G.V.R., with 2nd Award Clasp; Distinguished Flying Cross, E.II.R., with 2nd Award Clasp; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Conspicuous Service Medal, E.II.R.; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R.; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R.; Military Medal, G.V.R.; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Air Force Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; George Medal, G.VI.R.; King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., all with ribbon, good very fine and better (14) £70-90
Lot 632
1914 Star, with clasp; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D. oak leaf; Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-18; World War 2 Stars and Medals (10) different, some with clasps; Canada Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45, with clasp; Newfoundland Service Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, Canada issue; U.N. Korea 1950-54; U.N.E.F. Medal; U.N. Medal, UNFICYP ribbon; NATO Medal, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Multinational Force & Observers Medal; E.C. Monitoring Mission Medal; European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal, with clasp, Althea; International Force East Timor Medal 2000; International Commission Medal for Vietnam 1973 (2) different, all with ribbon; together with sundry lengths of miniature ribbon, good very fine and better (28) £80-100
Lot 634
Canada L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.; Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.; Army L.S. &. G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Canada; Colonial Auxiliary Force Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., complete with top bar; Colonial Auxiliary Forces L.S. Medal, G.V.R.; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Canada; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Canada, all with ribbon; Canadian Decoration (2), G.VI.R.; another, E.II.R., with clasp, generally nearly extremely fine (9) £100-140
Lot 635
Polar Medal, G.VI.R., 1 (struck) clasp, Antarctic 1935-37, silver; Army Best Shot Medal, E.II.R.; Army Meritorious Service, G.VI.R.; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue; Air Efficiency Award, E.II.R., 2nd issue; St. John Service Medal, all with ribbons, good very fine and better (9) £40-60
Lot 638
Canada, Cross of Valour, enamelled; Order of Canada, Companion’s, enamelled; Order of Military Merit, Commander’s, enamelled; Star of Courage; Meritorious Service Cross, on ‘military’ ribbon; Medal of Bravery; Meritorious Service Medal, on ‘military’ ribbon; Korea Volunteer Service Medal 1950-54; Gulf and Kuwait Medal 1990-92, with clasp; Somalia Medal 1992-93; South-West Asia Medal, 1 clasp, Afghanistan; General Campaign Star, on ‘S.W. Asia’ ribbon; General Service Medal, with clasp, on ‘S.W. Asia’ ribbon; Special Service Medal, with clasp; Peacekeeping Service Medal; Royal Canadian Mounted Police L.S. Medal, E.II.R.; Police Exemplary Service Medal; Centennial Medal 1967; 125th Anniversary of the Confederation Medal 1992; Commissionaire’s Medal, with clasp, all with ribbon, good very fine and better (20) £160-200
Lot 640
A mounted German group of four Prussia, Iron Cross 1914; Hesse, Bravery Medal, silver base metal; Prussia, Long Service Cross, for 15 years, bronze; Bulgaria, Medal of Merit, Ferdinand I, silver base metal, mounted on a chain with pin fittings Gemany, South West Africa Medal 1904-06, bronze, with fragmentary ribbon; German lapel stick-pins (10) including Cross of Honour (3); Wound Badge (4) generally very fine (15) £40-60
Lot 646
Austria, Empire, Mayors of Lower Austria Medal 1907, 63 x 54mm., silver, lacking suspension loop, fine; Army Cross 1813-14, gilt, lacking wreath; Bravery Medal (3), Franz Joseph, small silver, unsigned; another, Karl, by Kautsch; large silver; another, small silver; Military Merit Medal (2) Franz Joseph, gilt; another, Karl, silver; Honour Medal for 40 Years Faithful Service; Commemorative Cross 1912-13; Long Service Cross (2), for 5 and VI years; Red Cross Medal, with war decoration, gilt and enamel; Lower Austria Medal of Merit, gilt; Styria Medal of Merit, gilt; Austria, Republic, Badge, silver base metal and enamel, pin-backed, many with ribbons, fine and better (14) £140-180
Lot 647
Belgium, Order of Leopold I, 5th Class breast badge, unilingual, silver base metal and enamel, enamel repaired; Order of Leopold II, 5th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel; Decoration for Work, silver and enamel; Congo Medal 1879-1908, gilt Italy, 9th Army Medal, bronze; War Commemorative Medal 1940-43; other medals (2); badge (1); lapel badges (3) enamelled; Vatican, Order of St. Gregory the Great, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, some enamel damage to reverse centre, nearly very fine and better (13) £60-80
Lot 649
Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of Military Merit, 5th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel, lacking obverse centre; Order of St. Alexander, Silver Cross, base metal, lacking obverse centre; Military Bravery Cross (4) 1879 issue, 3rd Class, silver; another, 1915 issue (3), base silver metal; Medal of Merit, Boris III, bronze; Medal for War against Serbia 1885 (2), one silver, the other a base silver metal, some with ribbons, nearly very fine and better (9) £100-140
Lot 652
Croatia, Pavelic Bravery Medal, grey metal; Hungary, Regency, Liberation of Transylvania Medal, grey metal; Montenegro, Milosh Obilich Medal, gilt restrike; Poland, Order of Military Virtue, 5th Class, silver base metal and enamel; Romania, War Commemorative Cross 1916-18; War against Communism Medal (2); Serbia, Commemorative War Medal 1912; Commemorative War Cross 1913; Commemorative War Medal 1914-18 (2); Royal Household Medal, Alexander I Karageorgevich, silvered base metal, some with ribbon, very fine and better (12) £120-160
Lot 656
Finland, Medal of Liberty (2) 1939 issue, 2nd Class, bronze; another, 1941 issue, bronze; War of Liberty Medal 1918; Helsinki Medal 1918; War Medal 1939-40 (3), 1 clasp, Suomussalmi; another, 1 clasp, Mantsinsaari; another, no clasp or ribbon; Home Front Cross, enamelled; Blue Cross, enamelled, modern; Disabled Veteran’s Badge 1939-45, screw-backed; National Guard Badge, reverse numbered, ‘12239’; other medals (1); other badges (1), all medals with ribbon except where stated, very fine and better (13) £100-140
Lot 658
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, enamel damage; Medaille Militaire (2), enamelled; Croix de Guerre (2) 1914-1918; another, 1939-1940; Medal of Honour, Ministry of Work and Social Security, silver (L. Mandry 1959); Medal of Honour, Fire Brigade, gilt; Medal of Merit for Sport, gilt; Victory Medal 1918, official type; War Commemorative Medal, 1870-71; Badges (5) enamelled, pin-backed, includes badges to the Foreign Legion: 4th R.E.I. and D.L.E.M.; together with a riband bar, medals mostly with ribbons, nearly very fine and better (16) £100-140
Lot 659
Germany, Baden, Silver Merit Medal (2) Friedrich II, one without ‘R.M.’ mark and with incorrect ring suspension, with edge bruising; Hamburg, Hanseatic Cross, enamel damage; Hanover, Wilhelms Medal, Wilhelm IV, for 16 years service, silver; Hesse-Darmstadt, Bravery Medal, Ernst Ludwig, silver base metal; Field Service Medal 1840-66, bronze; Cross for Voluntary War Assistance, gilt base metal; Field Service Medal, bronze, edge bruising; Campaign Medal 1849, bronze, heavy edge bruising; Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Order of the Wendish Crown, Gold Merit Cross, gilt, with crude replacement obverse centre fitted; Schaumburg-Lippe, Military Merit Medal, cast copy; Saxony, Kingdom, Friedrich August Medal (2); Medal for Labour Faithful Service, Friedrich August, silver; Schwarzburg, Medal of Merit in War 1914. bronze, suspension refitted; WŸrttemberg, Jubilee Medal 1889, Karl, bronze; Medal of Military Merit, Wilhelm II, silver; Army Long Service Medal, for 9 years, blackened iron, most with ribbon, nearly very fine and better (18) £100-140
Lot 660
Germany, Bavaria, Military Merit Cross (3) 3rd Class, bronze; another, 3rd Class with swords; another, 3rd Class with swords and crown, crown damaged; Campaign Cross 1866; Prince Regent Luitpold Medal 1911-12, in bronze, lacking crown suspension; Military Long Service Medal, for 9 years; Fire Brigade Long Service Bar, for 25 years, gilt bar by Weiss, Munich with ribbon backing; Bavaria, Free State, Fire Brigade Long Service Medal (2), for 40 years, gilt; another, for 25 years, grey metal; Jubilee Medal, 1921-35, gilt metal; Red Cross Medal of Merit 1914-18, gilt metal; some with ribbon; together with a German riband bar, good fine and better (12) £80-100
Lot 668
Germany, Prussia, General Decoration of Honour 1847-1918, 2nd Class, silver; War of 1813-15 Commemorative Medal 1863, combatants; Hohenzollern Campaign Medal 1848-49, combatants; Campaign Cross 1866, Koniggratz; War Commemorative Medal 1870-71 (2) combatants; another, non-combatants, this rusty; Centenary Medal 1897; Red Cross Medal 1916-21 (2), 3rd Class, grey metal; Cross of Merit for War Aid; Officer’s Long Service Cross, for 25 years, gilt; Long Service Bar (2) 1st Class for 21 years, gilt, reverse refitted with twin pins; another, 3rd Class, iron, reverse with hook fitting, both with (ragged) ribbon backing; Long Service Cross, 1st Class for 15 years, copper; Long Service Medal, 3rd Class for 9 years, silver base metal; Landwehr Long Service Medal, 2nd Class, copper; Republic Fire Brigade Badge, gilt, pin-backed, reverse stamped, ‘original’, some with ribbon, nearly very fine and better (17) £80-100
Lot 678
Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit (2), breast badge, gilt and enamel; another, Medal of the Order, gilt and enamel; other medals (1); Bavaria, Fire Brigade Decoration, 3rd Class, bronze; Schleswig-Holstein, Storm Flood Medal 1962, gilt; ‘de-nazified’ awards (3) - German Cross in Gold, pin-backed; Faithful Service Decoration, for 50 years, silver and gilt metal; Police Long Service Decoration, gilt, all with ribbon, generally extremely fine £100-140
Lot 679
India, Special Service Medal 1984, 1 clasp (in Hindi), Suraksha (15367970 Hav. Saji, S. Sigs.); Samar Seva Star 1965 (15 HC. Gaur Singh, B.S.P.); Pashchimi Star 1971 (110050960 Nk. Ankush Parathy, Arty.); Raksha Medal 1965 (6633789 Hav. K. M. Jacob, A.S.C. Sup.); Sangram Medal 1971 (3351881 Sep. H. Singh, Mahar R.); Op Vijay Medal 1999 (15118990 Nk. B. Singh, Arty.); Op Parakram Medal 2000-01, unnamed; Sainya Seva Medal, 1 clasp (in Hindi), Jammu Kashmir (6254870 L-Hav. Ajmer Singh, Sigs.); Ucchh Tungta Medal 1984 (1268380 Hav. K. Chander, Arty.); 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1997 (14417526 Gnr. Rajesh, Arty.); 20 Years Long Service Medal (14466879 L. Hav. Bsmeena, Arty.); 9 Years Long Service Medal (14221413 Sigmn. B. K. Singh, Sigs.) all with ribbon; together with a mounted set of six copy medals, very fine and better (18) £70-90
Lot 680
Jamaica, Medal for Efficient Service, silver (Cpl. C. Llewellyn, I.S.C.F. 16.10.71); Jamaica Constabulary Centenary Medal 1967, silver base metal; Jamaica Coronation Medal 1911, unofficial, aluminium, pierced with ring suspension; Coronation Medal 1937, Edward VIII, unofficial, reverse ‘New Zealand, India, Australia, South Africa, Canada, West Indies’, aluminium, pierced with ring suspension, all with ribbon, generally extremely fine (4) £60-80
Lot 681
Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, 8th Class, silver, with rosette, in hinged lacquer case; Order of the Sacred Treasure, 8th Class, silver, with rosette in hinged lacquer case of issue; War Medal 1904-05; War Medal 1914-20; China Incident War Medal 1937, in damaged case of issue; First National Census Commemorative Medal 1920, in wooden case of issue; Showa Enthronement Commemorative Medal 1928, in damaged case of issue; Red Cross Membership Medal (4) - two silver, in wooden cases; two in silver base metal, one with rosette, one with bow ribbon; Marksman’s Badge, gilt; together with other badges (1) gilt, pin-backed, on rosette; unofficial medals (3); Military Commemorative Medallion, 53mm., silver base metal, most with ribbon, very fine and better (17) £160-200
Lot 682
Japan, Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal 1887, unofficial, obverse: Union Flag, reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘Victoria Jubilee, Hyogo & Ozaka Japan 1887’, 30mm., silver, unusual; China, Red Cross Cross Society Medal, 30mm., silver and enamel, on bow ribbon, nearly extremely fine (2) £40-60
Lot 684
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic, Order of the National Flag, pin-backed, gilt and enamel; Order of the Soldier’s Honour (2), pin-backed, base silver, gilt and enamel; Order of the Red Banner of the Three Great Revolutions, pin-backed, base silver, gilt and enamel; Korean Liberation Commemoration Medal 1945; Military Merit Medal (2) different types; Meritorious Service Medal, enamelled; Fatherland Liberation War Commemoration Medal 1950-53; Agricultural Meritorious Service Medal; other orders and medals (8) some enamelled, with ribbon, generally about very fine (18) £80-100
Lot 685
Manchukuo, Order of the Pillars of the State, breast badge, silver and enamel, lacking suspension bar; China, War of Anti-Aggression Commemorative Medal, bronze, with emblem on ribbon; Huabei Liberation Medal, bronze and enamel; other Chinese medals (2); badge (1); Burma, Order, breast star, silver and gilt base metal and enamel; Thailand, medals (2), complete with brooch bars and ribbon, good very fine (8) £80-100
Lot 689
Netherlands, Metal Cross 1830-31, bronze; Java War Medal 1825-30, bronze, fine; Atjeh Medal 1873-74, bonze-gilt; Expedition Cross 1869, 7 clasps loose on ribbon, Atjeh 1873-1874; Atjeh 1873-1880, Atjeh 1896-1900, Atjeh 1901-1903, Atjeh 1911-14, Timor 1911-17, W. Kust Atjeh 1925-1927, base silver metal, all with ribbon, very fine and better except where stated (4) £180-220
Lot 690
Netherlands, Mobilisation Cross 1914-18; Cross of Merit 1941, unmarked; Flying Cross 1941, copy, obverse centre with a black wash, stamped ‘Sterling’ on reverse; Bronze Lion, unmarked; Commemorative War Cross, 1 clasp, Oost-Azie-Zuid-Pacific 1942-1945; Mobilisation Cross 1939-45; Resistance Star East Asia 1942-45, reverse with manufacturer’s marks; A.R.P. Commemorative Medal 1940-45; Cross for Order and Peace 1947, 2 clasps, 1948, 1949; together with a loose clasp, ‘1946’; U.N. Korea 1950-54, Dutch issue; Officer’s Long Service Cross (2) for ‘XXV’ years; another, for ‘XV’ years; Army Long Service Medal (3) 37mm. dia., ‘W’ cypher, bronze, ‘Voor Trouwen Dienst’; another, 27mm., ‘W’ cypher, silver; another, 27mm., ‘J’ cypher, silver, ‘Voor Trouwe Dienst’; Navy Long Service Medal (2) 37mm., ‘W’ cypher, bronze; another, 27mm., ‘W’ cypher, gilt; Volunteer Medal 1958, 1 clasp, XX; Marching Cross; Shooting Medal, with 9 clasps, no ribbon; other medals (4); other reduced size medals (2); other miniatures (5); other bars (3) all but one with ribbon, all contained in a folder emblazoned with coat-of-arms and ‘Netherland’ with slip case, generally good very fine (31) £500-600
Lot 693
Ottoman Empire, Iftikhar Medal 1853, 31mm., silver, signs of brooch mounting to obverse, plugged, fitted with ring suspension; Yunan Muharebesi Medal 1896, 24mm., silver, pierced with modern ring suspension; another, unofficial patriotic medal, aluminium, first good fine; others better (3) £80-100
Lot 694
Pakistan, Independence Medal 1947 (2) (3340385 Rfn. Zaina Din, 13 F.F. Rif.; Mir Ahmad E.P.P.) second privately named; Republic Day Medal 1956 (5); Independence Jubilee Medal 1997; General Service Medal 1957, 1 clasp, Dir-Bajaur 1960-62; War Medal 1965 (5); Quaid-i-Azam Anniversary Medal 1976 (2); Hijri Medal 1979; Jamhuriat Medal 1988; 10 Year Service Medal; 20 Year Service Medal, all unnamed except where stated, no ribbon, generally very fine (20) £30-40
Lot 700
Russia, Chaplain’s Cross for the War of 1812, bronze, details very worn; War of 1812 Centenary Medal, bronze, worn; St. George Cross for Bravery, non-Christian type, silver, no class designation given, non-Russian manufacture, with ribbon; Unofficial commemorative medal 1703-1903, bronze; Order of St. John, uniface cross, 25 x 25mm., silver-gilt and enamel, some enamel damage, suspension repaired, very fine and better except where stated (5) £150-200
Lot 703
Spain, Order of St. Hermenegildo (2) breast badge, base gilt metal and enamel; Order of Military Merit (10), red enamel arms (3) one with brooch bar, one lacking reverse centre; another, white enamel arms (4), all with brooch bars; another, uniface base silver crosses (3); Order of Naval Merit (3), royal crown, red enamel; another, white enamel; another, without enamel; War Commemorative Medal 1936-39 (2), with brooch bar, on ‘vanguard’ ribbon; another, on ‘rearguard’ ribbon; Puento Sampayo Commemorative 1809-1909, with substitute ribbon and brooch bar; Fascist lapel badges (3), base silver metal, some with enamel damage/repair, nearly very fine and better (21) £120-160
Lot 706
Uganda, Combat Star for Outstanding Bravery, bronze; Meritorious Service Medal, silver and gilt; Operational Service Medal (2) bronze; Police Jubilee Medal 1905-55, bronze; Special Constabulary Medal, bronze, these with ribbon; Uganda Second Republic Medal 1971, gilt, pierced for suspension, no ribbon, good very fine and better, scarce (7) £100-140 All dating from the Idi Amin regime.
Lot 708
U.S.S.R., Order of Labour Glory, 3rd Class, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse numbered, ‘274792’; Hungary, People’s Republic, medals (6) - four enamelled; Poland, People’s Republic, Order of Poland Restored, 5th Class, gilt and enamel; Medal for the War of Defence 1939; Medal for the Battle for Berlin; Medal for 50 Years Married Life; Badge (1) good very fine (12) £80-100 Soviet Order of Labour Glory with award booklet.
Lot 709
U.S.S.R., Medal for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45; Medal for Victory over Germany 1945 (2), one with incorrect ribbon; Medal for Victory over Japan 1945; Medal for Irreproachable Service in the Armed Forces (3), Ministry of Defence, 20 Years, silver and enamel; another, M.V.D., 20 Years, 1st type, silver and enamel; another, Ministry of Defence, 10 Years, gilt, all mounted Russian style, very fine and better (7) £30-50
Lot 716
Three: Quarter-Master John Nowlan, 62nd Foot, late 11th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (John Nowlan, 11th Foot); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Qr. Master John Nowlan, 62th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine and rare (3) £1600-1800 John Nowlan served in the Peninsula with the 11th Foot in 1813-14, and received the War Medal with four clasps for Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse. He was promoted to Corporal in September 1820, and to Sergeant in April 1823, being appointed Colour-Sergeant at Cork in November 1825. From 1827 to 1838 he served at Corfu, until posted to Canada where he was promoted to Quarter-Master Sergeant in December 1838. Whilst serving in Canada, he received a commission as Ensign in the 11th Foot, without purchase, on 20 November 1840, and transferred to the 70th Foot as Quarter-Master in October 1841. He left Canada in April 1843 and served for the next few years in various parts of England and Ireland. In December 1848 he was transferred as Quarter-Master to the 62nd Foot, later serving with that regiment in the Crimea at the siege of Sebastopol. Nowlan retired on 2 February 1855 with the rank of Hon. Captain.
Lot 717
Pair: Captain W. E. F. Barnes, 3rd Light Dragoons Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Capt. W: E: F: Barnes 3rd Lt. Dragns.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Capt. W. E. F. Barnes, 3rd Lt. Dragns.) the two medals contained in a contemporary fitted leather case, the silk lining printed with battle honours, extremely fine (2) £3000-3500 Maximum medal and clasp entitlement to the 3rd Light Dragoons for the Sikh wars. William English FitzEdward Barnes, the son of the Peninsula and Waterloo General, Sir Edward Barnes, G.C.B., was born in Dominica on 10 April 1810. He was first commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the Ceylon Rifle Regiment on 19 November 1829, but transferred as Ensign to the 26th Foot in February 1831, becoming Lieutenant in July 1835. In June 1837 he exchanged into the 3rd Light Dragoons, becoming a Captain in that regiment in May 1845. Captain Barnes served with the 3rd Light Dragoons in the campaign on the Sutlej in 1845-46 and was present at the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur and Sobraon (Medal and two clasps). He also served in the Punjab campaign of 1848-49 and was present at the affair of Rumnuggur, action of Sadoolapore, and battles of Chilianwala and Goojerat (Medal and two clasps). Captain Barnes retired by sale of his commission on 12 January 1854, and went into business as an importer of Continental wines and liqueurs. He died in Bournemouth on 20 October 1881.
Lot 722
Four: Able Seaman George Hardway, Indian Navy, later Metropolitan Fire Brigade India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (G. Hardway, A.B. Ajdaha, S.F.); Metropolitan Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C. (George Hardway); Marine Society Reward of Merit, silver with later gilding (George Hardway); Stepney Presentation Medal 1867, a fine silver engraved medal, signed A. C. Payne, Sc., hallmarked London 1866, obverse: two shields within a laurel wreath, one with depiction of the Tower of London, the other with arms of Stepney, Queen’s crown above; reverse: inscribed within an oak wreath ‘Presented to George Hardway, Fire Escape Condtr. No. 46, by the inhabitants of STEPNEY for his past Energetic Services 1867’, the suspension bar inscribed on either side ‘Encourage the Brave’and ‘My Strength is from Heaven’, generally very fine and a most unusual group (4) £1200-1400
Lot 729
Pair: Private H. J. Levett, Royal Sussex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1348 Pte., 1/Rl. Suss. R.); Khedive’s Star, 1884-6, unnamed, some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £500-600 Henry James Levett was born in Vauxhall, London. A Baker by occupation, he attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Chichester on 8 August 1883, aged 18 years, 6 months. With the regiment he served in Egypt, December 1883-December 1885, taking part in the Nile Expedition 1884-85, for which he was awarded the Queen’s medal with two clasps and the Khedive’s Star. This was followed by service in India, December 1885-March 1891. He was discharged in August 1895. With copied service papers and roll extracts.
Lot 730
Seven: Petty Officer H. C. Paul, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (H. C. Paul, Ord., H.M.S. Raleigh); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (161933 H. C. Paul, P.O., H.M.S. Redbreast); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (H. C. Paul, A.B., H.M.S. Highflyer); 1914-15 Star (161933 H. C. Paul, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (161933 H. C. Paul, P.O. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (161933 (Dev.A.6236) H. C. Paul, P.O., R.F.R.) mounted for display, some light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (7) £550-600 Henry Clarence Paul was born at Torpoint, Cornwall, on 25 February 1876, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Impregnable on 31 July 1891. He rose to Petty Officer 2nd Class in January 1901, and to Petty Officer 1st Class in April 1901, but, in December 1902 he was deprived of two Good Conduct Badges and reverted to Able Seaman. He became a Leading Seaman in September 1910 and achieved Petty Officer status once again in June 1912. Petty Officer Paul joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in February 1916 and was finally discharged on 25 February 1926, having reached the age of 50 years. Sold with original parchment certificate which confirms the first three campaign medals and R.F.R. L.S. & G.C. medal, and copied medal roll entries.
Lot 731
Three: Petty Officer 1st Class Isaac Gent, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Liwondi 1893 (J. Gent, A.B., H.M.S. Herald) note first initial; British War Medal (128549 I. Gent P.O.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (128549 Isaac Gent, P.O.1 Cl. H.M.S. Vernon) cleaned and lacquered, some minor contact wear, otherwise good very fine and rare (3) £3000-3500 Ex Upfill-Brown Collection of African Medals, December 1991. Only 33 clasps issued for Liwondi 1893, including 16 to H.M.S. Herald. Sold with copies of medal roll confirming East & West Africa Medal, and sole entitlement to British War Medal for his Great War services.
Lot 747
Family group: Three: Private W. Richmond, Royal Highlanders, late Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Somme in July 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (639 Pte. W. Richmond, 2 R. Scots Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (4495 Pte. W. Richmond, R. Highrs.), together with related Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (William Richmond), dated clasp on the first unofficially riveted, very fine, the remainder extremely fine The British War Medal awarded to Private W. Richmond, Gordon Highlanders - his sole entitlement British War Medal 1914-20 (S-16788 Pte. W. Richmond, Gordons), very fine (5) £250-300 William Richmond, a native of Kirkcaldy, was killed in action on the Somme on 30 July 1916, while serving in the 7th (Fife) Battalion, Royal Highlanders. On that date, his unit advanced in the face of heavy machine-gun and rifle fire at High Wood, and suffered over 150 casualties. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. His family namesake originally enlisted in the Gordons and later served in the Royal Scottish Fusiliers, but as per his MIC entry was only entitled to the British War Medal 1914-20.
Lot 749
Pair: Lieutenant H. V. Ramsay, Honourable Artillery Company, late City of London Imperial Volunteers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (D147 Drvr: H. V. Ramsey, C.I.V.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (50 Bmbr: H. V. Ramsey. H.A.C.) with H.A.C. ribbon, nearly extremely fine (2) £450-500 Harry Victor Ramsey served with the C.I.V. in South Africa as a Driver in “B” Battery, H.A.C. He departed the U.K. on 12 July 1900, with the reinforcing draft on the Ulstermore, and joined the battery on 12 August at Smalldeel in the northern Transvaal. The battery was inspected at Pretoria by Lord Roberts on the 15th and, on the following day, left as part of General Pagets Brigade to proceed north towards Pietersburg. The battery was on the move for six weeks before rejoining the C.I.V. in Pretoria on 26 September. The C.I.V. departed South Africa for England on 7 October 1900 and Ramsey now joined the Imperial Yeomanry as a trooper in the 118th Company, 25th Battalion (Sharpshooters). In April 1902 the Company sailed from Cape Town to Port Nolloth and marched to the relief of Ookiep, encountering severe fighting on the way. He was afterwards at Concordia until peace was signed and returned to England in August 1902. Ramsey served with “B” Battery H.A.C. in Egypt from April to September 1915, and was commissioned in July 1916. Lieutenant Ramsey died in hospital on 5 August 1918 and is buried in Luton Church Burial Ground, Bedfordshire. His Medal Index Card shows that only a 1914-15 Star was issued. Sold with research.
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