* WWI Military Cross, unresearched Military Cross (Geo V, unnamed) and Victory Medal 1914/19 (Lieut C J Sharp), the MC in original box with cutting of citation glued inside lid, together with uniform medal ribbons for these medals and the missing British War Medal, named original box for the Victory (squashed), both medals extremely fine. Citation reads: Sec. Lt. C J SHARP, R.F.A., Spec. Res., attd. A./175th Bde - This officer was in a dug-out with another officer when a gas shell wrecked the structure and buried completely his companion. He went to the rescue, and although twice overcome by the fumes, he extricated him in spite of continuous shell fire, both gas and high explosive. He has on several occasions shown great gallantry in action. (1)
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* Military Cross & WWII pair. Military Cross Geo V., British War Medal 1914/18, Victory Medal 1914/19 and War Medal 1939-45, awarded to Lieut.R.Foden Petchler, condition GVF. London Gazette, 8th March 1918; On the night of the 7/8th November 1918 at Avelghem, he reconnoitred and constructed a footbridge across Den Rijtgracht under bombing and heavy machine gun fire. It was due to his enterprise and courage that an advance across stream was made. He has on previous occasions shown great courage under difficult circumstances. R.Foden Petchler was a Captain in the Home Guard during WWII. Copy paperwork. (4)
* Military Cross & WWI trio. Military Cross Geo V, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal 1914/18 & Victory Medal 1914/19, awarded to 2.Lieut. B.G.K. Allsop. A.S.C. (on 1914/15 Star) Capt. B.G.K.Allsop. (on War & Victory Medal), condition GVF. Benjamin George Kitson Allsop born Sutton Courtney, Berkshire. London Gazette for MC. 03/06/1918 France & Flanders Copy MIC, part papers. (3)
* Military Medal & WWI pair. Military Medal Geo V, British War Medal 1914/18 & Victory Medal 1914/19, awarded to 930903 Dvr. R.W.Newman. RFA, condition GVF. London Gazette: 24/1/1919. Robert William Newman served in ‘B’ Battery 291st Royal Field Artillery (London Division). Copy L.G/MIC papers. (3)
* Royal Flying Corps/RAF MSM group of four. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal 1914/18, Victory Medal 1914/19, and George V RAF Meritorious Service Medal, awarded to 8028 2.A.M.E. Robinson. R.F.C. (on 14/15 star) 8028 Sgt. E.Robinson. RAF (on BWM & Victory and MSM), condition GVF. Edward Robinson was born near Skipton ,Yorkshire in 1895 and died in 1970. The medals come with a good photograph album containing original photographs of 2.A.M.E.Robinson in his RFC uniform together with many photos from No.7 Squadron RFC of aircraft, airships and aerial photographs, (29 in total). Also in the album is Mr Robinson’s gold wrist watch which is engraved on the reverse and was given to him by his mother on his 21st birthday. The album has a pair of RFC cloth pilot’s wings inset to the cover. (-)
* WWI trio to the 10th Hussars and Machine Gun Corps. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal 1914/18 and Victory Medal 1914/19, awarded to 17636 Pte.W.Farnsworth, 10th Hussars, condition GVF. Copy MIC paperwork confirming medals and that Private Farnsworth served in France in the M.G.C. (Cavalry). (3)
* WWI trio and Royal Navy LSGC. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal 1914/18, Victory Medal 1914/19, George V (Coinage Head) Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, mounted as worn, awarded to J.35878C.E.Holway, B.Tel.R.N. (Boy Telegrapher, H.M.S. Dart. R.N.), condition VF. Copy Service Papers. (3)
* WWI. 2nd Batt. Yorkshire Regiment. 1914 Star with Mons clasp, ‘5th Aug-22nd Nov 1914’, British War Medal 1914/18, Victory Medal 1914/18 and Death Plaque, awarded to 8468 Cpl. F.E.Webber. 2/W.York R. (on 1914 star) 8468 Cpl. F.E.Webber. York. R. (on BWM & Victory), Memorial plaque named Frederick Ernest Webber, condition GVF. Together with the medals is a framed photograph of Webber, plus a City of York Condolence letter from the Lord Mayor of York, Memorial scroll, Buckingham Palace memorial letter and outer card cover for death plaque. Corporal Webber was born in London and was killed in action on the 30th October 1914. His name is on the Menin Gate Memorial with details. (4)
* WWII group with Territorial Decoration. 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Territorial Decoration Geo VI (GRI, dated on reverse 1942), bar mounted as worn, condition GVF, together with a matching set of mounted miniatures. This group is from the same family as WWI MC, to Lieut.C.J.Sharp. (4)
* WWII group to the Royal Observer Corps. 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, War Medal and Royal Observer Corps Medal EIIR, mounted as worn, awarded to Observer K.Ross, Royal Observer Corps, condition GVF, together with numerous items of cloth, Observer Corps cap badge and original box for Observer Corps Medal. K.Ross served with F2 Detachment as part of No-23 Group. F2 Detachment was based in Slaley, Northumberland as part of No-23 Durham Group. (4)
* Northern Ireland CSM & First Gulf War 1990-91. Campaign Service Medal, 1 clasp ‘Northern Ireland’, Gulf Medal 1990-91 with 1 clasp ‘16 Jan. to 28 Feb. 1991’, Kuwait Liberation Medal 4th Grade and the Saudi Arabia Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait, the latter three all in their original boxes of issue, awarded to 24775492 LCpl. B.Valongo, Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers, condition GVF-EF (4)
* Roberts (Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford, 1832-1914). Coalport commemorative china plate. South African War; Field Marshal Lord Roberts, V.C. & his Principal Commanding Officers, Boer Ultimatum 10th October 1899, blue and white plate with gilt decorative glaze, descriptive inscription on verso of plate, diameter approx. 260mm, mounted on a velvet background, framed and glazed with ‘cut out’ on verso to allow sight of the legend. The plate shows a head and shoulders portrait of Roberts set into the silhouette of the Victoria Cross. The Medal has the names of the major battles of the campaign. The borders have a ribbon running around the rim carrying the names of the principal officers serving during the Boer war, interspersed with a martial motive of crossed sword and rifle surmounted by a pith helmet. Probably made in 1900 to commemorate the ending of the Boer war. (1)
* French Second Empire Eagle Badge/Insignia. Two large brass French Eagles, one with lightning rods at base, the other with cannons at the base and surmounted by a crown, no visible signs of lugs or fastenings to the reverse, each approx. 14cm tall, together with a commemoration bronze medal for the death of Jean-Sylvain Bailly [1793], obverse with a right-facing bust of Bailly and exergue legend that reads ‘offert a la ville par B. Duvivier’, the reverse with the legend ‘Merite Reconnu’ at upper edge, text concerning Bailly beneath within a floral border, sl. rubbed, 42mm diameter, remains of red, white and blue ribbon still attached, plus two printed French manuscripts with manuscript insertions and wax seals, the first dated 15th July 1757, relating to Le Chevalier du Chatelet & Marechal de Camp, signed by Louis Gabriel, Bailly de Froullay, one page, folio, the second dated 14th February 1801, relating to Alexandre Joseph Pascal and signed by Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry, one page, oblong folio (5)
* Third Reich. A collection of Third Reich medals and insignia, including West Wall medal, East Front medal, War Merit Cross 2nd Class with swords, General Assault badge, Naval Coastal Artillery badge, two German trade badges, Krim Shield on Army backing cloth, Black Wounded badge WW2, 3 tinnies, Police Shako helmet plate (13)
* WWI/WWII Miscellanea. 1914/15 Star (ABRNVR), Memorial plaque (John Austerbury), Mercantile Marine Medal (Horatio Larkins), BWM (Royal Navy), Victory Medal 1914/19 (MFA, RA), BWM & Victory Medal pairs (DLI & Yorks Light Inf.), various conditions, together with a small tinplate rectangular trench mirror, hinged lid and fixing point, a WWII de-Nazified German army belt buckle, trench art bullet, Canadian Infantry Corps cap badge, two WWI souvenir alloy ring, ‘Vimy’, numbered Buffs enamel lapel badge, a German Town commemoration medal and an Australian Commonwealth Military Forces sweetheart brooch, and nine World War II campaign medals, etc. (-)
CARLO BUGATTI, WALNUT ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1900, with embossed copper decorations, the rectangular back covered in vellum and painted with a frieze of poppies, supported by turned uprigghts on a studded vellum seat on crossed vellum covered supports, 60cm wide, 104cm high, Note: Carlo Bugatti was born in Milan on 16 February 1856. Although he worked with ceramics, musical instruments, silverware, and textiles, he is best known for his furniture designs. The first show of Bugatti furniture was at the 1888 Fine Arts Fair in Milan. Influenced by Gothic, Moorish and Oriental styles, Bugatti used inlays of exotic woods, copper, pewter and vellum in his designs. In the summer of 1888 his work was displayed at the Italian Exhibition at Earls Court in London, his first international show. His furniture was awarded an honorary prize at this exhibition and his characteristic furniture style began to find avid devotees around the world. In New York, the Waldorf Astoria’s Turkish Salon was furnished with Bugatti pieces. Further shows followed in Amsterdam and Antwerp, and international newspaper reports and reviews contributed to his growing fame. In 1900 his furniture was awarded the silver medal at the Paris World Fair. Exhibited: The Amazing Bugattis`, Royal College of Art, London, 1979
A World War Two group of four Medals, although unnamed awarded to Lt.Cdr.N.G.Bell, Royal Navy comprising: 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, Defense Medal and War Medal, in addressed box of issue, also World War One 1914-15 Star for 2602 Pte.H.S.Aston, Gloucestershire Regiment and Victory Medal for 170740 Gnr.T.W.Sandwell, Royal Artillery
A large selection of World War Two Medals awarded to the Weaver family, comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defense Medal and War Medal, in addressed box to Ms.L.A.Weaver, Hatch Ruse, Norton Canon, Herefordshire, also Defense and War Medals in boxes of issue addressed to L.G.Weaver, R.J.Weaver and R.T.Weaver, all Herefordshire
A World War One group of four Medals, named 43644, Gnr/Sjt/Cpl. John Milligan, Royal Garrison Artillery comprising: British War Medal and Victory Medal (Sgt), 1914-15 Star (Gnr) and Military Medal (Cpl) London Gazette mentions M.M on 6/1/17, accompanied by transmission envelope addressed to Mrs.E.Milligan, copies of details from a family scrapbook including a mention regarding his M.M from his Commanding Officer, ` given for good example and service in the field, and devotion to duty. The special incident which clinched the matter was the laying of a wire under very difficult circumstances, owing to the state of the ground, (the mud being up to the knees) under intermittent shell-fire in the open, the trenches being blown in, and bringing back his party safely, some members of which were entirely exhausted.` Also a Special Constabulary Long Service Medal in case of issue awarded to James H Spencer (relative of the Milligan family)
A World War One Military Cross GVR, unnamed and in original case of issue and a Military Medal GVR, named for 2018 Pte/2nd Liut. Francis Sydney Milligan, 2/1st West Lancashire Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. M.M awarded 1916 and London Gazette citation for the M.C reads `For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Though wounded early in the attack, he took command of his company, and gallantry led them against the enemy`s position, which he captured. He refused to leave his company, and held his position successfully for two days. His great courage and coolness set a magnificent example to all ranks`, accompanied by contemporary paperwork and copies of newspaper articles
Modern proof issues, comprising The Kings & Queens of England, set of 43 silver proof medals in folder of issue from Pinches, silver proof medals of Shakespeare plays (8), a quantity of other modern commemorative medals, many silver, and an official large size Diamond Jubilee 1897 medal, in red leather case of issue; Royal Mint proof year sets (18), Millennium proof year set 2000, Decimal Anniversary proof set 1996, silver proof One-Pounds (7), and sundry. Generally cased and as issued. (Lot).
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