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Click here to subscribeA British War Medal 1914-20 to Captain Ernest Clive Morris, Royal Air Force, (CAPT. E. C. MORRIS. R.A.F.), at least extremely fine and attractively toned.36.11mm diameterErnest Clive Morris served in the RFC and RAF as a pilot and Flight Commander from 1917 to 1919. In March 1918 he attacked Zeppelin L42 after it had carried out a nighttime bombing raid on Hartlepool but had to call off the attack when he couldn’t gain sufficient altitude.
After Salvador Dali: a silver medal, 99mm, nude couple and surreal elephant, 1975, nearly extremely fine; together with a uniface bronze plaque, Maria Leheldt Pianist 1821-1897, extremely fine; and a Russian bronze medal, 76.8mm, busts of Marx and Lenin, rev. male figure poses with hammer and wheat, extremely fine or nearly so. [3]
A collection of art and commemorative medals, including: 'Voeux Les Plus Vifs Pour une Vie Harmonieuse dans une Nature Respectee': a French gilt bronze medal, 100mm, 1977, a tree surrounded by wildlife with a radiant sun beyond; rev. submarine landscape with sea creatures, nearly extremely fine: various agricultural presentation and commemorative medals, including: L.C.P. Lahore Best Cockerel 1916, silver, 41mm, poultry, rev. wreath and inscription, nearly extremely fine; 3rd Rawalpindi Poultry Show 1916, silver, 38mm, similar to the last, extremely fine or nearly so; British Roller Canary Club, bronze, 39mm, canary on branch, rev. inscription (Wigan...1910), nearly extremely fine; National Exposition of Aviculture Fontainbleau 1950, silvered bronze, 50mm, a turkey surrounded by other poultry, rev. legend, good very fine; Comice Agricole de L'Arrondissèment de St Dié, bronze, 50mm, labourers with produce, rev. legend within a border of agricultural motifs, good very fine or better; and other medals and plaques of a similar nature in silver, silvered bronze and bronze; together with a collection of bronze art medals published by Anders Nyborg as part of his Nordic Art Medal series, and associated works, each with publication details to the edge, 70mm, cased, comprising: Grønlands Medaljen 1974, Norges Medaljen 1975, Svalbard Medaljen 1925-75, Norge 1977 (in non-corresponding case), and Danmarks Medaljen 1980; together with four further such medals, cased together: Åland, Gotland, Öland and Bornholm (case lid missing); struck by Kultateollisuus after various artists, all as struck or nearly so. [qty]Qty: qty
A collection of educational and sporting prize and commemorative medals, including: Commonwealth Games New Zealand 1974 commemorative, bronze, 64mm, some wear to finish, nearly extremely fine; H.M.S. St Vincent, 440 yards relay prize 1927, silver, 38mm; Army Athletic Association, second place javelin prize 1923, silver, 54mm; 'Le Cyclisme' and 'Le Basket-Ball', each with incuse details to the reverse, bronze, 67mm and 78mm, by Comandini; Daily Mail pushball prize, reverse inscribed 'DOVERCOURT / 1-8-34 / CPL JARVIS', silver, 29mm, by Fattorini & Sons; Four British educational prize medals: Royal Grammar School Guildford, MerrimanMemorial Medal, bronze, 69mm, edge engraved 'STANLEY HERBERT POOK, AGED 17 YEARS & 10 MONTHS', by W.O. Lewis, good very fine or better; London College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, an oval award medal, silver, 56mm, laboratory equipment, rev. legend, inscribed to F. C. Highfield for proficiency in Pharmaceutics December 1914, cased, extremely fine; Board of Education, National Medal, bronze, 51mm, bust of Queen Victoria left, rev. legend, edge impressed 'MARGARET LUCY ERRINGTON BAKER, SUBJECT 23D 1900', cased, good very fine; and London College of Music, a silver medal, 32mm, a harpist, rev. musical instruments and engraved to Bertha Gray for Pianoforte 1930, by J.A. Restall, cased, good very fine; together with various other prize medals, bronze and silver plated, most uninscribed, all about very fine unless otherwise stated. [23]
The superb Operation Dynamo DSO group of seven awards to Lieutenant Robert Bill, R.N.: The Distinguished Service Order, Companion's Breast Badge, George VI; 1939-145 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, with Pacific bar; Defence Medal; 1939-45 War Medal; Coronation Medal 1953; court mounted as worn, very fine and better, [7]; together with a mounted group of corresponding dress miniature medals, about extremely fine; accompanied by a copy of Lieutenant Bill's official report to Commander M/S Dover on the operations by M/S trawlers under his command at Dunkirk, 29th May 1940, and a small quantity of original documents and photographs.By direct descentOn the morning of the 29th May 1940, as the inexorable advance of Hitler's forces threatened to snuff out Britain's resistance to his war aims, Lieutenant Robert Bill, R.N. - an executive officer of the Dover minesweeping force - was ordered to Dunkirk in charge of six trawlers to assist in the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force. After shipping ladders off Ramsgate at 0430 the force proceeded to Dunkirk, arriving at 1350. Seeing the harbour very crowded, Bill offered to take on troops off the beaches but was eventually ordered into harbour, where he berthed at 1420, before reporting to the Piermaster, Commander James Clouston. Throughout the series of air raids that followed, he worked tirelessly in conditions of extreme danger organising the embarkation of troops and the berthing and unberthing of vessels. The third air raid, at 1800, was particularly severe, and it engendered a degree of panic among the waiting troops. Bill reported that "At this time I was with the Piermaster [Clouston] and he instructed me to draw my revolver to quell the panic". Meanwhile, the destroyer H.M.S. Grenade had been hit by two bombs, and her wreck was causing a threat to the other shipping. Lieutenant Bill gave orders, and the stricken Grenade was towed clear before her magazines exploded. Under orders to depart, Bill got his vessels - laden with men - underway. Unable to find Clouston, Bill "just managed to jump on board [trawler Fyldea] as she was leaving". Following a fruitless attempt, off the beach, to find more men to embark on his trawlers; and with the vessels in his charge sustaining damage, Bill made final preparations to leave. Approaching the destroyer H.M.S. Jaguar he offered to take on board some of her refugees, but was instead ordered to escort her, as she had no boats, and would therefore require support if badly damaged. As the two vessels proceeded for home, Jaguar came under attack by five dive bombers; and Bill, in the Fyldea, opened fire on them, provoking one of the planes to retaliate. As the German made his attack Bill ordered evasive manoeuvres and "six bombs...fell about 40/50 yards on our port beam". Later on the journey home, Bill caught up with the damaged and limping trawler Brock, relieving her of three urgent medical cases before making for Dover at full speed, arriving at 0300 on the 30th.The recommendation for the D.S.O. concludes that "Throughout this period of severe trial Lieutenant Bill remained cool and self-possessed and set a magnificent example to those around him. He showed sound judgement in his actions and his orders to the trawlers and was largely responsible for the fact that greater loss was not incurred. A fine display of officer-like qualities and gallantry under fire."
A very interesting family collection of medals, comprising:The Great War Pair to Battle of Le Transloy fatal casualty 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Struthers, 1/14 London Regiment (London Scottish): British War Medal 1914-20 (2 LIEUT. K STRUTHERS.), Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. K. STRUTHERS.); together with the Memorial Plaque issued in commemoration of this officer's death in action on the 7th October 1916 (KENNETH STRUTHERS), traces of mounting glue, otherwise extremely fine or nearly so; and a London Scottish Rifle Volunteers School of Arms silver prize medal (1907-8 K. STRUTHERS), good very fine. [4]A Great War pair to Hilda Margaret Struthers, Voluntary Aid Detachment: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (H. M. STRUTHERS. V.A.D.), traces of mounting glue, otherwise nearly extremely fine. [2]Five medals named or attributable to Leslie Graham Struthers, British Red Cross and St John of Jerusalem, later Intelligence Corps: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (L. G. STRUTHERS. B.R.C. & ST. J.J.), Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, Italy: War Merit Cross, traces of mounting glue, otherwise good very fine or better, [5]; together with a mounted group of corresponding dress miniature medals, a leather ID disc, and medal ribbons.Five Medals attributable to Cinematographer Ian Duncan Struthers, British Paramount News: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-45 War Medal with Mention in Despatches emblem, traces of mounting glue, otherwise nearly extremely fine, [5]; together with a mounted group of corresponding dress miniature medals (Africa Star with 1st Army bar), and ribbon bars. Round medals 36mm diameter. Large plaque 121mm diameter.By descent through the family.The first three recipients were siblings, born to George and Mary Denning Struthers in Staines and in Kensington. Kenneth was the eldest boy (27 in 1914) and entered France with the London Scottish 01/07/1916. He was killed in action three months later at the Battle of Le Transloy (part of the larger Battle of the Somme), when his battalion attacked and captured a number of German gun pits on the 7th of October. His elder sister Hilda and younger brother Leslie (a Quaker) both went to the Italian front to serve as medical volunteers and during the Second World War Leslie was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps in November 1940. Ian Duncan Struthers was born in Argentina in 1915 and began his career as a clapper boy at Sound City in 1933. He accompanied the Allied forces in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and in the liberation of Northern Europe, filming many momentous occasions including the liberation of Caen and Charles De Gaulle's entry into Paris. He appeared in the 1943 documentary 'Cameramen at War'.
Freemasonry: an Edwardian Anniversary Jewel of No 63 St Mary's Lodge, gilt and enamel, 41mm wide, of openwork cartouch form, bearing the dates 1607, 1757 and 1907, Spencer & Co, Birmingham 1929, extremely fine or nearly so, in Spencer & Co case; together with a Masonic Study Society jewel, silver disc 37mm, an oil lamp in low relief bearing the initials 'M.S.S.' within a border formed by a snake, pale blue ribbon, pin bar inscribed 'MASONIC STUDY SOCIETY', Toye & Co, London 1921, extremely fine. [2]37.6mm diameter of round medal
Four Medals to 2nd Lieutenant Cyril Edward Cyphus, Royal Fusiliers, Tank Corps, Gloucester Regiment and RNVR: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (2. LIENT. C. E. CYPHUS.), Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, mounted for wearing with all but the Victory Medal reversed, good very fine. [4]Cyril Edward Cyphus served in the Royal Fusiliers and the Tank Corps during the First World War and in the Gloucester Regiment and RNVR in the Second World War. An accomplished organist he held a number of posts including Professor at the London College of Music. A copy of his memoirs, which are held at New College Oxford, is offered with this lot, together with other copy research.
Freemasonry: two jewels, one from the Polish National Lodge, 1950, Latin cross 38mm wide, surmounted by a crowned eagle with raised wings, reverse inscribed to 'BRO. W. C. B. McCAFFREY', extremely fine; the other a Founder's Jewel of Gwelo Lodge No 876S.C, silver-gilt five pointed star 54mm, set with an enamelled roundel depicting a charging lion pierced with a spear, assegai and a native shield at its feet (similar to the reverse of the B.S.A.Co. Medal), suspension involving enamelled sprays of thistles, nearly extremely fine. [2]54.29mm greatest width of star
The interesting General Service Medal 1918-62 to Fusilier (later Major) William Gibson Moffett, Northumberland Fusiliers, 2 clasps: Palestine, Malaya (4270501 FSR. W. G. MOFFETT. R. NORTH'D FUS.), some contact marks to edge, otherwise nearly extremely fine.36.26mm diameterWilliam Gibson Moffett enlisted in 1935. He took part, as MMG platoon commander, in all the battles in the Middle East from Dec 1940 until Tobruk was relieved including the advance to Benghazi and Mersa Brega and the battles of "Nebeava" (?), Bardia, Tobruk, Derna and Beda Fomm. Commanded the MMG platoon throughout the first siege of Tobruk. Served with the Sudan Defence Force Nuba Battalion between 1942 and 1944. Commissioned in 1942 he was cashiered by sentence of a court-martial 19/06/1953. Offered with research.
The General Service Medal 1918-62 to major Arthur Lionel Stephen 'Killer' Callan, Intelligence Corps, George VI, clasp: Palestine 1945-48 (MAJOR. A. L. S. CALLAN. INT CORPS.), extremely fine or nearly so, in box of issue.36.33mm diameterArthur Lionel Stephen Callan served in the Palestine Police from 1936 to 1947. From 1942 to 1947 he was seconded to and then commissioned into the Intelligence Corps. He served with Security Intelligence Middle East (SIME) in Beirut and Cairo from 1941 to 1946, SIME was a department of MI5 headed by Brigadier Mavrogordato and Brigadier Douglas Roberts OBE. Post-war he is believed to have worked for MI6.Arthur was known as “Killer” in the Palestine Police and whilst with them received numerous commendations. He was awarded the Syrian Order of the Medal of Honour and the Gold Medal of the Lebanese Order of Honour and Merit in 1946.He is mentioned in MI6 officer Anthony Cavendish autobiography “Inside Intelligence” as working with Cavendish in Cairo in 1947.
An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Private Daniel Maskell, 76th Regiment of Foot, Victoria, clip and ring suspension (DANIEL MASKELL, 76th REGIMENT FOOT. 1841.), officially impressed, nearly extremely fine.36.13mm diameterA labourer from Newbury, Daniel Maskell joined the 76th Foot in April 1813 at the age of sixteen. After a short spell at the depot he was posted with the 1st Battalion to Canada, and on 11 September 1814 he participated in the disastrous battle of Plattsburgh where the regiment lost 3 officers and 35 men killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Maskell served for over 26 years, retiring on 9 Oct 1841 and being awarded the LSGC with a gratuity of £5 that year, this being his only entitlement.
An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Quartermaster Sergeant Edwin Buckley, Coldstream Guards, Victoria, small reverse lettering (1791. QR MR SERGT E. BUCKLEY. COLDM GDS), at least good very fine.36.23mm diameterEdwin Buckley enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in March 1866 and was discharged in July 1887. He was also entitled to the Egypt Medal 1882 with Suakin clasp.
A small collection of commemorative medals and curiosities, including: Victoria, Jubilee 1897, silver, 26mm (E 1817b), very fine; Charles Phillippe of France, a bronze medal, bust left, rev. text, 60mm, very fine; a fossil shark's tooth (a/f); various belt buckles and buttons in excavated condition, and other items. [qty]
Royal Humane Society: a large bronze medal (successful) to Luke Dennis Barron, Superintendent of Victoria Pier, Portsmouth, reverse with engraved details, 18th August 1855, For Saving 28 Lives, near very fine; together with a Hungarian St John Ambulance medal in bronze, and two shield-shaped Union Flag badges. [4]51.1mm diameter of round medal.Luke Dennis Barron appears to have been a serial rescuer, with various local newspaper reports of him unhesitatingly going to the aid of those in danger of drowning. He also endowed the pier with a lifeboat, at his own expense, in 1856. Sources: The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, and The Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette, various issues.
An Empress of India Medal 1877, silver, unnamed as issued, medal extremely fine or nearly so, suspension bar bent down and back to either side; together with an associated Grant of Dignity of a Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India to William Young, Bengal Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner of Oudh, dated 1st January 1891, with M/S signature of Queen Victoria at the head and that of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, as Secretary of State for India at the foot. [2]57mm diameter of medalBy descent.
Women's Social and Political Union: the Suffragette Medal and associated items to hunger striker Jessie Landale Cumberland, the medal an engraved silver disc, 'HUNGER STRIKE', rev. 'JESSIE CUMBERLAND', upper and lower suspension bars of banner form, the upper engraved 'FOR VALOUR' and the lower 'MAY 21ST 1914', the ribbon of three equal vertical stripes in the W.S.P.U. colours of green, white and purple, Toye & Co, Birmingham 1913; together with Miss Cumberland's portcullis badge, indicating imprisonment in Holloway Jail, square lattice form with spiked lower projections with applied broad arrow motif enamelled in the W.S.P.U. colours; the illuminated printed address associated with the award of this medal and bearing the stamped signature of Emmeline Pankhurst and the M/S signature of Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence; the ribbon and upper brooch fitting for a pendant badge, 'DEPUTATION 1910' to the enamelled brooch, the ribbon embroidered 'DEPUTATION'; a W.S.P.U. enamelled badge, 'VOTES FOR WOMEN', green over purple divided by a white chevron; a National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies enamelled pin badge; a Church League for Women's Suffrage badge; two sections of 2.25 inch silk ribbon in the W.S.P.U. colours (possibly from a sash); also offered: a Girl Guides green enamelled 'B.P.' adult guider's badge, and a British Legion badge. [qty]22.24mm diameter of round medalBy descent.Jessie Landale Cumberland was born in Nainital, India, in 1861, to Richard Felix Wilson Cumberland and Jessie Maria Landale. By the age of 10, she had moved to England and was living with a widowed aunt in Bognor. She took work as a governess, moving to Hove where she lived as a boarder at a house in Brunswick Terrace.The 'DEPUTATION 1910' ribbon and bar may indicate participation in the demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament on the 18th of November 1910, which came to be known as 'Black Friday' for the brutal physical abuse visited upon the Suffragettes by the police and onlookers. Her first arrest appears to have occurred on the 27th of November 1911, when she and a number of other women were detained at Bow Street police station. A stone-throwing campaign had been initiated by the Women's Social and Political Union on the 21st of November, though it is also possible that she was involved in the protests that followed the withdrawal of the Conciliation Bill, news of which had broken on the 24th.Her arrest on the 21st May 1914, which is commemorated on the bar of the medal, resulted from a celebrated episode in the history of the fight for women's suffrage: the demonstration outside Buckingham Palace, as part of which Emmeline Pankhurst attempted to present a petition to King George V. Miss Cumberland was one of 66 women arrested - together with two men - and the episode produced the iconic photograph of Pankhurst being forcibly detained by Chief Inspector Francis Harry Rolfe.Miss Cumberland lived to see the passage of the Representation of the People Act in 1918, dying in March 1935 in Wimbledon,
United States Military Interest: the personal effects of Major Charles Fletcher Lumb, 6th Infantry, comprising: the Military Order of Foreign Wars, Companion's breast badge, gilt and enamel, 41 mm, red eight-pointed star with gilt rays between the points surmounted by an eagle, reverse with 'DEUS ET LIBERTAS' to a central roundel, clasp: War With Spain, slight enamel damage to the reserve, otherwise extremely fine, together with a corresponding dress miniature medal and complete with original grant of dignity dated December 20th 1918; a Model 1860 dress sword, straight blade 30 in., gilt hilt with one fixed and one folding guard, slender knuckle bow, urn pommel, the whole decorated in relief with US martial motifs and stands of arms, steel scabbard; a Model 1872 dress sword, curved blade 32 in., gilt three-bar hilt with relief decorations including the American Eagle to the inner face of the guard, steel scabbard with engraved presentation inscription "PRESENTED TO ADJUTANT CHAS. F. LUMB BY Co. C. STATE FENCIBLES N.G.P. JANY. 1897"; a gilt-brass belt buckle, American Eagle in relief, reverse engraved "C. F. Lumb"; and a small quantity of associated original and facsimile documents.Elected 2nd Lieutenant C Company Pennsylvania State Fencibles Battalion 21/05/1896. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant and appointed Adjutant 03/12/1896. Served in the Spanish-American War as 1st Lieutenant L Company 6th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Appointed Regimental Adjutant with the rank of Captain in the 6th Infantry 22/11/1899 and subsequently elected to a Junior Majority.
Republic of China (Taiwan): 八年抗戰勝利紀念 Commemorative medal for Victory in the Eight Years War, 1945, gilt and enamel star formed of eight groups of rays, to the centre an enamelled roundel bearing the portrait of Chiang Kai Shek within a border of eight stars to a red ground, suspension involving a smaller device of a star within a wreath, reverse numbered 9770, good very fine or better.71.31mm greatest width
Republic of China (Taiwan): 空軍懋績甲種二等獎章, an air force medal, gilt and enamel, a star of six dark blue flaring arms with groups of rays to the angles, white central border with two red stars, reverse numbered 136, one arm deficient of enamel, otherwise good very fine or better; a second air force medal, 空軍楷模乙種一等獎章, of similar form but with eight red arms and three red stars to the centre, reverse numbered 1825, good very fine; and a third, 空軍楷模甲種二等獎章, eight dark blue arms, the central device flanked by wings, reverse numbered 5353, good very fine. [3]46.83mm wide (six dark blue arms)Qty: 3
A Great War M.C. group of three awards, named or attributable to Lieutenant Rowland Austin Harris, Royal Engineers: Military Cross, George V, unnamed as issued, in case of issue, pin detached from brooch fitting, cross extremely fine; British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (LIEUT. R. A. HARRIS.), at least extremely fine; with the medal issue envelope addressed to R. A. Harris, c/o English Electric Co, in Rio de Janeiro; and a private ID bracelet inscribed 'LT R.A.HARRIS/ 560 A.T. COY, ROYAL ENGINEERS'. M.C. London Gazette 01/01/1919 31092Trained as an electrical engineer before the War. Served on the Western Front. Unit diary indicates an admission to hospital 21/10/1917 and an MID 31/05/1918.
Republic of China (Taiwan): 抗戰紀念章 （合作五金公司製）kang zhan jinian zhang, War of Resistance Memorial Medal, 1946, a bronze medal, urban scene surmounted by an oval medallion depicting Chiang Kai Shek beneath crossed flags which project beyond the circumference of the medal, ribbon fixed with a small enamelled roundel, reverse numbered 5098, very fine; together with a 70 year Anniversary re-issue of this medal, reverse numbered 160688, very fine. [2]37.38mm each across tops of flag staffsQty: 2
A small quantity of medals, comprising; an Army Rifle Association silver prize medal, reverse engraved to C. G. Wheatley 7815209 (a Machine Gun Corps service number); a Turkish Crimea Medal, Sardinian Type, privately engraved in serif capitals (W. ELLIOTT 1ST R. REGT.); an Italian bronze regimental award (38th Regiment); a RLSS bronze proficiency medal; and two cased silver sporting medals. [6]
A small quantity of medals and militaria, comprising: four medals to Sergeant R.G.A. Hill, South African forces: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal 1939-45, Africa Service Medal 1943 (214026 R.G.A. HILL), officially impressed, about very fine; Africa Service Medal 1943 (317659 J.S.J. DE LANGE), near very fine; a Victory Medal, Great Britain (52809 PTE. J. SHARP. R. SCOTS.), fine; a miniature Great War pair; an Imperial Service Medal, George VI (FID DEF), cased (HERBERT GEORGE LAVENDER), nearly extremely fine; a Coronation Medal 1911, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine; and other items. [qty]Research indicates that Sergeant Hill was taken prisoner in North Africa and held in Italy, before being further captured by the Germans when Italy capitulated. Held at Stalag 344, and presumably took part in the 'Long March' of 1945
A collection of Austrian miniature medals, comprising: Franz Joseph I, Bravery Medals (2), one silver and one bronze; Kaiser Karl, Bravery Medals (3), two silver and one bronze; Franz Joseph I, Signum Laudis with swords; another, Kaiser Karl; a Franz Joseph I 50 year anniversary medal (Signum Memoriae); a Medal for the Defence of the Tyrol 1914-18; First World War Commemorative Medal (2), one with swords; a Karl-Truppenkreuz; Hungary Commemorative Medal for non-combatants; a German/Austrian Alliance Medal; a Kaiser Karl Wound Medal ; Battle of Leipzig Centenary Medal; a 40 year Faithful Service Medal; and a Bulgarian War Commemorative Medal 1915-18. [18]
The Distinguished Conduct Medal (King's African Rifles) to Sergeant Karonga, 1/1 King's African Rifles, George V (34 .SJT KARONGA. I/I K.A.R.), extremely fine, reverse lightly toned.36.44mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 18th September 1946D.C.M.: E.A. Force GRO No 1284 31/12/1917; Nyasaland Gazette 31/01/1918Sergeant Karonga served in the Operations in Somaliland 1908-10 as a Corporal. His Great War service commenced 17/08/1914. His D.C.M. deed took place during fighting near Mponda in Nyasaland 08/09/1917:"At MIRANDA [sic] on 8th Sept. 1917, Both these NCOs (with 31 Sgt. Kumisa) behaved in a most gallant manner, covering the retirement of wounded when compelled to fall back before a strong counterattack. Their officer was wounded and there were a number of other casualties. Sgt. Karonga was wounded but remained in the firing line and took command of his platoon, assisted by Sgt. Kumisa."
The Great War Group of five awards to Lieutenant Colonel Christian Frederick George William de Falbe, O.B.E., T.D., Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Norfolk Regiment: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officer's breast badge (O.B.E.), Britannia type, silver-gilt, London 1919; 1914-15 Star (MAJOR C. F. G. W. DE FALBE. HERTS. YEO.); British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal with taylor's copy Mention in Despatches emblem (LT. COL. C. F. G. W. DE FALBE.); Territorial Decoration, George V, London 1919, mounted for wearing, good very fine or better. [5]The collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.
A Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 (George Scott), clasp: 4 NOVR 1805, good very fine.36.18mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 3rd November 1959Appears on the roll as Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Caesar. The action of 4th November 1805 resulted in the capture of four French ships of the line (which had escaped after the Battle of Trafalgar) by a British squadron led by Commodore Sir Richard Strachan. After a lengthy chase, the French were forced to form a line of battle, against which H.M.S. Caesar, an 80 gun third rate ship of the line, led the successful attack.
A Military General Service Medal 1793-1814 to Private Timothy Joynes, 5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot, 8 clasps: Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (TIMOTHY JOYNES, 5TH FOOT.), some edge bruising, otherwise good very fine.36.19mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Ex. Hume Collection 1923 (ref. Mullen).
A Military General Service Medal 1793-1814 to Private Thomas Cartwright, 10th Hussars, unofficial clasp combination* of Sahagun & Benevento, Vittoria, Orthes and Toulouse (T. CARTWRIGHT, 10TH HUSSARS.), carriage altered to accommodate the clasps, otherwise at least very fine.36.26mmThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.* The medals roll confirms only Vittoria, Orthes and Toulouse for this man.
An Army of India Medal 1799-1826 to Lieutenant Charles Harington Graeme, 5th Light Cavalry, clasp: Ava (LIEUT CHAS H. GRÆME, 5TH LT CAVY), short hyphen reverse, officially impressed, edge knock at 5 o'clock, otherwise good very fine or better.36.05mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D. As a Captain, Charles Graeme was to part in the Kolhapur Campaign of 1844. Leading the 5th Madras Light Cavalry he played a prominent role in the storming of the fortress of Samanghur, preventing the escape of the defenders after a breach was stormed, and swiftly engaging a defeating a large force that attempted to come to their aid. He was slightly wounded in this battle.Sources: Hayward (pub.), 'The Army of India Medal Roll 1799-1826'; The Indian Mail, December 6th 1844 (No 20).
A Waterloo Medal 1815 to Private John Morris, 4th Regiment of Foot, restored steel clip and split ring suspension (JOHN MORRIS, 1ST BATT. 4TH REG. FOOT.), suspension clip restored, medal about fine.36.11mm diameterJoined the 4th Foot in December 1813 and was present for the battle of Toulouse in April 1814. Participated in the American War of 1812, fighting in the Battles of Bladensburg and North Point, and present for the burning of Washington and the operations against New Orleans and Fort Bowyer; before returning to Europe and serving at Waterloo.
A New Zealand Medal 1845-66 to Able Seaman William Dingle, H.M.S. Castor, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (WM DINGLE A. B. HM.S. CASTOR), officially impressed, brush marks to obverse, otherwise good very fine or better with toning to the reverse.36.08mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 30th July 194669 medals with this reverse to H.M.S. Castor, out of approximately 160 to the Royal Navy
A Sutlej Medal 1845-46 to Gunner T. James, 3rd Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery, Moodkee reverse, 2 clasps: Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (GUNNER T: JAMES 3RD BRIGADE H: AY), officially impressed, at least very fine.36.31mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 3rd November 1959
A Sutlej Medal 1845-46 to Private William Fishwick, 31st Foot, Moodkee reverse, 3 clasps: Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (WILLIAM FISHWICK 31ST REGT), officially impressed, suspension post and carriage slightly loose, some contact bruising, otherwise very fine or nearly so.The collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Possibly ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 18th September 1946The roll confirms clasp entitlement to 2375 Private William Fishwick. The muster rolls give the alternative spelling 'Fhiswick', and indicate that he joined his regiment at Umballa, 12/03/1844, and that though he spent a certain amount of time sick in hospital, he was on duty for the period of the conflict.
A Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 to Gunner Robert Harris, H.M.S. Vanguard, clasp: Syria (ROBT HARRIS, GUNNER.), rim slightly bruised at 8 o'clock, good very fine.36.17mm diameterRobert Harris joined the Royal Navy in June 1807, his first ship was the Halifax based in North America. In August 1807 Harris witnessed the hanging of Jenkin Ratford, a deserter captured on the USS Chesapeake, from a yardarm of the Halifax. In 1814 he was boatswain’s mate of the Boyne when it took part in a hot action against Romulus off Toulon. In 1815 Harris was bosun’s mate of the Cornwallis when it was sighted by the American ships Hornet and Peacock. Both ships identified the Cornwallis as a merchantman and closed with her. Cornwallis chased the Hornet for 3 days until, by throwing all their guns and other equipment overboard and aided by poor British gunnery, the Hornet eventually escaped. This incident was the last action of the War of 1812. Harris was the gunner on HMS Vanguard during the operations against Syria in 1840. He retired from the Navy in 1842 with over 35 years of service and died in Emsworth in 1873.
A Punjab Medal 1848-49 to Lieutenant and Adjutant A. B. Church, 9th Bombay Native Infantry, clasp: Mooltan (LIEUT A. B. CHURCH, ADJT 9TH REGT N.I.), officially impressed, light brush marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine.36.1mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 28th August 1946
A South Africa Medal 1834-53 to Private George Richie, 72nd (The Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment, (G. RICHIE. 72ND REGT.), some evidence of cleaning, very fine or a little better.36.07mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 18th September 1946Served with the 72nd in the 6th Xhosa War 1834-35, and numbered 526 on the roll. 128 medals to the regiment for this campaign.
A Crimea Medal 1854-56 to Henry J. Collom, H.M.S. Arethusa, no clasp (H. COLLOM. H.M.S. ARETHUSA), engraved in serif capitals, cleaned, near very fine.35.99mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Entered on the roll for H.M.S. Arethusa as a Calker's Mate, his medal was sent to H.M.S. Dragon 15/02/1856. The roll also appears to show that a Sebastopol clasp was later sent to this man, and this was presumably never fixed to the medal.
A Crimea Medal 1854-56 to J. Cole, 63rd Foot, 4 clasps: Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. COLE. 63RD REGT.), officially impressed, brush marks, very fine.36.19mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.Ex. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 25th June 19463385 Private James Cole, confirmed on the rolls for these clasps, died at Scutari 21/02/1855
A Baltic Medal 1854-55, privately engraved in serif capitals (JS. KENNEDY. R.N.), suspension post slightly loose, near very fine.36.29mm diameterThe collection of Major R. R. Pelham Burn, M.C., T.D.The roll appears to include three claimants corresponding to the name on this medal: James Kennedy, A.B., H.M.S. Blenheim; James Kennedy, Ord., H.M.S. James Watt; James Kennedy, A.B., H.M.S. St George.
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