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Lot 17

A Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 to Private John Mullen, Liverpool Regiment Mounted Infantry, second type, 4 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (7203 PTE J. MULLEN. L'POOL REGT M.I.), very fine. Attested in Warrington 25/10/1900 and attended mounted infantry training at Aldershot before serving in South Africa. Sentenced to hard labour for falling asleep at his post. Re-engaged in 1912 following a period in the Reserve, and entered France 12/08/1914. Suffered a shell wound which necessitated the amputation of his right leg, and discharged as "no longer physically fit for war service" in June 1915. nb 'Mullen' and 'Mullins' used interchangeably on service documents.

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Lot 18

The M.S.M. group of eight medals to Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Ryan, Royal Army Medical Corps: Queen's South Africa, First Type (b), clasp: Cape Colony (11594 PTE C. RYAN, R.A.M.C), fine; King's South Africa, both dated clasps (11594 PTE C. RYAN. R.A.M.C.), fine; 1914 Star and clasp (11594 CPL C. RYAN. R.A.M.C.), British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal with MID emblem (11594 T.W.O. CL.1. C. RYAN. R.A.M.C.), these three very fine; Defence Medal, good very fine; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal George V (11594 SJT: C. RYAN. R.A.M.C.), fine; Meritorious Service Medal, George V, (11594 W.O. CL. 2. C. RYAN. R.A.M.C.), nearly extremely fine, display mounted. [8]. M.I.D. London Gazette: 30/12/1918 (France). M.S.M. (Annuity) gazetted 1953. Offered with research.

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Lot 19

Three medals to Private Percy Butt, Welch Regiment: British War Medal 1914-20 (8451 PTE. P. BUTT. WELSH R.); India General Service 1908-35, second obverse, clasp: Waziristan 1921-24 (3948922 PTE. P. BUTT. WELCH. R.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, George V (3948922 PTE. P. BUTT. WELSH R.), display mounted with the IGS first, all very fine or better. Enlisted 1904 and served with the BEF in France from 13/08/1914. Re-attested in the field 14/02/1919. Discharged 23/11/1925 at Shrewsbury, with exemplary character. Also awarded the 1914 Star and the Victory Medal (not present).

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Lot 2

NOTE: This lot now includes the CBE badge previously offered as lot 1A family collection of medals, comprising: the O.B.E. group of seven awards to Captain (later Major) Malcolm Brown Bookey Riall, West Yorkshire Regiment: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Military Division, officer's breast badge, Britannia type, London 1919; Queen's South Africa Medal, first type (b), ghost dates, 6* clasps: Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (Lieut. M.B.B. RIALL. W. York: Rgt.), engraved; King's South Africa, two dated clasps (Lieut. M.B.B. RIALL. W. York: Rgt.), engraved; India General Service Medal 1908-35, first type, clasp: North West Frontier 1908 (Captn. M.B.B. Riall. 1st W. Y. Rgt), engraved; 1914-15 Star (CAPT: M.B.B. RIALL. W. YORK. R.); British War Medal and Victory Medal (CAPT. M.B.B. RIALL.), mounted for wearing, QSA and KSA in particular with scratching to obverse fields, otherwise all very fine or better. [7]Together with an associated group attributed to Captain Arthur Bookey Riall, CBE, RAF Regiment, comprising: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, military division, Commander's neck badge, second type, in Garrard & Co case with neck ribands (one miniature); 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45 with oak leaf, Coronation 1953, all unnamed as issued, the last five mounted for wearing, very fine. [6]M.B.B. Riall, served as a Lieutenant with the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment during the Boer War, including the Battle of Spion Kop, and a Vaal Krantz and Pieter's Hill, and was mentioned in a despatch. He served with the first battalion in the campaign against the Mohmands in 1908. After arriving on the Western Front of the First World War 21/12/1914, he was severely wounded 10/08/1915 while leading a working party at the Hooge. Made O.B.E. in the 1919 Birthday Honours "for valuable services rendered in connection with the war"* the 1908 Army list states entitlement to five clasps, but the QSA roll confirms six, and seems to indicate that Cape Colony was a later additional authorisation.

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Lot 20

A composite M.S.M. group of five medals to Battery Sergeant Major Alfred William Galley, Royal Artillery: 1914-15 Star (51626 B.S. MJR A. W. GALLEY. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (51626 T-W. O. CL. 1. A. W. GALLEY. R.A.); Victory Medal (165308 TPTR. A. E. GALLEY. R.A.)*; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Edward VII (70961 B.Q.M. SJT: A. W. GALLEY. R.F.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, George V (51626 B. S. MJR: A. W. GALLEY. A. BY: 63/BDE: R.F.A.), mounted for wearing, near very fine and better. [5] M.S.M. London Gazette: 04/06/1917 Born in 1871 in Essex and worked as a labourer before joining the R.A. in February 1889. Servied in Gibraltar, Aden and India, and awarded the L.S.G.C. Medal in 1907, before being discharged, on completion of his 21 year term of service, in 1910. Recalled from the reserve in September 1914, and awarded the M.S.M. in 1917 "for valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field" in France. Offered with research. * Possibly this man's son, Alfred Edward.

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Lot 21

The M.S.M. group of five medals to Warrant Officer Tom Frank Collier, Royal Army Ordnance Corps: 1914-15 Star (T-256 AMT: S. SJT T. F. COLLIER. A.O.C.); Britiash War Medal and Victory Medal (T-256 T.W.O. CL. 1. T. F. COLLIER. A. O.C.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (7579078 W.O. CL. II. T. F. COLLIER. R.A.O.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, George V (T-256 T. AMT: S. MJR: T. F. COLLIER. A.O.C.), mounted for wearing, good very fine or better. [5] M.S.M. London Gazette: 17/06/1918 Born in Basingstoke 10/12/1879 and was a ship fitting apprentice before signing up to the Artificer Section, A.O.C., for 12 years in May 1903. Served in Malta prior to the First World War, before a brief posting to the Isle of Wight in 1911. Served in France between August 1914 and June 1918. His M.S.M. card notes that he was attached to No. 12 Ordnance Mobile Workshop, which was probably based in Boulogne. Offered with research.

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Lot 22

The M.S.M. group of eight medals to Major George Donald Taylor, Royal Engineers: 1914-15 Star (26823 SPR: G.D. TAYLOR. R.E.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (26823 T. CPL. G. D. TAYLOR. R.E.); Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Jubilee Medal 1935, all unnamed as issued; Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (1853154 W.O. CL. II, G. D. TAYLOR. R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal , George VI. third type (18531 W.O. CL. 1. G. D. TAYLOR. R.E.), display mounted, very fine and better. [8] Entered France 03/03/1915 as a sapper. Commissioned Major 03/03/1953. M.S.M. Awarded under the terms of Army Order 98 of 1953, without annuity. Served as an instructor at the Army Apprentices School, Chepstow. Offered with research.

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Lot 23

The M.S.M. group of five medals to Warrant Officer Thomas Oliver Morley, Royal Engineers: 1914-15 Star (26724 SPR: T.O. MORLEY. R.E.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (26724 2 CPL. T. O. MORLEY. R.E.); Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (1844723 SJT. T. O. MORLEY. R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, George VI (1844723 W.O. CL. 2. T. O. MORLEY. R.E.), display mounted, edge bruising, near very fine. [5] A blacksmith from Portsmouth, Morley enlisted in the R.E. in August 1914 aged 23 years, and served in France with 23rd Field Company until sustaining a wound to the head at Loos, 29/09/1915, and being hospitalized to the U.K. He returned to active service in Salonika in January 1916, where he contracted malaria. In the inter-war period he served in Dublin and India, received his LS.G.C. in 1933, and his M.S.M. between 1949 and 1953. Offered with research.

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Lot 24

A collection of Great War medal and associated ephemera to two brothers, comprising: the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal to Lieutenant Arthur Fogg, Royal Fusiliers and Machine Gun Corps (PS-6932 PTE A. FOGG. R. FUS: and LIEUT. A. FOGG.), mounted for wearing, good very fine; together with the British War Medal and Victory Medal to Gunner Percy Fogg, R.G.A. (127002 GNR. P. FOGG. R.A.), in original packaging, and the Silver War Badge issued to this man (424754), BWM with irregular patination therefore very fine, VM extremely fine. [5]; together with a quantity of photographs, original documents, and other ephemera. Arthur and Percy Fogg were sons to Herbert Fogg, a rag merchant from Dewsbury, and his wife Gertrude. Arthur entered France 14/11/1915 as a Private with the 21st Battalion Royal Fusiliers, and was discharged to a commission in the Machine Gun Corps 25/09/1916. His younger brother Percy served with 275 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, and was wounded by shrapnel, in the right buttock, 14/11/1917.

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Lot 25

Three medals to Private Thomas Llewellyn, North Somerset Yeomanry: 1914 Star (165162 PTR T. LLEWELLYN. I/I N. SOM: YEO.), British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (664 PTE. T. LLWELLYN. N. SOM. YEO.), loose, the first with modern ribbon, surname misspelled on BWM and VM, very fine.

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Lot 26

Two Great War trios, each comprising 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal: the first to Lieutenant Douglas Gilbert Prentice, Worcester Regiment and Royal Air Force (2. LIEUT. D.G. PRENTICE WORC. R. and LIEUT. D.G. PRENTICE. R.A.F.), mounted for wearing, good very fine; the second to Henry Thomas Barnaby, Royal Veterinary Corps (S.E. 1250 PTE. H. T. BARNABY. A.V.C. and SE-1250 PTE. H. T. BARNABY. A.V.C.), mounted for wearing on long ribbons, very fine; the second group accompanied by a small quantity of ephemera. D.G. Prentice enlisted as a Private in the Sportsman's Battalion Royal Fusiliers 10/10/1914, and was discharged to a commission in the 5th Battalion Worcester Regiment 27/04/1915. He applied to transfer to the R.F.C. 26/09/1915, citing his pre-war experience as a mechanic, and joined at Farnborough 09/11/1915 as an Assistant Equipment Officer. Disembodied 18/02/1919, he later enlisted in the supplementary reserve Royal Artillery 20/04/1926. Offered with copy research for this officer.

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Lot 27

Three medals to Private Edwin Septimus Rogers, 12th Battalion Australian Imperial Force: 1914-15 Star (1607 PTE E. S. ROGERS. 12/BN. A.I.F.), British War Medal (1607. PTE E. S. ROGERS. 12 BN A.I.F.), Victory Medal (1607 PTE. E. S. ROGERS 12 BN. A.I.F.), mounted for wearing, good very fine [3]; together with a mounted set of corresponding dress miniatures, a ribbon bar, and a bronze 'Anzac Medal', 59mm, by Dora Ohlfsen, nearly extremely fine. Suffered a severe gun shot wound, Gallipoli, c. 13th August 1915, which necessitated the amputation of his left leg.

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Lot 29

Three medals to Private Herbert George Lancaster, Royal West Surrey Regiment: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (G-30423 PTE. H. G. LANCASTER.THE QUEEN'S R.); India General Service Medal 1908-35, 2 clasps: Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (6077518 PTE. H. G. LANCASTER, 2 BN. THE QUEEN'S R.), impressed; display mounted, very fine. [3] Born in Peckham in 1899, and was a greengrocer before attesting 30/04/1917. Offered with research.

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Lot 3

The MBE and MSM group of ten awards to Foreman of Works (Staff Sergeant) and later Major Harry Vincent Hunt, Royal Engineers: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Member's badge, 2nd type; 1914 Star (11347 F. OF W. S. SJT H. V. HUNT. R.E.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (11347 A.W.O. CL.2. H. V. HUNT. R.E.); 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal and War Medal; Jubilee Medal 1935, all unnamed as issued; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (1851435 T.W.O. CL.I. H. V. HUNT. R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, George V (11347 F. OF W. Q.M. SJT H. V. HUNT. R.E.), display mounted and in a later case with insignia, very fine and better. [10] MSM London Gazette 03/06/1919, for France Commissioned Major Royal Engineers 21/03/1942 MBE London Gazette 08/06/1944, 21st Army Group. Offered with research.

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Lot 30

The scarce Gallantry M.S.M. and associated medals to Corporal John Johnson, Royal Engineers (Inland Water Transport Section): British War Medal 1914-20 (109830 A. CPL. J. JOHNSON. R.E.); Victory Medal, name erased; Meritorious Service Medal, George V (109830 SAPR J. JOHNSON. I. W. T. SEC: R.E.), display mounted, good very fine or better. [2(3)] M.S.M. London Gazette: 12/03/1917 The recipient's act of gallantry occurred 23/08/1916 while in Tug H.S.7 towing two barges from Hull to Cardiff. When the tow rope parted in heavy seas, Sapper Johnson leaped from the tug onto the barges, and persisted in attempting to take them in tow, in extremely hazardous conditions, until being crushed between a barge and the tug, and loosing his left foot. "The barges had broken adrift twice previously and each time Sapper Johnson had boarded them showing great coolness, courage and pluck in the risky work.". Discharged 28/11/1917 and awarded S.W.B. number 281141. Offered with much research.

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Lot 31

The M.S.M. group of five awards to Sergeant John S. Lawrence, Army Service Corps, British War Medal 1914-20 (S-290502 CPL. J. S. LAWRENCE. A.S.C.); Victory Medal with replica MID emblem (S-290502 CPL. J. S. LAWRENCE. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, George V (S-290502 CPL. J. S. LAWRENCE. R.A.S.C.); Belgium: Croix de Guerre; Belgium: Decoration Militaire, 2nd Class, with 'A' palm; display mounted, very fine or nearly so. [5] M.S.M. London Gazette: 03/06/1919 (France). Belgian Awards, London Gazette: 24/10/1919. Offered with research

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Lot 33

A pair of medals to Petrol Cadet James William Watkins, Army Service Corps: British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal (PETROL-330773 CADET J. W. WATKINS. A.S.C.), good very fine, a scarce rank. [2]

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Lot 35

A mounted group of Second World War campaign medals, comprising: Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine; together with a corresponding mounted set of dress miniature medals, and a gilt and enamelled Royal Society of St George badge.

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Lot 36

Four medals named or attributed to Warrant Officer Harold Edgar George Le Tissier Gange, Royal Engineers: Defence Medal and War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued; Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George VI (b) (1865054 C.Q.M. SJT. H. E. G. L. GANGE. R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, George VI (e) (1865045 W.O. C. 2. H. E. GANGE. R.E.), loose, about extremely fine. [4] M.S.M. awarded under Army Order 176 December 1951. Attested in November 1925 as a Boy Soldier (trumpeter) at 14 years, and joined the regular army at 18 years. Posted to Gibraltar with the 1st Fortress Company in March 1939, and returned to the UK with the rank of Company Sergeant Major in October 1942. Offered with much research.

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Lot 37

A small collection of First World War campaign medals, comprising: a 1914-15 Star trio to Bombardier John Hughes, Royal Artillery (W-3627 DVR: J. HUGHES. R.F.A. and W-3627 BMBR. J. HUGHES. R.A.), mounted for wearing, with a small quantity of ephemera and a Glamorgan Special Constabulary lapel badge, very fine; a British War Medal and Victory Medal to Private John Willacy, South Wales Borderers (41500 PTE. J. WILLACY. S. WALES. BORD.), with postage boxes, very fine; and a British War Medal and Victory Medal (32288. 2. A.M. C.W. FARLEY. R.A.F.), good very fine, the first toned. [7]

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Lot 39

Hankow Volunteers medal 1938, 'HANKOW 1938' overstamped on a Yuan Shih-kai silver dollar, pierced for suspension, fine.

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A family collection of medals, comprising: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a Lady Member's badge, cased and with associated miniature; a 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal to Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant Humphrey Bevan, Royal Navy (CLK. H. C. BEVAN. R.N. / PAYR. S. LT. H.C. BEVAN: R.N.), mounted for wearing and with a uniformed portrait of the recipient, good very fine, BWM toned; a 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal to Captain C.G. Tillie, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (LIEUT. C.G. TILLIE R. INNIS. FUS. / CAPT C.G. TILLIE), in boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine; a British War Medal and Victory Medal (LIEUT. H.H. NASH), and a masonic badge inscribed to this man, good very fine; a mounted group of five dress miniature medals; and a Queen Mary's Needlework Guild badge. [qty]

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Lot 40

Imperial Germany: four unattributed medals groups, comprising: three: Iron Cross 1914 2nd class, Military Merit Cross 1914 (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) 2nd class with combatant ribbon, Honour Cross 1914-18; three: Iron Cross 1914 2nd class, Honour Cross 1914-18, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Medal 1897 (Prussia); two: Cross of Military Merit 3rd class (Bavaria), Honour Cross 1914-19; two: Iron Cross 1914 2nd class, 15 Year Service Cross; each group mounted for wearing; medals very fine or better. [10]

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Lot 41

Imperial Germany: four unattributed medal pairs, each comprising Iron Cross 2nd class (1914) and Honour Cross 1914-18, each mounted for wearing, very fine or a little better. [8]

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Lot 42

A quantity of continental European medals, including: Imperial Germany: Iron Cross 1914, 1st class, with partial case, good fine; Württemberg: medal for bravery, William II, silver, good very fine; Saxony: Friedrich August Medals 1905-18 (3), one silver and two bronze, the first extremely fine, the others very fine; Prussia: Red Cross Medal, 3rd class, very fine; France: Escapees Medal, very fine; and various others. [15]

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Lot 432

Boer War interest: a South Africa 1900 gift tin with original chocolate contents, together with a Queen's South Africa Medal and a King's South Africa Medal, each renamed in modern plain capitals (PTE. F. PORTER. LEIC. REGT.), the QSA with clasps: Cape Colony, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek, Belfast; the KSA with both dated clasps; with a glazed oak display frame. [4]

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Lot 45

A group of six medals to Acting Major Harold Arthur Lane, O.B.E., 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles): The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Military Division, Officer's Breast Badge, first type; 1914-15 Star (LIEUT. H.A. LANE. 18/LOND. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (MAJOR H. A. LANE.); Defence Medal and 1939-45 War Medal, unnamed as issued; mounted for wearing, very fine or better. [6] Enlisted in the 14th Battalion London Regiment 17/02/1909, and attended annual training thereafter until discharged on termination of engagement 17/02/1913 (1063 Pte.). Applied for a commission in September 1914 and entered France with 1/18 Battalion 19/07/1915. O.B.E. London Gazette 01/01/1919 "for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders." Offered with copy research. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 46

The medals to Walter David Little, O.B.E., 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles): The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: Officer's Breast Badge, a modern replacement copy; 1914-15 Star (346. CPL. W. D. LITTLE, 18-LOND. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (346 CPL. W. D. LITTLE. 18-LOND. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, George V (590035 CPL-A. SJT:- W. D. LITTLE. 18/ LOND: R.); all about good very fine. [5 (4 original)] Enlisted 26/05/1908. Served in France between 09/03/1915 and 29/10/1915. Discharged 15/02/1919 and entitled to a Silver War Badge in respect of wounds (presumed wounded at the Battle of Loos). O.B.E. London Gazette 12/06/1958 "Alderman Walter David Little, Chairman Brook Green and Walham Green Local Employment Committee". Offered with the collector's notes and draft articles. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 48

Two Medal to Rifleman Pancham Sing Negi, 2/2 Gurkha Regiment: India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps: Lushai 1889-92, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (501 Rifleman Pancham Sing Negi 2d Bn 2d Goorkha Regt); India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps: Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (501 Rifln Pancham Sing Negi 2d Bn 2d Goorkha Regt), later mounted, edge bruising, good fine. [2] Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 49

Six medals named or attributed to Sergeant George Albert Mealing, Army Post Office Corps and 16th Middlesex R.V.C.: Queen's South Africa, 2nd type, 3 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (249 SGT G. A. MEALING. A.P.O. CORPS); King's South Africa, two dated clasps (774 SERJT: G. A. MEALING. A.P.O.C.); Defence Medal (unnamed as issued); Imperial Service Medal, George V (GEORGE ALBERT MEALING.); Volunteer Long Service Medal, Edward VII (9056 PTE G. A. MEALING. 16 MIDDX: V.R.C.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George V (GEORGE A. MEALING); nearly very fine and better. [6] Re enlisted in the A. P.O.C. December 1901, hence change to number. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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The Second World War Distinguished Service Cross and associated campaign medals to Skipper Lieutenant William Tucker, Royal Naval Reserve: D.S.C, George VI, reverse engraved "W. TUCKER SKIPPER LT 2657.", in Garrard case of issue, nearly extremely fine; together with a 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, and War Medal 1939-45; and separately a France and Germany Star, all unnamed as issued, the combination of recipients possibly being this officer and his son, good very fine or better, [5]; together with a Mention in Despatches certificate (Skipper William Tucker R.N.R.), medal ribbons fitted for wearing and including the Reserve Decoration, the postage box for the campaign medals, and a small quantity of associated original documents. M.I.D. London Gazette 01/01/1941 D.S.C. London Gazette 01/01/1942 Born in Grimsby, 18/09/1903, William Tucker became a trawlerman, and enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve in September 1924. He was certified as a Skipper by the United Navigation Committee of Grimsby, 03/08/1927 (certificate offered in this lot). In October 1939 he took command of H.M. Trawler York City, which had been requisitioned in August of that year, undertaking anti-submarine duties.

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Lot 50

Four medals to Sergeant Alfred G. Holmes, Royal Irish Rifles and Royal Fusiliers: Queen's South Africa, first type (b) with ghost dates, 2 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State (7138 CPL. A.G.C. HOMES. Vl. Co. R.I.R.), engraved; British War 1914-20 and Victory Medals (245451 SJT. A. G. HOLMES. R. FUS.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, George V (245451 SJT A. G. HOLMES. 2/ LOND: R.); later mounted, the first near very fine, the others very fine or better. [4] Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 51

Two medals to Corporal A. B. Cox, City of London Imperial Volunteers and 18th London Regiment: Queen's South Africa, second type, 2 clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State (123 PTE A. B. COX, C.I.V.), plated, otherwise very fine; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, Edward VII (172 CPL A.B. COX. 18/(C. OF L.) B. LON: REGT), good very fine; mounted by the late collector. [2] Served with the 16th V.B. Middlesex (London Irish) contingent of the CIV in South Africa. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 52

A Queen's Mediterranean Medal 1899-1902 to Private M. Murnane, Royal Munster Fusiliers, (3598 PTE M. MURNANE. RL: MUN: FUS;), good very fine. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 53

A rare Queen's South Africa Medal in bronze to W. Linehan (or Lineham): no clasp (W. LINEHAN), nearly extremely fine. A civilian servant named W. Lineham is listed on the roll for the 9th Division staff. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 54

Five Medal to Major Henry Mark Healy, T.D., London Irish Rifles: 1914-15 Star (MAJOR H. M. HEALY. 18-LOND. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (MAJOR H. M. HEALY.); Territorial Decoration, Edward VII, reverse engraved "Captain & Hon. Major H. M. Healy LONDON IRISH RIFLES (18th County of London) 1909", hallmarked for London 1908; Volunteer Long Service Medal, Victoria (Lieut. H. M. HEALY. 16/Middx. V. R. C.), engraved; later court mounted; all good very fine. Henry Mark Healy appears in the 1898 Army List as a Lieutenant from 22nd January, and his Victorian Volunteer Long Service Medal indicates that he must have enlisted c. 1880. He entered France with the 1st/18th London Regiment 09/03/1915. He took part in fighting at Festubert, May 1915, in the course of which he took command of the Battalion when Lieutenant Colonel Concannon D.S.O. was taken ill. Slightly wounded in the head by shell fire 26/05/1915. Ordered to the UK for transfer to the Territorial Force Reserve in August 1915, owing to severe dental and gastric complaints. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey collection. NB. The collector reunited the T.D. with the other medals to this officer, in the 1980s.

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Lot 55

Four Medals to Private Charles Frank Powell, London Regiment and Royal Irish Fusiliers: 1914-15 Star (3561 PTE. C. POWELL, 3RD. LOND. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3561 PTE. C. F. POWELL 18-LOND. R); General Service Medal 1918-62, 2 clasps: Iraq, N.W. Persia (43541 PTE. C. F. POWELL. R. IR. FUS.), very fine or better. [4] Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 56

Two Great War medal trios to the 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles): 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals (1480 PTE. W. H. W. FOX. 18-LOND. R.), very fine, together with three school attendance medals; 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals (1788 PTE. A. HALSEY. 18-LOND. R.), very fine or better, together with a Frederick Lucas Cook tribute cross* and case (A. Halsey), identity tags, and a LIR Old Comrades Association card. William Henry Walter Fox died of wounds 06/10/1918. His battalion was in Divisional Reserve on this day, but had come under sniper and machine gun fire South of Fromelles 02/10/1918 with the War Diary reporting "30 other ranks casualties" * Sometime MP for Kennington and Deputy Lieutenant of the City of London. Crosses of this type are commonly attributed to the Fiji Labour Corps but this appears to be an error. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 57

Four medals to Sergeant Sidney Arthur Cox, 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles): 1914-15 Star (992. SJT. S. A. COX, 18-LOND. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (992 SJT S. A. COX. 18-LOND. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, George V (590069 SJT: S. A. COX. 18/LOND: R.); later mounted and with a later MID emblem on the ribbon of the Victory Medal; very fine. [4] Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 58

Three medals to Corporal John S. Burgess, 1/18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles): 1914-15 Star (2302, PTE. J. S. BURGESS, 18-LOND. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2302 CPL. J. S. BURGESS. 18-LOND. R.); Meritorious Service Medal, George V (590683 CPL J. S BURGESS. 1/18 LOND: R.); all good very fine. Served in France 09/03/1915 to 14/02/1919. M.S.M. London Gazette 03/06/1919 "..in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders..". Also mentioned in a despatch of Sir Douglas Haig 15/05/1917 Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 59

Three medals to 2nd Lieutenant Reginald Charles John Loxton, 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles): 1914-15 Star (1912. PTE. R. LOXTON. 18-LOND. R.), British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. R. C. J. LOXTON.), good very fine; together with an associated London Irish Rifles Lodge jewel, silver-gilt and enamels, Birmingham 1924, good very fine. [4] Enlisted 10/08/1914 and went to France with 1/18 Battalion 09/03/1915. Served at Loos and the Somme, where he has wounded 15/09/1916. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 07/08/1917, his obituary states that he was also gassed at High Wood, and that he remained in the army after the armistice, serving in Adena in Turkey, and at a POW camp at Rugeley. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 61

Two First World War medal groups to the 18th Battalion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles): Private Charles Gowing, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal (3690 PTE. C. GOWING. 18-LOND. R.), together with this man's Silver War Badge (349696); and Private Frank Godsell, British War Medal and Victory Medal (6634 PTE. F GOODSELL. 18-LOND. R.), together with this man's Silver War Badge (396761), and his medal issue envelope; all medals very fine or better. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection

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Lot 62

Five medals to Private Aubrey Lowrie, 6th Battalion East Surrey Regiment: British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal, Territorial Force War Medal (860 PTE. A. LOWRIE. E. SURR. R.); Imperial Service Medal, George VI (AUBREY EVERED LOWRIE); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, George V (240060 PTE-L. CPL- A. LOWRIE. 6/E. SURR: R.), display mounted, nearly extremely fine. [5]; together with a small photograph album of Indian scenes with an M/S dedication from this man. ISM London Gazette 16/11/1945 (Postman, Kingston-on-Thames). Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 63

Three medals to Private Robert John Balaam, 2nd/8th Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles): British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (4499 PTE. R. J. BALAAM. 8-LOND. R.); Imperial Service Medal, George VI (ROBERT JOHN BALAAM), mounted for wearing, good very fine; together with this man's Silver War Badge (239857) and a wound stripe. [5] Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 64

The Great War pair of medals to Private Osbert Edward Hotchkiss, 1st/18th Batallion London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), together with the Memorial Plaque and Scroll issued in commemoration of this man's sacrifice: British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (6590 PTE. O. E. HOTCHKISS 18-LOND. R.); Memorial Plaque (OSBERT EDWARD HOTCHKISS); displayed in a glazed oak frame together with the Memorial Scroll and associated items. Private Hotchkiss died 13/07/1917. His battalion was in the line and had endured heavy shelling. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 65

Three Great War medal groups to brothers: 1914-15 Star trio (3041 PTE H. B. KIRKMAN. 18-LOND. R.); 1914-15 Star trio (15504 PTE. G. KIRKMAN. SCO. RIF.); British War and Victory Medal (029286 PTE. G. KIRKMAN. A.O.C.); very fine or better. [8] Private Henry Boyd Kirkman, Killed in Action, Egypt, 01/05/1918. Private Gilbert Kirkman, discharged (sickness) 12/12/1918 and entitled to Silver War Badge. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 66

A quantity of Great War awards to South African units, comprising: a 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and bilingual Victory Medal to Private Donald MacIntosh, Cullinan's Horse (PTE. D. MACKINTOSH. CULLINANS HSE.), very fine or nearly so; A 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal to Lieutenant Thomas M. Hamilton, East African Mounted Rifles and other units (398 PTE. T. M. HAMILTON, E. AFR. M. RIF. (Star) and LIEUT. T. M. HAMILTON.), nearly very fine and better; a bilingual Victory Medal to Private Percy John Harwin 9th South African Horse (PTE P. J. HARWIN. 9TH S.A.H.), very fine, reverse better; and a bilingual Victory Medal to Private Sydney J. Jarman, 12th South African Infantry (PTE. S. J. JARMAN, 12TH S.A.I.), nearly very fine. [8] Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 68

The Territorial Force Efficiency Medal to Private John Seabright Gambling, 18th Battalion London Regiment, Edward VII (42 PTE. J. S. GAMBLING. 18/(C. OF L.)B. LOND: REGT), very fine, reverse better; together with a second award bar, loose. [2] Entitlement to a second award confirmed, and indentified by the collector as unique to the unit. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 69

A Colonial Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Detective Sergeant Jonah Mbirimi Mashongamhende, British South Africa Police: Elizabeth II, 2nd type (11055 AFR/DET.SGT JONAH MBIRIMI MASHONGAMHENDE, B.S.A.), some edge bruising, very fine. Provenance: The Paul Morrissey Collection.

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Lot 70

Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo 2015: a silver medal after the proposed medal by Benedetto Pistrucci, 138 mm, encased in glass and in original case with explanatory book, by the Worcester Medal Service, as struck; together with another silver medal after Pistrucci, 80 mm, frosted silver with additional text, in Royal Mint case with literature, extremely fine or better. [2]

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Lot 72

The Battle of Bellisle (Quiberon Bay) 1759: a silver medal, 40 mm, Britannia seated on a hippocampus, armed with trident and shield and crowned by winged Victory, BRITAIN TRIUMPHED. HAWKE COMMMANDED; rev. figures of Britain and France do battle, attended by Night and Tempest, ex. FRANCE RELINQUISHES THE SEA, by James Kirk for the Society of Arts and Commerce, very fine or better and scarce.

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Lot 73

Victoria: Diamond Jubilee 1897, a silver medal, 56 mm, veiled bust, rev. young head (E 1817a); the same medal in bronze; and: Coronation 1937, a silver medal, 57 mm; each in leather bound case of issue, each as struck or nearly so. [3]

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Lot 74

Victoria: Silver Jubilee 1887, a silver medal, 77 mm, jubilee bust left, rev. the queen enthroned and flanked by lions, attended upon by mythical and allegorical figures representing the wealth and power of Empire (E 1733b), in leather bouind case of issue with explanatory card, almost as struck.

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Lot 75

Lusitania Medal 1915, iron, the British copy after Karl Goetz, in card box of issue with explanatory leaflet, light rust, otherwise about as cast.

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Lot 76

A quantity of commemorative medals and coins, including: Edward VII Coronation 1902, silver medal, 55 mm, crowned bust right, rev. Queen Alexandra (E 1871a), in maroon leather case, good very fine or better; another of this type, bronze, in maroon leather case, extremely fine; George V Coronation 1911, a silver medal, 39 mm, conjoined busts left, rev. scroll with text, by Mappin and Webb, cased, extremely fine; International Exhibition 1862, white metal, 41 mm, exhibition building, rev. seated female figures holding flags at a dockside with a steam engine and art exhibits, ships beyond, nearly extremely fine; Alderney Titanic Centenary silver proof five pounds, cased and boxed with certificate; and other items. [qty]

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Lot 8

The A.F.C. group of nine medals to George Reginald Ashton, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force: Air Force Cross, George VI, first type, reverse impressed '1939' in small figures to the lower limb*, in case of issue, extremely fine, toned; 1914-15 Star (228216, G. R. ASHTON. C.P.O. 3, R.N.A.S.); British War Medal 1914-20 ad Victory Medal with MID emblem (FLT. S. LT. G. R. ASHTON. R.N.A.S.); Coronation Medal 1937, unnamed as issued; the last four court mounted, near very fine; 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45 with MID emblem, all unnamed as issued and swing mounted, very fine. [9]; together with this officer's flying log books (5), his dress miniature medals, his certificate of commission as a Flight Sub Lieutenant R.N., his MID certificate for 24th September 1941, a leather flying helmet with Gosport tubes and goggles, and various other items of associated ephemera. George Ashton was born to Laura Ashton 14/04/1888 in Ryde in the parish of St Helens on the Isle of Wight, and he resided at the Coast Guard Station, East Cowes. He volunteered for service in the Royal Navy in 1903, serving as a Boy in various establishments before rating as Ordinary Seaman 14/04/1906 - his 18th birthday. He progressed to Leading Seaman by the autumn of 1911, and in April 1913 he gained an Aviator's Certificate from the Royal Aero Club of the U.K. (included in this lot). He was commissioned Probationary Flight Officer R.N.A.S. 28/10/1917. His A.F.C. was gazetted in the New Year Honour for 1939. He began the Second World War as Squadron Leader in command of the communication Squadron with the B.E.F. in France (designated 81 Squadron in December 1939), and the in command of 98 Squadron at Nantes before evacuating to the UK in June 1940 as a Wing Commander flying a Fairey Battle. 98 Squadron was attached to Coastal Command and relocated to Kaldadarnes in Iceland for coastal patrol and anti-submarine duties. While in Iceland Ashton, now a Group Commander, flew Tiger Moth T. 5878 as personal transport. He returned to the U.K. in 1941 and went on to command at R.A.F. Station Doncaster, and 5 Maintenance Unit at Kemble. * See Abbot and Tamplin, 'British Gallantry Awards', p. 8, for this variation.

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Lot 81

A quantity of French historical medals relating to national, commercial and trade institutions and including: Electrification of the Paris-Lyon railway 1952, bronze, 58 mm, in original maroon card case, extremely fine; Federation Nationale des Enterprises A Commerces Multiples, bronze, 79 mm, reverse engraved to Pierre Forestier 1957, good very fine; Centenary of the Bank of France 1900, silver, 68 mm, bust of Marianne wearing a renaissance style helmet, by O. Roty, at least very fine; Société De L' Industrie Du Gaz En France, award medal, bronze, 56 mm, rev. inscribed to Edouard Servier Congres 1881, good very fine; and other in silver (1) and bronze (10), good very fine and better. [15]

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Lot 85

A small collection of medals commemorating historic individuals, including: Pope Martin V coronation, bronze restitution medal, 41 mm, bust right, rev. coronation scene, struck on a convex flan, edge dented, otherwise about very fine; Prince Henry the Navigator, 500th anniversary of death, bronze, 100 mm, Henry seated with charts, a few slight scrapes, otherwise almost as struck; Jean-Baptiste-Léon Say memorial 1896, silver, 60 mm, by O. Roty, extremely fine; four from a series by Calico including Narcis Monuriol and the submarine Ictineo, gilt bronze, 50 mm, good very fine and better; and others. [10]

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Lot 89

A quantity of French commemorative medals with civic themes, including: Ville d'Arcachon, silver, 59 mm, female figure with town arms, rev. map and speedboat within a border of sea creatures, by R.B.Baron, nearly extremely fine; Ville Saint Denis, a bronze award medal, 72 mm, arms and historical allusions, rev. mother and child with quote after Paul Eluard, ex. presentation inscription (M. Raymond Deliquet 17.12.1976), extremely fine; Ville de Rouen, silvered-bronze plaque, 69 x 50 mm, by Hippolyte Lefèbvre, very fine; Alliance Française, bronze, 68 mm, children of various nations learn French beneath a tree, a ship beyond, rev. inscription (A. J.M. REY FONDATEUR DE "GALLIA" READING 1896), good very fine; and six other similar bronze medals. [10]

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Lot 9

The D.C.M. and M.S.M. group of five medals to Sergeant Corless Hawkes, Royal Artillery: Distinguished Service Medal, George V (10815 SJT. C. HAWKES. R.G.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (10815 SJT. C. HAWKES. R.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, George VI (1401080 SJT. C. HAWKES. D.C.M. R.A.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (10815 SJT C. HAWKES. R.G.A.), display mounted, some edge bruising and abrasion, light wear, otherwise very fine or better. [5] D.C.M. London Gazette 03/06/1919 and 11/03/1920 (Citation). "For consistent gallantry and devotion to duty during active operations, especially between 8 August and 10 October 1918. During this period his example under heavy shell fire has been of great value to his own detachment and the Battery as a whole". Offered with research. Provenance: DNW 29/06/2006 Lot 1101

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