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Lot 2013
A Collection of Ten Various Afghanistan Medals, including two Officers' Stars of Honour for the Campaign against Bachha-i-Saqqa (Habibullah); also, two Indian General Service Medals 1947, one with clasp NAGA HILLS, the other with clasp JAMMU AND KASHMIR 1947-48, a Pakistan Medal 1949, an Austria/Hungary Karl Troop Cross and three US Afghanistan Campaign medals (17)
Lot 2021
A First World War Group of Four Miniature Medals, comprising British War Medal, Victory Medal, Territorial Force War Medal and Efficiency Medal (Territorial); also, a Victorian brass belt buckle, to the Bengal Medical Service, a harness mount, a Khyber Rifles cap badge, RASC cap badge, West Riding cap badge, Temperance medal, Elizabeth II coronation medal, ribbon bars and various medal reference books. (qty)
Lot 2022
A First World War Casualty Group, comprising British War Medal, Victory Medal and Memorial Plaque, awarded to 58058 PTE.S.(Sydney) J.(James) MAYES, K.O.Y.L.I., in a glazed display frame with Memorial scroll and George V Buckingham Palace message together with a portrait photograph, and modern photographs of his war grave.Footnote: - Sydney James Mayes of 5th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry died on Tuesday 27th August 1918 and is buried at Mory Abbey Military Cemetary, France.
Lot 2023
A Second World War RAF, RAAF and ROC Group of Nine Medals to Wing Commander William Anderson Beaumont, comprising the Ordinary Companion of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division) neck badge (with box of issue), OBE Breast Badge (Military, with box of issue), Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp S.E.ASIA 1945-46 (FG.OFF. W.A.BEAUMONT RAF), Coronation Medal 1953, Air Efficiency Award, Elizabeth II (FLT.LT.W.A.BEAUMONT R.AUX.A.F.), Royal Observer Corps Medal, Elizabeth II (OBSERVER W.A.BEAUMONT) all swing mounted as worn, with the miniatures, together with his Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book, with entries 27.5.44 to 16.10.45, embroidered insignia of two raised bullion thread cap badges (Geo.VI and EII), four Navigators brevet, a 355 Squadron blazer badge, Royal Observer Corps embroidered raised bullion thread cap badge, white metal cap badge, R.O.C. shoulder titles and thirteen buttons, three framed citations for the Coronation Medal, the OBE and the Order of the Bath with related booklets, a Caterpillar Club badge named to the above and a Goldfish Club badge, each with membership card, a silver plated presentation mug and salver DATED 1961, various badges and a newspaper cutting describing his rescue from the jungle etc.; also, a British War Medal to LIEUT.K.G MACKENZIE, a miniature GSM and a silver plated mug presented to FLG.OFF.KYTHE BEAUMONT, R.AUX.A.F. 1956Footnote:- Pilot Officer W A Beaumont and the rest of his crew of 355 Squadron, were forced to bale out of their crippled Liberator on 2nd September 1945 whilst on a mission to drop supplies to a POW camp. He was missing in the jungle for four days. He survived by perching on a platform he had built to raise himself above the flood waters of the Ganges Delta. He had no food, but drank rain water dripping from the leaves. He was rescued after spending four days and nights in the jungle. This operation is recorded in his log book.
Lot 2024
A First World War Trio, comprising British War Medal, Victory Medal and Territorial Force War Medal, awarded to 780043 W.O.CL/ii. J.A. HANSON. R.A.; also, an RAF cap badge, four RAF sweetheart brooches, commemorative medallions, buttons, a small aluminium plaque stamped SALONICA ZEPP. NO. 1916 FB, a pair of dog tags to 1140832 RICHARDSON, a 1916 dated whistle etc.
Lot 2025
A Group of Three First World War and Africa Campaign Medals, comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal named to 669150 PTE.C.(Cecil) J.GAY CAN.PNE.BN. and Africa General Service Medal with clasp SOMALILAND 1920 named to 337330 A.C.2. C.J.GAY. R.A.F., swing mounted as worn, together with the miniatures and medal ribbon bar, also with a photocopy of his obituary.Footnote:- At the age of 7, Cecil J Gay moved with his family from England to Canada, but he ran away from home at the age of 14 to join the Forces in the First World War. After the war he settled in England where he married and moved to Ripon, North Yorkshire. He started a bakery and soon expanded, opening shops in Westgate, Ripon and in Oxford Street and Leeds Road, Harrogate.
Lot 2027
A Special Constable Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with two clasps THE GREAT WAR 1914-18 and LONG SERVICE 1929, awarded to JOHN S.BROOKMAN; also, a Jubilee Medal 1935, a Coronation Medal 1937, two Metropolitan Special Constabulary bronze badges - one with enamel to the King's crown, two Metropolitan Special Constabulary bronze 1914 Long Service fob medallions, and a Metropolitan Special Constabulary chrome cap badge with King's crown (8)
Lot 2029
An O.B.E. (Military), in silver, hallmarks for London 1919, in Garrards case of issue, believed to have been awarded to Private (Sergeant) William T Lovell of the Royal Sussex Regiment, together with a set of miniatures of OBE, British War Medal and Victory Medal with MID oak leaf, in Spinks case of issueFootnote:- William T Lovell served in India during the First World War. On his return from service he worked for the newspaper industry in the printing presses.
Lot 2031
A First World War Pair, awarded to 63226 PTE.A.CARTLEDGE, DURH.L.I., comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal; also, a bronzed white metal 1902 Coronation commemorative medallion, a Victorian Diamond Jubilee medallion to Gateshead Borough, a Church of England Working Mens Society medallion, a Sinex gold plated sprung fob watch on leather fob strap, and ten First World War embroidered silk postcards
Lot 2079
Twelve Various Police Badges, in chromium plate, including a Victorian Hertfordshire Constabulary cap badge, a pre-1953 Lincolnshire Constabulary cap badge, a post-1953 blue enamelled inspector's cap badge to Lincolnshire Constabulary, two small helmet plates, four collar badges etc.; also, eleven buttons and two collar badges to Devon Constabulary; a First World War Pair, awarded to R-277673 PTE.G.CUMMIN, A.S.C., comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, with a sweetheart brooch (28)
Lot 2082
A Collection of Twelve Second World War Badges, including a silver ARP badge and two white metal examples, a Civil Defence lapel badge, a Home Guard Proficiency badge for Bradford, a King's War Badge, two Home Guard lapel badges, four Railway Service badge to SR, LMS, LNER and GWR, also four First World War On Service badges and a Defence Medal (21)
Lot 2137
Battle of the River Plate Interest:- a Collection of Second World ephemera and items relating to P/Kx 75383 Stoker Petty Officer Patrick Harmon, Royal Navy who served on HMS Achilles which was one of three Royal Navy cruisers involved in the battle in December 1939 and which was the Allies first naval victory of the Second World War, the collection includes a portrait photograph, his qualifications certificates, War Medal, medal ribbon bar, embroidered cloth rank and qualifications insignia, embroidered insignia to the Order of St Joseph, his Naval Pension award, Order for Release, Auckland Metropolitan Area Complimentary Travel Ticket, a J. Arthur Rank Productions Ltd document naming the guests invited to a special viewing of the film "The Battle of the River Plate" which took place at the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London on Monday 26th November 1956, all contained in a binder fileFootnote:- More than half of the crew of the Achilles were New Zealanders and they received a hero’s welcome when they returned to New Zealand in February 1940. Parades in Auckland and Wellington drew huge crowds onto the streets.
Lot 2174
A Quantity of Militaria Relating to the First and Second World Wars, including a British War Medal and Victory Medal to 131273 2-CPL. L.F.BEDFORD R.E., a pair of brass shoulder titles to the 6th Territorial Bn Notts & Derby Regiment, with an album and loose photographs to the same regiment, a large quantity of snapshot and postcard photographs showing training, family life etc. a 1914-1918 Red Cross collection tin as a shell, a quantity of mixed rank pips, buttons and cloth insignia, unrelated Soldier's Release and Pay Books etc (four small boxes)
Lot 2194
A Small Quantity of Militaria, including medal ribbons, a medal display case, a Trench Art cigarette lighter, gilt framed soldier's locket, seven colour printed glass magic lantern slides showing servicement, nineteen copies of Dixons Gazette, political and military button badges, a silver Victoria Jubilee 1837-1867 brooch, various Royal commemorative medallions, a small quantity of silver threepenny bits and other coins etc. (qty)
Lot 2195
A Late 19th/Early 20th Century French Kepi, with scarlet wool top and black wool body, black patent leather peak, later chinstrap; French Militaria, including a Medaille Militaire in box of issue with the recipient Alexandre Delorme 1892 identity tag and portrait locket, three other examples with one box, a North Africa campaign medal and citation dated 1957, four other medals and a button, twelve colour printed postcards and two carte de visites
Lot 2198
An Interesting Collection of Royal Flying Corps Memorabilia, including two very legible hand written diaries, one from December 27th 1916 to May 30th 1917 describing the exploits of an air gunner flying over the Front Lines, one line reads "I had another shock when something hit my seat and thought it a machine gun bullet. However, it was only a bent piece of 3 ply which bent up like a spring whenever the machine dropped and my weight was removed", the other diary to 53411 2.A.M. Ralph Burn, 23rd Squadron R.F.C. beginning January 9th 1917 and ending 12th September 1918, together with his Certificates of Discharge, Employment During the War, Protection and Identity, and Demobilization Account; also, part manuscript, photographs and research material collected by Flight Lieutenant D.Winter R.A.F. for a book "Gentlemen in Khaki", including Memorial Scroll, medal citation etc to Lieutenant William Henry Ritter General List and Royal Flying Corps
Lot 2246
Major General Philip Thomas Tower, CB, DSO, MBE, GOC - a Part Uniform, comprising a No.1 blues tunic with staybrite buttons, rank pips, scarlet wool gorgets, medal ribbon bars and paratrooper sleeve insignia, a leather crossbelt and pouch badged to the Royal Artillery, a No.1 blues dress cap and a No.2 khaki service cap, each with bullion thread badge and leather chinstrap, a black wool Kangol beret with bullion thread cap badge, an Athol grey general officer's greatcoat with staybrite buttons and scarlet lining, a blue wool evening uniform cloak with scarlet lining, and a khaki greatcoat with leather football buttons - made by his wife and sent to him as a POW in Italy (he used this greatcoat as part of his escape outfit), together with ephemera including a copy of his obituary and the draft eulogy given at his funeral by his nephew Major General Michael Trenchard Tennant. (9)Footnote:- Philip Thomas Tower was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1937 and served with 25 Field Regiment RA in India until the outbreak of the Second World War. After a staff appointment with 4th Indian Division he rejoined 25th Field Regiment in the Western Desert as a battery commander. In June 1942, at Tobruck, he was forced to surrender to the Germans after his battery were surrounded when their ammunition ran out. His gallantry was later recognised by the awarding of the DSO. He was sent to a POW camp in Italy and made several attempts to escape, finally doing so whilst being transported from the battle zone to a prisoner of war compound. He dispatched his guard and jumped from the vehicle which was travelling at 40 mph. Two days later he staggered into a German workshop and was eventually returned to the Italians as a POW. He escaped again, this time successfully, although he was wounded in the chest by a mine. After he recovered from his ordeal and his wound he went on to qualify as a parachutist and was dropped at Arnhem with 1st Airborne Division. After the war he continued his career in the army and in 1967 was appointed GOC Middle East Land Forces tasked with the withdrawal of British Troops from South Arabia, and it was the town of Aden which was to provide the defining moment in his military career.No.1 dress tunic - 42" chest, 19" shoulder width, 27" sleeve length; No.1 dress cap measures 23" around sweatband; No.2 dress cap measures 22" around sweatband; beret size 59, Athol Grey greatcoat 44" chest, 19" shoulder width, 24 1/2" sleeve length; khaki greatcoat 44" chest, 19" shoulder width, 28 1/2" sleeve length; evening cape 24 1/2" sleeve length.
Lot 2275
A Second World War German Kriegsmarine U-boat Radio Room Timepiece by Junghens, the 6cm circular black enamel dial with luminous arabic numerals and hands, eagle over M, Kriegsmarine and subsidiary seconds dial, enclosed by hinged glazed door, in a muted black enamelled case, the back hinged and opening to reveal the winding plate and hand adjuster, stamped with maker's mark of a star/J 30 D, 7cm ; a Second World War Group of Four Medals, comprising 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal and War Medal, awarded to 1911454 L/CPL. T C Auger R.E., with Soldier's Release Book and related ephmera; a Second World War German Coastal Artillery Badge, in white metal, the reverse with vertical needle shape pin and maker's mark for F W Assmann & Sohn.The eagle and swastika over Kriegsmarine on the dial are on a semi circular patch which appears to be later. The movement is working and there are no visible cracks or damage. The Coastal Artillery badge has been de-natzified.
Lot 424
CRIMEA MEDAL AWARDED TO JAS BLOOMFIELD, 17TH REGIMENT OF LANCERS with bars for Sebastopol, Inkermann and Balaklava together with a period 19th century cabinet potrait of James Bloomfield wearing the medal (the medal with contemporary engraving) and his original discharge paper dated 16th October 1856 noting his ‘being medically unfit for the service’ but also showing his enlistment date for the 17th Lancers as 21st September 1836 and signed off as being of ‘Good Character’, also with two small sheets for an Annual Dinner Programme for 1858, possibly regimental but unmarked together with a later George V British WWI War Medal stamped for F.3655 T.J. Bloomfield P.O.M R.N.A.S (Petty Officer Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service).
Lot 425
AN LSGC TO PRIVATE CHARLES WARREN, 13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS (THE LIGHT BRIGADE) together with a collection of research papers and a copy of his discharge papers dated 25th June 1867 showing 24 years and 87 days service and of ‘exemplary character’ . Warren was in fact taken prisoner , apparently having been captured during the charge and was a prisoner of war in Russia for just over a year after which he was transferred to the Military Train at which regiment he was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
Lot 32
CASTELLANI: GOLD AND ENAMEL 'MILLEFIORI' BROOCH AND SEVEN GOLD BEADS, CIRCA 1860The circular brooch with a central putto amongst flowers with white, blue and red enamel, within a ropetwist and blue enamel surround, together with seven gold beads with pellet and wirework decoration, brooch with maker's mark CC, lengths: brooch 4cm, beads 1.5cm, case by Cameo Corner, 26 Museum Street, London WC1, accompanied by a purchase receipt for the brooch from Cameo Corner dated 14th March 1973Footnotes:For a comparable brooch example, see Weber Soros, Susan., 'Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewellery', p.235, pl. 9-11. Many variations of this 'millefiori' motif are known, and these brooches are one of the jewels that can be directly related to designs of Michelangelo Caetani, which are kept at the Fondazione Camille Caetani , Rome (Munn, G., 'Castellani and Giuliano', 1984, p. 48. These brooches are typically domed in the centre, whereas the design of lot 32 is flat. For a 'Campana' necklace by Castellani containing similar beads, see Weber Soros, Susan., 'Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewellery', p. 215, pl. 8-23.Provenance:Hilary Clarke of Cameo Corner (1925-2015) Known as 'Jill' to her friends, Hilary Clarke was one of the first women to be made a Fellow of the Gemmological Association in 1951. In her early career she worked as a designer for Edward Barnard & Sons of Hatton Garden (1950-1951) and S Root & Co. Ltd (1951-1954) before joining Cameo Corner, Bloomsbury as assistant manager in 1954.Cameo Corner (located at 26 Museum Street, just behind The British Museum) had a world-famous reputation not only for its historic jewels but for its royal, as well as celebrity connections. Queen Mary, Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother had all been frequent visitors.When Hilary Clarke was made a director in 1962 she instigated a series of annual modern jewellery exhibitions which soon became a regular fixture in the trade calendar until the shop eventually closed in 1978. In 2001, in recognition of her contribution in promoting the work of British studio jewellers from the early Sixties until the mid-Eighties, she was awarded The Centennial Medal by the Society of Designer Craftsmen.Hilary Clarke's vast knowledge of jewellery history has become legendary within the industry. She was frequently asked to give talks and lectures and retained, until her death, close ties to The Society of Jewellery Historians.Black and white photography of Hilary 'Jill' Clarke © Private CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 234
Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, 1725-1799, bronze medal, 1794, Naval victory of the first of June, by C.H. Küchler. Obv: Uniformed bust of Howe right; Rev: View of the Howe's flagship Queen Charlotte sinking a French ship, in contemporary hinged case 49mmProvenance:William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock (1753-1825) and thence by descent
Lot 394
A Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840, named to 'Hon. G.G.Waldegrave. Capt. R.N.' with rare AMANTHEA, 25 JULY 1810 claspProvenance:Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock CB (1786-1857)and thence by descent Vice-Admiral Granville George Waldegrave, 2nd Baron Radstock CB (24 September 1786 – 11 May 1857), joined the Royal Navy in 1798 and rose through the ranks, becoming a captain in 1807, rear admiral in 1841, vice admiral of the White in 1853 and the Red in 1855. From 1831–37, he was a Naval aide-de-camp to King William IV and to Queen Victoria from 1837–1841.
Lot 80
Portrait of the artist seated three-quarter length, holding a folio resting on a stone pedestal, beside an easel oil on canvas laid on board123 x 90cmProvenance:Christie's, London, 28th October 1998, lot 260The sitter is wearing the medal of Frederick, King of Sweden given to him by Frederick I whilst he was in Stockholm in 1730-31, prior to his departure for Vienna.The prime original of this portrait by van Meytens (inv. no. NMGrh 1936) is now in the Nationalmuseum in Sweden.Framed 151 x 120.5cmThe painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which has been laid onto a large sheet of hardboard. The hardboard support has an elaborate cradle devise on the reverse to keep the painting in plane. The paint layers are in a good, stable condition overall. There are areas of overpaint across the surface, some of which have slightly darkened, but are generally well matched to the original. The varnish layer is even, glossy and slightly yellowed. There is a layer of surface dirt present and a few scuffs and scratches.
Lot 546
A Birmingham silver agricultural medal awarded by the Kilmacolm and Port Glasgow Agricultural Society to Mrs. Millar, Maukinhill "For Best Female Ayrshire in the Field", dated 1937, weight 72g; together with a Chester silver football medal, WW2 medal group, RAF enamelled sweetheart brooch, rank pip and a British Empire Exhibition souvenir medal Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 661
A 1914 Star, awarded to Pte P Kelly of 2/R Scots, together with a collection of medal ribbons; cloth patches and insignia, to include Royal Engineers shoulder patches, Signaller's proficiency patches, an RAF Signaller's wing, an RAF Eagle shoulder flash and others Condition Report:Available upon request
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