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A LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE 2ND BATTALION SILVER BUGLE. 11ins long, London 1939. Maker: POTTER, London. Weight: 24ozs. Presented to the 2nd Battalion for MISS IRENE CARLEBACH, 22nd September, 1939.

Four: Warrant Office Class II W. J. Parminter, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5178823 W.O. Cl.II. W. J. Parminter. 6-Glouc R.); together with an Army Rifle Association Bronze Medal, the reverse engraved ‘R.Q.M.S. W. Parminter 1936’; and a silver pocket watch, the reverse engraved; Recruiting Prize 1930 C.S-M. W. Parminter (6) £400-£500

An ‘underage’ Great War pair awarded to Private J. Green, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was somewhat economical with the truth regarding his age at enlistment and immediately struggled to cope with the appalling conditions found on the Western Front in the lead up to the Battle of the Somme British War and Victory Medals (G-6804 Pte. J. Green. The Queen’s R.) patches of staining to VM, nearly very fine (2) £70-£90 --- James Green was born around 1898 at Chobham, the son of Harry Green and brother of Albert Green of Highland’s Cottage, Ripley, Surrey. A farm labourer, his Army Service Record notes that he attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment on 15 November 1915, giving his address as ‘Proos Farm, Send’ and his declared age as 19 years and 1 month. His medical notes further confirm that he was illiterate: ‘Can’t read or write but can count dots.’ Sent to Guildford for training, Green served in France from 3 May 1916 and soon began to struggle with the appalling conditions on the Western Front. On 3 June 1916 he suffered a self-inflicted (accidental) gunshot wound to the left hand which was relayed by the C.O. of the 19th Battalion to higher military authorities two weeks later. Admitted to hospital at Boischope with a shattered left hand, Green was soon placed under arrest awaiting trial. Tried by F.G.C.M., his Army Record makes the statement of case: ‘G.S.W. left hand (accidental) self inflicted... was cleaning his rifle when it went off and shot him in the hand. 3rd and 4th metatarsals broken. The hand is almost useless, no grip, complains of useless hand.’ Found guilty of neglect to the prejudice of good order and military discipline for careless wounding, Green was sentenced to 28 days Field Punishment No. 1. Returned to his unit, it wasn’t long before he was admitted to No. 30 General Hospital at Calais on 14 July 1916 with a gunshot wound suffered in the field. A note accompanying his Record states: ‘G.S.W. l-foot, 4th toe shot off.’ Rejoining his Battalion, the young man was wounded again on 7 June 1917 (G.S.W. shoulder) and again on 31 July 1917 when he received a shrapnel wound to the right leg. He was discharged just 5 days before the Armistice, no longer physically fit for war service - on account of the first wound to his hand. Returned home to Surrey, Green was later married at the Parish Church, Send, on 17 February 1919. Interestingly, the details in the marriage register correspond with many of those in his Army Service Record, with his brother Albert serving as witness (his father being deceased). With the groom’s profession described as ‘labourer’, the marriage to 19 year-old Miss Unity White was further signed with a mark (’x’) and his declaration of age as 21 years.

A fine ‘Mekran Expedition 1898’ C.B. group of nine awarded to Colonel R. C. G. Mayne, Bombay Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lt. R. C. G. Mayne, 29th Bo. N.I.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut: R. C. G. Mayne 29th Bombay N.I.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: R. C. G. Mayne, 2nd Belooch: Regt.); China 1900, no clasp (Lt. Col: R. C. G. Mayne, C.B., A.D.C., 30 Belooch: Inf:); Coronation 1902, silver; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Coronation 1911; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted court-style, minor enamel chips to the first, the earlier campaign medals with pitting from star, otherwise very fine and better (9) £2,800-£3,400 --- Richard Charles Graham Mayne was born on 27 August 1852 in Simla, India, the son of Major Robert Graham Mayne, and Eliza Anne Landale. He was sent back to England to be educated at Wellington College, and then attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst, being commissioned as an Ensign into the 83rd County of Dublin Regiment of Foot in 1872. Mayne then transferred to the Indian Army, and was appointed a Lieutenant with the 29th Bombay Native Infantry, which was otherwise known as the Balooch Regiment. He saw service during the Second Afghanistan War of 1878-80, being present during Lord Robert's famous march from Kabul to Kandahar during August 1880, and was then present at the capture of Kandahar on 1 September 1880. Mayne was then present with the Indian Contingent sent to Egypt during the Egyptian War of 1882, being present in action at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir on 13 September 1882. Mayne was promoted to Captain in 1884, and then to Major in 1892, followed by Lieutenant Colonel in 1898, and appointed to command the 30th Bombay Native Infantry which was otherwise known as the 3rd Balooch Regiment. It was in this year that Mayne performed his most distinguished services for the Indian Army when he commanded the forces during the little known but important Mekran Expedition. At the turn of the 19th Century, the Mekran area of north-west India (now Pakistan) and adjacent south-east Persia was a remote dry strip of land running along the northern coastline of the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. This was, and remains today, one of the most hostile and inaccessible regions in the world. Mountains rising to over 10,000 feet formed a backdrop to the coastal desert. Habitation inland followed watercourses that ran through gorges in the hills where date gardens could be irrigated. Coastal communities existed on fishing and smuggling, with Muscat, in Oman across the Straits of Hormuz, being a major source of illegally-imported weapons. The camel provided a transport resource, as well as milk and meat. The standard of living was very low, bordering on wretched, for many inhabitants. The people were hardy and lawless Muslim Baluch tribesmen who resisted outside interference and who constantly intrigued and fought amongst themselves. In the British-administered portion of Mekran government of a sort was achieved by tribal treaty supervised by British Political Agents. The British presence was most evident on the coast where a telegraph line ran from Persia to Karachi. However, by 1898, British survey parties were working inland. In January 1898, conflict broke out in Kej, where the Hindu Nazim Diwan Udho Das (a district administrator who reported to the ruler of the region, the Khan of Kalat) was disliked and disrespected by the Baluch sardars (leaders) Baluch Khan and Mehrab Khan Gichki. The latter, with the complicity of Baluch Khan, attacked Diwan Udho Das on 6th January, imprisoned him in Kalatuk Fort and looted his treasury. Meantime, the unsuspecting British had deployed four surveyors, with Punjabi civilian support staff, into the Kolwa and Kej valleys, depending on the Baluch sardars' levies for security. On 9th January, the camp of one of the surveyors, Captain J. M. Burn, Royal Engineers, was attacked by local tribesmen. The fifteen-man levy escort team, commanded by Rhustam Khan, brother of Mehrab Khan Gichki, stood aside as sixteen support staff were slaughtered. The attackers and the escort party then seized thirty-five rifles and 15,000 Rupees. Captain Burn had been sleeping on a hill three miles away, and he was alerted by one of his men who had escaped from the camp. Burn started off on foot to Balor, thirty-five miles away. At Balor he sent messengers to alert the other surveyors, and he obtained a camel to ride to Urmara, whence on 11th January he telegraphed a report to Brigadier-General T. A. Cooke, the Officer Commanding Sind District, at Karachi. Within two hours of the report's arrival, a military response was initiated. Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. C. Mayne, commanding 30th Bombay Infantry (3rd Baluch Battalion), was ordered to proceed with 250 men to Urmara, seventy-five miles east of Pasni. Transportation was provided by the tug Richmond Crawford, with a local boat in tow carrying followers, baggage, 400 rounds per rifle, and rations for one month. Three British officers and one medical officer accompanied Mayne. Parties from the 21st Bombay Infantry were despatched to Chabbar and Jask in Persian Mekran to protect British telegraph facilities in those locations. Meanwhile those sardars wishing to avoid direct conflict with the British escorted the three remaining surveyors and their men into Urmara. At Urmara, Colonel Mayne landed his men, horses and supplies by using local bunder boats (ship-to-shore coastal boats). More troops were being organised to join Colonel Mayne, and Pasni was chosen as the operational base. From Pasni, a direct route led north to Mehrab Khan's fort at Turbat and the nearby fort at Kalatuk where Nazim Diwan Udho Das was jailed. Colonel Mayne marched on 19th January with his men along the 100 miles of telegraph line to Pasni, repairing the line as he went. The hostile sardars had sent instructions that the British were not to be offered camels to assist with transportation, but the British Political Agent for South-East Baluchistan, Major M. A. Tighe, quickly found camels for Colonel Mayne. None of the beasts were strong due to recent droughts in the region and many died under the pressure of work. By 27th January, Colonel Mayne had under his command at Pasni the 30th Bombay Infantry (400 rifles), a section of No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery (two 7-pndr guns), and eighty-eight transport mules. Two days later the following troops left Karachi to join Colonel Mayne: 6th Bombay Cavalry (half-squadron); 30th Bombay Infantry (eighty rifles, tasked with guarding telegraph facilities at Urmara, Pasni and Gwadur); Bombay Sappers and Miners (one British and one Indian officer with twelve other ranks); No 42 Field Hospital ('C' and 'D' Sections); an additional twelve transport mules. Colonel Mayne left Pasni with his men and the two mountain guns on 27th January, knowing that Baluch Khan intended to block his advance to Turbat. Four dry and dusty days later at 08.00 hours, the column came across the hostile Sardars and 1,500 of their men on hills 300 feet above the mouth of a narrow six-mile long defile. When the advance guard under Lieutenant N. R. Anderson got within 850 yards of the enemy, it came under breech-loading rifle fire. Captain A. Le G. Jacob, with fifty rifles, was deployed onto a hill on the enemy's left flank where he met stiff opposition. Lieutenant J. H. Paine and his gunners now delivered destructive blows by blasting the sardars' forces with shells. Colonel Mayne sent Captain R. Southey with fifty rifles to drive the enemy off low hills to the left (west) of the defile. At that moment Lieutenant H. T. Naylor appeared with thirty-two sabres from the 6th Bombay Cavalry. ...

A Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of seven awarded to acting Warrant Officer Class II A. J. Nutting, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment, who was thrice honoured in the Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Military), unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (161 A.W.O. Cl. 2 A. J. Nutting, 16-Lond. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., named to another recipient ‘562118 Spr.-A.S. Sjt. E. Paine, R.E.’; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style with new ribands but on original wearing bar, together with four related Queen’s Westminster Rifles’ prize medals 1909-12, two in gold and two in bronze, all named to the recipient, dated and in fitted cases of issue; and a silver prize award from the Metropolitan Territorial School of Arms Association, 1912, this also in fitted case, good very fine and better (12) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009. Medal of the Order of the British Empire London Gazette 23 January 1920: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders. M.S.M. London Gazette 18 October 1916: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered during the present War.’ Alfred James Nutting was from Merstham, Surrey, and by profession a director of an old family business, the seed merchants Nutting and Sons Ltd. But he was also a keen Volunteer and Territorial, originally having joined the 13th (Queen’s) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers at Buckingham Gate in London several years before the Great War. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal shortly before the outbreak of hostilities (AO 216 of July 1914 refers), he went out to France as a Sergeant with the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) in November of that year, where, no doubt, he witnessed events of the famous Christmas Truce - gifts were exchanged in No Man’s Land and one of the German officers encountered by the Battalion was originally from Catford. Remaining actively employed on the Western Front, Nutting was to be decorated on three occasions, namely with the Army Meritorious Service Medal; the Royal Victorian Medal in silver, on the occasion of George V’s visit to the Army in the Field in July 1917; and the Medal of the Order of the British Empire. Returning to his family firm after the War, of which he rose to be Chairman of the Board, Nutting was appointed as the Horticultural Trade Association’s representative to the Ministry of Agriculture on the renewal of hostilities, but following the complete destruction of his business premises in Southwark Street, London in 1942, his health declined. He died in Redhill, Surrey in July 1946.

Three: Lieutenant V. R. W. Johnson, Wiltshire Regiment, who was mortally wounded on the Western Front in March 1915
1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut. V. R. W. Johnson, Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. V. R. W. Johnson) good very fine or better (3) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Victor Reginald William Johnson was born in July 1894, the son of a ‘highly respected tradesman’ from Reading, and was educated at the Kendrick School and University College, Reading, where he was a member of the O.T.C.

Commissioned in the 3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, on the outbreak of hostilities, he was attached to the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on entering the French theatre of War on 23 October 1914, in which capacity he remained employed until transferring to the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, in mid-February 1915, a period that witnessed him present in the fighting around Festubert and being hospitalised in late December 1914 (the 1/Devons war diary refers).

As stated, Johnson joined the 2nd Wiltshires in mid-February 1915 but, having emerged unscathed from the ferocious fighting at Neuve Chapelle in the following month, was mortally wounded on the 28, while commanding ‘A’ Company. Captain E. Makin wrote to the recipient’s father in the following terms:

‘I regret to announce to you that your son was killed in the trenches yesterday afternoon. He was hit through the back of the head by a rifle bullet. Our Medical Officer happened to be on the spot at the time and I can assure you that everything was done that was possible to save him. The Medical Officer, who is a very clever doctor, tried to operate almost at once, but found it was useless, and your son died about two hours afterwards.

He was buried by our Chaplain at 3 p.m. this afternoon. Only my Adjutant, Captain Ponsford, and myself were able to be present, with some of the regimental stretcher bearers, as the other officers could not leave their duty in the trenches.

His loss is not only a personal loss, but I think he would have become a very good officer, and his death is a loss to the whole Army. He is buried besides two other officers. Please allow me to express my sympathy with you at your great loss, and that of the whole regiment.’

Johnson, ‘an exceedingly smart young fellow’ and of ‘genial disposition’, was 20 years old when he died, and is buried in the Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie. Sold with including copied articles from local newspapers featuring his news from the front and copied portrait photograph taken from Berkshire at War.

Four: Captain (Quartermaster) H. J. Newman, 1st Federation Reconnaissance Regiment of Malaya, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (6403692 W.O. Cl.2 H. J. Newman. K.R.R.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6403692 W.O. Cl.1. H. J. Newman. K.R.R.C.) mounted court-style for display; together with three metal identification discs to recipient., nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180 --- Henry John Newman served with the Royal Sussex Regiment and Staff of the G.O.C. Southern Command as a Sergeant during the Second World War. He was promoted Orderly Room Quartermaster-Sergeant in 1946, serving with the 27th Green Jackets Holding Battalion. He then transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps, serving in the same role until 1956. From 1957 to 1959, he acted as Regimental Sergeant-Major, Queen Victoria's Rifles. Commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the 1st Federation Reconnaissance Regiment of Malaya, he was promoted Captain (Quartermaster) on 25 November 1962 and retired some five days later.

A Wolverhampton Volunteer Rifle Corps Cap Badge. A scarce example, the bronze arms of Wolverhampton, below scroll with ‘Wolverhampton Volunteer Rifle Corps’, named slider to the rear ‘H B Sale Birmingham’, very good condition £80-£100

A Great War ‘Egyptian Expeditionary Force’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. Ford, 23rd (County of London) Battalion, late 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Lt. J. Ford. 2/23. L.R., Jerusalem 19.2.18; 1914 Star, with clasp (9822 Pte. J. Ford. 5/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Cpt. J. Ford.) mounted court-style for display, lacquered, good very fine (4) £700-£900 --- M.C. London Gazette 22 June 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led his company with the greatest coolness across a narrow ravine, which had led to a hill under point-blank machine gun fir, capturing two machine-guns and many prisoners. When after dawn the position was shelled, and he was wounded, he remained at his post and consolidated the position.’ John Ford attested for the London Regiment and served with the 5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) on the Western Front from 4 November 1914. Advanced Sergeant, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 23 January 1916, and saw further service with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. Sold with copied medal index card and other research.

Pair: Private J. A. Adams, 9th (County of London Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (394034 Pte. J. A. Adams. 9-Lond. R.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (S-870 Pte. H. Fallows. Rif: Brig:); British War Medal 1914-20 (7573 Pte. A. W. Richardson. 13-Lond. R.) good very fine (4) £60-£80 --- John Atlee Adams attested for the 9th (County of London Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment, on 22 May 1916 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged on 16 July 918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 379,388. Harry Fallows was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, and attested there for the Rifle Brigade. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 July 1915, and died of wounds on 10 September 1916. He is buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France.

A Great War ‘First Day of the Somme’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant-Major J. Porter, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (R-158 C.S. Mjr: J. Porter. 7/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (R-158 L. Sjt. J. Porter. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-158 W.O. Cl. 2. J. Porter. K.R. Rif. C.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (4) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917; citation published 13 February 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried up stores through a very heavy barrage and later, handled his platoon with great skill and determination. He has, on several occasions, shown a splendid example to his men.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Roclincourt, 1 July 1916.’ John Porter was born at St Helens, Lancaster, and enlisted on 2 September 1914, aged 33, a glass grinder by trade. He was promoted to Lance-Corporal, 8 January 1915; Corporal, 2 February 1915; Lance-Sergeant, 10 March 1915; proceeded to France on 19 May 1915, where he served mainly with the 7th Battalion but also the 5th Battalion. He was wounded on 7 July 1915; promoted to Sergeant, 15 January 1916; Company Sergeant-Major, 29 September 1916; wounded a second time on 23 October 1916, grenade wound to left hand and arm. Porter was discharged to Reserve on 10 February 1919. Sold with copied research including Attestation papers and gazette notices.

Military Sweetheart Badges. A selection of military sweetheart badges including, London Rifle Brigade, HAC, Royal Fusiliers, Royal Engineers, Queen Mary’s AAC, WAAC, 8th Ghurkhas, Norfolk; together with sundry other cap badges, some fixings missing, generally good condition (lot) £60-£80

India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, with M.I.D. oak leaf (218844 F-Sgt. W. J. Brownridge, R.A.F.) number, rank, and initials officially corrected, nearly extremely fine and scarce £180-£220 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2005 (when sold with just the single Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 clasp). M.I.D. London Gazette 10 June 1921: Brownridge, W., No. 218844, Sergeant. ‘For distinguished service during the operations in Waziristan, 1919-20.’ W. J. Brownridge served as a Flight-Sergeant in 20 Squadron, which unit was equipped with Bristol F2Bs and initially flew out of a makeshift airfield near Dakka. Apart from the fact the mountainous regions of the North West Frontier were hardly ideal for early flying operations, it is worth noting that the Afghan tribesmen responded in kind when visited by the R.A.F., one pilot describing their disciplined and accurate rifle fire as ‘uncomfortably like that of a machine-gun - and almost as effective.’ Note: The recipient’s exact clasp entitlement is unconfirmed, and his name does not appear on the latest published transcript of the medal roll. However, he undoubtedly received a ‘Mention’ for the Waziristan campaign which, inter alia, qualifies him for the medal.

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (5870 Pte. J. Phillips 4th Bn. K. Rl. Rif. Corps) number partially officially corrected, edge bruise, contact marks, very fine £140-£180 --- James William Phillips, a coal porter from Islington, London, was born around 1871. He attested into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 22 August 1890 and served in Burma with the 4th Battalion during the 1889-92 campaign. Discharged to the Army Reserve on 9 December 1896, he was recalled on 9 October 1899 for service in South Africa during the Boer War, before his final discharge on 30 August 1902. Sold with copied service papers.

26th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps (Custom’s House) Officers Pouch Belt Plate. A fine example, Hallmarked Silver London 1862 (Philip Firmen), Coronet with belt below ‘Pro Libertate Patriae’, to the centre shield with three Lions, two bolts to the rear, minor service wear to the centre, good condition £180-£220

A scarce double-issue Q.S.A. awarded to Captain A. Palmer, 24th Middlesex (Post Office) Volunteer Rifle Corps and Army Post Office Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2) (Capt. A. Palmer. Middx: Vol. Rif. Cps.; Capt. A. Palmer. A.P.O. Cps.) both engraved naming, minor edge bruising to latter, nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- Archdale Palmer was born on 7 November 1865, the only son of Archdale Villiers Palmer, Bengal Civil Service, and was educated at Winchester College. He joined the 24th Middlesex (Post Office) Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1889, and was advanced Captain on 7 October 1893. He served in South Africa during the Boer War as part of a detachment of the 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers to reinforce the Army Post Office Corps, and was based in Kimberley. He appears on the Q.S.A. Roll for both the 24th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps and the Army Post Office Corps, and retired in September 1905. In civilian life he served as Secretary of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Sold with copied research.

Four: Private A. Arrowsmith, Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4576 Pte. A. Arrowsmith. 2/Rif: Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (4576 Pte. A. Arrowsmith. Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4576 Pte. A. Arrowsmith. Rifle Brigade.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, good very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Alfred Arrowsmith was born in Galborne, Lancashire, in 1874 and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Warrington on 9 September 1896, having previously served in the 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 12 July to 20 September 1898; in Crete during the occupation of that island from 21 September 1898 to 1 October 1899; and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 2 October 1899 to 20 June 1900, and again from 3 August 1901 to 29 October 1902. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 9 September 1903, and was discharged on 8 September 1908. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

1st Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps Officer’s Pouch Belt Plate. A fine example c.1870, silvered crowned laurel and palm wreath, the title circlet with ‘First Surrey Rifles’, to the centre bugle with ‘1’ on a stippled ground, three bolts to the rear; together with a presentation silver Hallmarked 1896 regimental spoon engraved ‘S.C. 1911’, good condition (2) £100-£140

Pair: Private R. A. Smith, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 10 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (C-12907 Pte. R. A. Smith. K. R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Albert Smith) good very fine (3) £90-£120 --- Robert Albert Smith, a farm worker from North Acton, Felton, was born in Branxton, Northumberland, around 1892. He attested into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion from 5 May 1916. Later transferring into the 2nd Battalion, he died of wounds on 10 September 1918 and is buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wilmille, France. Sold with copied service papers, copied medal roll extracts, and other research.

Four: Major W. Hunter, Royal Scots, late Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, block of clasps unattached from retaining rod, with date clasp loose (11420 Pte. W. Hunter, 62nd Coy. 11th Imp: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (Capt. W. Hunter. R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. Hunter) mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- William Hunter, a metal merchant from London, was born on 22 October 1874. He attested into the 7th (London Scottish) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps serving for seven years. He later attested into the Imperial Yeomanry for service during the Boer War, and served in South Africa with the 62nd (Middlesex) Company, 11th Battalion. Later commissioned into the Royal Scots for service during the Great War, he served on the Western Front with the 11th Battalion from 10 May 1915. He received a perforated eardrum as a result of being close to an exploding shell, which damaged his hearing. Returned to the U.K. at the end of September 1915, he afterwards served in a training capacity with the 1/7th Battalion, Royal Scots. Appointed Acting Major, he was released from service on 15 June 1919. Sold with copied service papers.

Hong Kong Plague 1894 (Private T. Hyde, S.L.I.) rank and unit correctly impressed, name renamed (engraved), edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2013. Thomas Hyde was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire. A Painter by occupation and a former member of the 1st Hereford Rifle Volunteers and 4th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, he enlisted for full-time service at Shrewsbury on 28 September 1888, aged 18 years. He served in Hong Kong, India and South Africa. Transferred to the Army Reserve on 26 February 1896, he rejoined the Colours on 4 July 1898 but was discharged as unfit for further service on 12 June 1900.

An Order of St John group of ten awarded to Sergeant J. Elam, 2nd London Volunteer Rifle Corps and St John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s breast badge, silver and enamel; Defence Medal; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Private J. Elain (sic)); Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze (J. Elam, Sergt.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Sgt. J. Elam); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (1887 C. Sjt: J. Elam, 2/Lomdon V.R.C.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal, unnamed, with three additional service clasps; St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (Sergt. J. Elam. No. 1 Dist.) mounted court-style as worn, very fine (10) £400-£500

Pair: Private D. S. Wright, 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5859 Pte. D. S. Wright. 5-Lond. R.); with Victory Medal 1914-19 (108646 Pte. R. W. Wright. C.M.R.) generally good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (31 Sjt. H. Beveridge C.F.A.; 629007 Pte. E. N. Barnes. 29-Can, Inf.; 552508 Sjt. T. J. Davies. C.C.T.S.; 200058 Pte. R. H. Smart. C.A.V.C.) generally very fine (7) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Rawleigh William Wright was born in Brixton, London in July 1894. He was the son of Jean E. Wright, of 15 Hazledon Road, Brockley, London. Wright served during the Great War with the 3rd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles on the Western Front. He died of illness, 4 December 1918, and is buried in Vevey (St. Martin’s) Cemetery, Switzerland. Harry Beveridge was born in Canada in July 1892. He served during the Great War with the 8th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Sergeant Beveridge was killed in action on the Western Front, 21 August 1918, and is buried in the Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1889-92, N.E. Frontier 1891 (5435 Bugler G. W. Stewart 4th Bn. K. R. Rif. C.) good very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Peter Wardrop Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2000; Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016. Only 25 medals with this clasp combination to the 4th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. G. W. Stewart served with the 4th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps on the North West Frontier of India with the Tamu Column between 18 April and 7 May 1891, and in Burma with the Baungshe Column between 25 December 1891 and 29 February 1892. He subsequently served with the 2nd Battalion Mounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State, Transvaal, and South Africa 1901).

LARGE VICTORIAN OIL ON CANVAS PORTRAIT DEPICTING FOUR MILITARY OFFICERS (APPEARS TO BE FATHER AND THREE SONS), ONE ROYAL ARTILLERY AND ONE THE RIFLE BRIGADE, IN DECORATIVE FRAME, 90 X 111CM

An air rifle, .22 calibre, unbranded, 100cm long, with accessories.

SMALL DAISY AIR RIFLE SIGN

AN 18TH CENTURY OTTOMAN TURKISH FLINTLOCK RIFLE, with damascus barrel, mother of pearl inlaid stock, the barrel with engraved brass bands, with bone butt plate, 158cm long.

A 17TH CENTURY TURKISH OTTOMAN MATCHLOCK CASTLE RIFLE, with heavy ribbed barrel and silver bands and mounts, 79cm long.

Diana Model 27 .177 Air Rifle, Permit Number: 53/V/000101/2024

A Crosman model 766 .177 calibre air rifle.

Action Man - Four 1970-77 Figures, Red Devil Parachutist with overals, helmet, goggles and boots, Atomic Man with overals, boots, etc. Also included a selection of period accessories including parachute, Rifle Rack, rubber space suit, helmets, etc.

A Quantity of 1/6th Scale Action Figure Accesories, including Kriegsmarine 1941 Kar98k, Action Man SLR rifle, Action Man Sten Gun, etc. (two trays)

Group of medallions to include silver examples, featuring a 1920's RAOB silver jewel / medallion, 'City Waiter' silver jewel, Yeomanry Rifle Association, George VI coronation, etc

John Knibbs - BSA and Lincoln Jeffries Air Rifles, L Wesley - Air-Guns and Air-Pistols and another on The Austrian Army Repeating Air Rifle.

An Ottoman Empire children's flintlock rifle, recovered from a farmhouse in Belgium prior to demolition

A collection of toy pistols, a Johnny Eagle Magumba rifle and cowboy hat, (five pistols), all a/f

A Weirauch air rifle, Cal. .22, complete with telescopic sight and padded carry case.

An antique Martini Henry rifle, complete condition.

A German 'Original' air rifle complete with telescopic sight and carry case, Cal. .22.

A British L.1.A.4. SLR Rifle bayonet complete with scabbard.

A Swiss SIG 510 7.62 rifle bayonet together with scabbard and frog.

A 1858 pattern brown bess rifle bayonet together with leather scabbard.

A British L.1.A.1. SLR rifle bayonet together with scabbard.

A 1940's Webley Service MK.II Cal. .177 air rifle, matching numbers, Manufactured by Webley & Scott Ltd, Birmingham, England.

A German 'Original' air rifle complete with telescopic sight and carry case, Cal. .177.

A collection of Canadian Military Queens crown cap badges to include The Canadian Officers Training Corps, Argyll and Sutherland Regiment, The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals and The Regina Rifle Regiment, all complete with correct fixings to verso.

Two 20th century carved wooden clubs and a carved wooden rifle, all from the Solomon Islands

The Webley Junior air rifle, with original box

An early 20th century 9ct gold London Rifle Brigade military sweetheart bar brooch, South Africa 1900 - 2, 36.8mm, 2.3g Condition Report: Brooch fitting slightly bent, otherwise no damage, general wear to high points, fitting working, stamped 9ct

CHARITY LOT - an Elizabeth II sterling silver military model of Lance Corporal J Harman VC, maker RMN, London 2000, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment figure modelled in uniform holding bolt action rifle with bayonet, on hardwood block stand with applied plaque, inscribed "L Cpl J Harman VC 4qorwk Kohima 1944", 14cm, 7.8oz gross Condition Report: No damage or repair, hallmarks clear

A BSA Mercury-S .22 air rifle

An interesting collection of flintlock guns to include a Kazak Rifle powder flask , sword stick and others  Additional images on request 

An Austro-Hungarian WWI M1895 pattern rifle bayonet, by Ernst Werndl's Gewehr - Fabrik (EWG), fullered single edge 24.7cm steel blade, impressed makers mark to both sides, in black lacquered scabbard. 

DC comics: Batman: Detective comics, a group of notable issues (1972 onwards).Batman (Bruce Wayne) is one of the most distinctive, recognised American superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Bill Finger (1914 1974) and famed artist Bob Kane (1915-1998) first appearing in Detective Comics No.27.This lot features:Detective Comics (1st series) Nos. 421, 423 (Batman with Rifle cover, Batgirl appearance), 431, 432, 438.Key Creators: Neal Adams, Frank Robbins, Bob Brown, Denny Oneil, Irv Novik and others.All issues 1s prints, cents copies. Complete without coupons cut.Issues come bagged and boarded in new polypropylene bags and comic boards.~(5)

A VINTAGE TOP LOAD AIR RIFLE

AN UNMARKED TOP LOAD AIR RIFLE 

GECADO MODEL 25 VINTAGE AIR RIFLE . 177 CAL' GERMAN MADE. 15 3/4 HINGED BARREL, FRONT BLADE SLIGHT, REAR LEAF SIGHT

A ELGAMO MADE IN SPAIN BREAK LOAD POINT 22 AIR RIFLE A/F

A RELUM TORNADO TOP LOAD AIR RIFLE