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Lot 60

An art deco platinum diamond full eternity ring having deco engraved decoration

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Lot 77

A Georgian bow fronted mahogany chest of three long drawers having ring pull handles on bracket feet

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Lot 129

A garnet jewellery set comprising necklace, earrings and a brooch, along with three Edwardian garnet cluster brooches, a pair of amethyst set ear pendants and a gilt metal scarf ring set with an onyx stone

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Lot 244

An 18ct. gold 7 stone diamond cluster ring.

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Lot 245

An 18ct. gold ring set with 3 graduated diamonds.

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Lot 246

An 18ct. gold half hoop eternity ring set with 7 diamonds.

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Lot 262

A stamped 18ct. gold emerald and 2 stone diamond ring.

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Lot 277

An 18ct. gold belt ring 6.0 grams; and a 9ct. wedding band 3.9 grams.

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Lot 281

An 18ct. 5 stone ring; a 9ct. gold ring set with 3 diamond chips; and a crossover ring.

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Lot 282

A 9ct. gold signet ring; a 9ct. gold opal and ruby ring; and a 9ct. gold ring.

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Lot 284

An 18ct. white gold three stone diamond ring. Total 1 ct.

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Lot 331

A Victorian 18ct, gold, ruby and diamond ring.

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Lot 333

An 18ct. gold, ruby and diamond flower ring; an 18ct. ring; and another.

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Lot 338

A 9ct. gold locket with 18th ct. gold chain 8.6 grams; a 9ct. gold signet ring 4.0 grams; etc.

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Lot 346

An 18ct. gold sapphire and diamond ring.

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Lot 353

An 18ct. gold ruby and diamond ring.

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Lot 354

A Victorian silver inkstand with pierced fret work border shaped with a beaded edge with lion masks to each corner, the centre with foliate engraving and 3 raised and pierced bottle holders each with lion masks and ring handles, the central well flanked by 2 domed lidded wells, supported on bun feet. London 1866. Makers Mark George Fox. Weight 20 ounces.

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Lot 355

A 9ct. gold opal and turquoise ring.

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Lot 356

A platinum and five stone graduating aquamarine ring.

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Lot 363

A Solitaire diamond ring, approx. 1ct.

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Lot 364

An 18ct white gold sapphire and diamond ring with eight diamonds.

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Lot 1

Honourable East India Company Medal for Deccan 1778-84, silver, 32mm., correctly milled edge, fitted with small soldered ring for suspension, nearly very fine and scarce £1000-1200

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Lot 2

Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-92, silver, 38mm., correctly milled edge, fitted with small soldered ring for suspension, very fine and scarce £800-1000

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Lot 10

Honourable East India Company Medal for the Coorg Rebellion 1837, silver, fitted with steel clip and small ring for suspension, a good striking but the obverse showing very early signs of die deterioration, good very fine £400-500

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Lot 76

Lord Fitzclarences Best Shot Award for the Bombay Army, silver badge in the form of a native soldier kneeling at the aim, the reverse impressed Given by Lord F Fitzclarence, fitted with small ring for suspension and silver ribbon buckle, very fine and very rare £200-300 Lord (George Augustus) Frederick Fitzclarence, illegitimate son of William IV and Mrs Jordan, served in India during the Mahratta War of 1816-17 as Aide de Camp to Marquis Hastings. This award is believed to date from that period. Fitzclarence was created 1st Earl of Munster in May 1831 and committed suicide in 1842.

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Lot 149

The Waterloo medal to Lieutenant E. J. Peters, 7th Hussars, who was taken prisoner at Genappe on 17th June but escaped to fight on the 18th at Waterloo when he was severely wounded Waterloo 1815 (E. J. Peters, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, see note below about absence of rank on medal, some edge bruising, the obverse with contact marks from tunic button?, therefore very fine, the reverse nearly extremely fine. £5000-6000 Edward James Peters was commissioned as Lieutenant in the 7th Hussars on 10 November 1813, and was severely wounded at the battle of Waterloo when he was struck in the chest by a grapeshot about the size of a pigeons egg, taking with it part of his jacket and some of the buttons. Captain Thomas Wildman of the 7th Hussars mentions Lieutenant Peters several times in The Young Hussar, which documents Wildmans journey throughout the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns. Within this book, Lieutenant Peters and his subsequent capture and escape during the retreat through Genappe is mentioned in a letter written by Wildman to his mother: ...All our cavalry had come up during the night and when the arrangement was made to retire, the cavalry were ordered to cover the retreat. This movement commenced about 2 p.m. with the infantry and artillery and lastly the Cavalry moving off towards the left, so that the 7th being the right regiment covered the whole. When the infantry were all gone, the French began to move and soon after advanced with an immense column of Cavalry ð the Lancers and Cuirassiers in front ð three regiments of each. We skirmished with them till we had passed the village of Genappe, when they advanced so strong that it was thought necessary to charge them. This fell to the 7th and Major Hodge moved down with his squadron supported by the two others. The Lancers were however so wedged in the street of Genappe and with so large a column in their rear, that they were obliged to stand at all events and our squadron not making any impression was repulsed. When we retired, they pursued. Some men were killed and wounded. Major Hodge, Elphinstone and Meyers were made prisoners. John Wildman and Peters were also taken and stripped of their pelisses, belts, money, etc. Just at that moment the 1st Life Guards made a most gallant charge and drove the Lanciers [sic] in confusion in which the two young gents caught a couple of spare French horse and made their escape. Elphinstone got away last night and has arrived here and Lord Uxbridge sent to the enemys advanced post to enquire about the Major and Myers (whom report had good naturedly killed) and was informed that they were both doing well. I have no doubt that both will be exchanged very shortlyâ•”... The 7th Hussars also were in the thick of the action at Waterloo as well. Extracts from a letter by Lieutenant OGrady in the regimental history gives a summary of the movements of the 7th Hussars at Waterloo: At daybreak on the 18th we were ordered to the extreme right of the army. We were close to the road where the hardest fighting was and had the opportunity of seeing almost the whole of this tremendous battle. In every fight I had ever seen we had acted on the offensive, but here we were attacked by double our force; we maintained our position until five or near six in the evening, repulsing every effort to break our lines and covering the field with dead. The 7th had an opportunity of showing what they could do if they got fair play, and we charged 12 or 14 times and once cut off a Squadron of Cuirassiers every man of whom we killed on the spot except the two officers, whom one MarÄchal de Logis I sent to the rearâ•”. Lieutenant Peters was still serving in 1819 but his early demise at Astrachan, in South Russia, was reported in The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register for 1820, Part II, July to December: At Astrachan, Edward James Peters, esq. late of the 7th hussars, and son of H. Peters, esq. of Betchworth Castle, Surrey. Two other Waterloo medals to officers of the 7th Hussars are known in private collections without rank, namely Lieutenants Robert Douglas and John Wildman.

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Lot 150

The Waterloo medal to Lieutenant John F. Breton, Royal Horse Artillery, the junior Lieutenant of Mercers troop at Waterloo where he had three horses shot under him Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John F. Breton, Royal Horse Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, together with his original George III parchment commission as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery, dated 1 October 1808, correction to initial, some light contact marks to the obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine and a rare officers medal to this famous troop £6000-8000 Besides Captain Mercer himself, ôGö troop had one Second Captain and three First Lieutenants, just five officers in total, Breton being the most junior. John F. Breton was born in Jamaica on 25 September 1791, became a Cadet in 1806, and entered the Royal Artillery on 10 October 1808, at the age of 17, as a Second Lieutenant. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 15 March 1811, and served in the West Indies until 1814. Breton then served in Captain CavaliÄ Mercers ôGö Troop of Royal Horse Artillery in the Waterloo Campaign. He retired on half pay in 1820, married in 1825, having issue three sons, and died at Lyndhurst, on 17 March 1852. Mercers ôGö Troop became immortalised for its services at Waterloo through the publication of his ôJournal of the Waterloo Campaignö which is considered one of the classic accounts of this famous battle. The troop came in for the hottest part of the battle on Waterloo Day, and suffered considerably in loss of men and horses. Sir George Wood, R.A., paid the battery a visit on that afternoon and was surprised to find so many cannon balls whizzing round his ears. ôDamn it, Mercer,ö he exclaimed, ôyou seem to be having a hot time of it here.ö Hot it was for all parties concerned, but the gallant way in which the gunners worked their guns kept the French cavalry from reaching the infantry squares behind Mercers battery. Mercers own description of the state of his troop at the end of the battle amply summarises the hot action they saw in the centre of the line fending off the French cavalry: Our situation was indeed terrible: of 200 fine horses with which we had entered the battle, upwards of 140 lay dead, dying, or severely wounded. Of the men, scarcely two-thirds of those necessary for four guns remained, and these so completely exhausted as to be incapable of further exertion. Lieutenant Breton had three horses killed under him; Lieutenant Hincks was wounded in the breast by a spent ball; Lieutenant Leathes on the hip by a splinter; and although untouched myself, my horse had no less than eight wounds, one of which ð a graze on the fetlock joint ð lamed him for ever. Our guns and carriages were, as before mentioned, altogether in a confused heap, intermingled with dead and wounded horses, which it had not been possible to disengage from them. My poor men, such at least as were untouched, fairly worn out, their clothes, faces, etc., blackened by the smoke and spattered over with mud and blood, had seated themselves on the trails of the carriages, or had thrown themselves on the wet and polluted soil, too fatigued to think of anything but gaining a little rest. One particular anecdote taken from Mercers journal concerns the loss of Lieutenant Bretons third mount of the day: Lieutenant Breton, who had already lost two horses and had mounted a troop-horse, was conversing with me during this our leisure moment. As his horse stood at right angles to mine, the poor jaded animal dozingly rested his muzzle on my thigh; whilst I, the better to hear amidst the infernal din, leant forward, resting my arm between his ears. In this attitude a cannon-shot smashed the horses head to atoms. The headless trunk sank to the ground ð Breton looking pale as death, expecting, as he afterward told me, that I was cut in two.

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Lot 151

The unique Waterloo medal to Captain Stephen Holmes, 78th Foot, late 24th Foot, with which regiment he greatly distinguished himself in leading the storming party in the successful assault of the main breach at Burgos in October 1812 Waterloo 1815 (Captain Stephen Holmes, 78th Foot) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, the obverse with light contact marks, very fine, the reverse nearly extremely fine and unique to an officer in this regiment £6000-8000 The only Waterloo Medal issued to an officer in the 78th Foot. Captain Stephen Holmes served in the Peninsula and led a Forlorn Hope at the siege of Burgos in 1812. He was Major of Brigade in the Waterloo campaign under Major-General Johnston. He was appointed a Knight of Hanover (K.H.) in 1832 and as a Lieutenant-Colonel received the appointment of Deputy Inspector General of the Irish Constabulary in 1838. He died on 19 December 1839. Holmes served in the 24th Foot throughout the war in the Peninsula and came to prominent notice for his deeds at the siege of Burgos: On the afternoon of the 4th October 1812, the 2nd Battalion 24th Foot, were marched into the trenches, where they were formed into two storming parties. One hundred and forty men were detailed for the assault on the main breach, led by Lieutenant Stephen Holmes, whilst the second party, comprising 58 men led by Lieutenant Fraser, were detailed to assault the breach expected to be made by the mine. The attack was to be delivered in daylight and many officers of other regiments managed to find their way to the hill to witness the assault, Wellington himself being present on San Miguel. At 5 p.m. the signal for the explosion was given by Colonel Jones, the engineer in charge, afterwards the historian of Wellingtons sieges. He was hit in the act of giving the signal, but the mine went off and simultaneously the 24th dashed forward. The party who made for the new breach made by the mine, led by Lieutenant John Fraser, were there so soon that many were hit by falling stones, and all were covered by dust and fragments. This did not stop them, and before the surprised enemy could offer much resistance they were up and over the breach. Many defenders had been killed and directly Captain Lepper and the supports joined Lieutenant Frasers stormers the breach was secured and the attackers started to consolidate. The main body had a harder task: they had farther to go and here the defenders had not been shaken by the explosion. But, headed by Lieutenant Holmes, the 24th dashed forward and though received with a hot fire swarmed up the breach, where a savage struggle followed. The 24th maintained themselves in the captured position until nightfall, when they were relieved. On reaching their camp they found it thronged with officers who had come to offer their congratulations. Carried out in full view of a large concourse, the storm had caught the imagination of the army and won the battalion great renown. The storm had cost the 24th twelve men killed, and two officers, Coote and Stack, and 56 men wounded. Wellington himself wrote warmly of the 24th, whose conduct he described to Lord Bathurst as highly praiseworthy, while he wrote a special letter to the Duke of York to recommend to H.R.H.s favour and protection Captain Hedderwick and Lieutenants Holmes and Fraser, who had so greatly distinguished themselves. On the recommendation of Lord Wellington, Holmes was promoted to be a Captain in the 8th West India Regiment and Fraser was promoted to be a Captain in the 1st Ceylon Light Infantry, both promotions gained in recognition of their gallant services at Burgos. Further details of Colonel Holmes career are extracted from his obituary in the Untied Services Journal (1840): Dec. 19th (1840), in Dublin, Lieut.-Colonel Stephen Holmes, K.H., Unattached, Deputy Inspector-General of Constabulary in Ireland. This lamented officer entered the service as Ensign in the 6th Garrison Battalion, in 1806, and successfully obtained the appointments of Lieutenant and Adjutant in the same corps. In the latter end of 1809 he was transferred to the 24th Regiment, then in Portugal, which he joined in the month of February following, and in which Regiment he served during the whole of the campaigns of 1810, 1811, and 1812, having been present at the battles of Busaco, Fuentes dOnor, Salamanca, and some minor affairs, as well as the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Burgos. At the latter fortress, he volunteered to lead the storming party, which succeeded in the assault of the main breech on the 4th Oct. 1812, and of his conduct on this occasion, his Grace the Duke of Wellington was pleased, in his dispatch to Lord Bathurst, to express his approbation, in consequence of which he obtained his promotion to a Company in the 8th W.I. Regiment, which, however, he never joined. In the course of the foregoing service he acted as Brigade Major to the Brigades of the Line in the 1st and 7th Divisions under the command of Major-Generals the Hon. Sir Edward Stopford and Sir Edward Barnes. In February, 1814, Captain Holmes was transferred from the 8th W.I. Regiment to the 78th, and immediately joined the 2nd Battalion (then employed in the blockade of Antwerp), which formed part of the Army in Flanders under Lord Lynedoch, and continued to serve with his Regiment until appointed Brigade Major to Major-General Mackenzies Brigade. The Brigade broken up, he was removed to that of Sir Frederick Adam, and subsequently to Major-General Johnstons, in the 6th Division, in which latter he served during the campaign of 1815, but owing to its not being brought into action at Waterloo, he lost the chance of the promotion, which, we believe, was obtained by every Brigade-Major whose Brigade was engaged on that day. After the taking of Cambray, in which General Johnstons Brigade was employed, Lieut.-General Sir Charles Colville, who commanded the Division, recommended Captain Holmes for promotion, but his recommendation was unattended with success. Captain Holmes continued on the Staff until the formation of the Army of Occupation, when he returned to England in January, 1816, with the troops then ordered home, and on the 24th of February following, he was, by the reduction of the 2nd Battalion of the 78th, placed upon half-pay, and so remained till appointed to the 90th, in February, 1820. In the September following he proceeded to Malta and the Ionian Islands, where he served with his Regiment until appointed Major of Brigade at Corfu. On the 24th of December, 1825, he obtained an unattached Majority by purchase, and continued to hold the appointment of Brigade-Major till July 1827, when Major-General the Hon. F. C. Ponsonby appointed him Military Secretary on his staff at Malta, which appointment he continued to hold until Sir Fredericks state of health compelled him to relinquish his command. In 1838, he was included among the general Brevet promotion of that year, and thus obtained his Lieut.-Colonelcy. In 1824 he married, at Corfu, the eldest daughter of Major-General Sir Patrick Ross, commanding the troops in the Ionian Islands, Colonel Holmes at that time Brigade-Major to Sir Patrick. Colonel Holmes joined the Irish Constabulary as Provincial Inspector of Leinster in 1837, and in 1838 was appointed Deputy Inspector-General. The value of Colonel Holmes services during his tenure of office in the Irish Constabulary, have been thus handsomely acknowledged by the amiable nobleman at present filling the office of Viceroy of Ireland, whose letter to Colonel McGregor, Chief of the Department, we venture to quote in justice to its meritorious subject. Phoenix Park, Dec. 23d, 1839. Dear Sir, - In compliance with the wish expressed to you by Colonel Holmes, I request that you will announce to Mrs. Holmes and his family, my intention of appointing his brother to the vacant Paymastership of the Constabulary. Amidst the regret which I feel at the loss which the public has suffered from the death of Colonel Holmes, it is some satisfaction to me to have an opportunity of manifesting by the above appointment, as well to those most nearly connected with him as to all members of that Force to which he belonged, my high sense of his meritorious and valuable services. I am, dear Sir, . .. Very faithfully yours . . . . . . . . Ebrington. The premature decease of Colonel Holmes, itself deplorable, was rendered more affecting by the concurrent death of his son, a promising boy of nine years, who was interred in the same grave with his father, at Harolds Cross, near Dublin. Four children survive, who with their afflicted mother, are now under the roof of their excellent relative, Sir Patrick Ross Colonel Holmes, who was in his 49th year, processed every qualification to ensure respect and affection. Highly prepossessing in appearance and manners, truly amiable in disposition, a good soldier, and an excellent man, he has descended to the grave, followed by the respect and sorrow of all who knew him.

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Lot 152

Waterloo 1815 (John Bain, 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact wear overall, therefore good fine £2000-2500 John Bain was born in the Parish of Latheron, Caithness, and enlisted into the 79th Regiment on 1 March 1809. He was discharged at Blandeque on 24 July 1816, in consequence of having received a gun shot wound in the right shoulder joint on the 16th June 1815 at Quatre Bras. Sold with copy discharge papers.

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Lot 260

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commanders neck badge, gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, partial makers mark of Thomas and Henry Davies, with original oak wreath ring and 96mm wide neck cravat complete with gold clasp fitments, in its Storr and Mortimer fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine and a very rare survival in this state £2500-3000

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Lot 263

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companions breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1818, makers mark of John Northam, complete with original wide swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, some loss of enamel to Ich Dien motto and green enamel wreath, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1600-1800

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Lot 267

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companions breast badge in 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1847, makers mark of Robert Garrard, complete with original wide swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle as issued, extremely fine and very scarce £500-600 The Civil division of the Order of the Bath was enlarged in 1847 to include Second and Third Classes of the Order, and provision was made for 50 K.C.B.s and 200 C.B.s. The first insignia was made by Garrard & Co., the elements of the hallmarks including an upper case Gothic M for 1847, the makers initials RG and the figure 18 for the fineness of the gold.

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Lot 268

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companions breast badge in 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1870, makers mark of Robert Garrard, complete with original narrow swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle as issued, in its R & S. Garrard & Co. case of issue, extremely fine £400-500

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Lot 405

Germany, Saxony, Order of Albert, 1st type, Knights breast badge with swords, gold and enamel, stamp marks on suspension ring, hairline cracks to reverse enamel arms, good very fine £1000-1200

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Lot 424

Philippines, Constabulary Victory Medal 1917-18, official type 2, dark bronze, lacking suspension ring and ribbon, very fine £200-240

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Lot 454

A fine Peninsula War Gold Medal group of four awarded to Major Charles Campbell, C.B., 26th Foot and 3rd Portuguese Regiment, later a Colonel in the 1st Foot (Royal Scots), severely wounded at the assault of St Sebastian Field Officers Gold Medal 1808-14, for Vittoria, 1 clasp, St Sebastian, the clasp a good quality contemporary copy in silver-gilt (Major Charles Campbell) complete with gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (C. S. Campbell, C.B. Capt. 26th Foot); Portuguese Peninsular War Cross, for 2 Campaigns, English pattern in silver-gilt with swivel-ring straight bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Portuguese Commanders Medal, for 2 actions, circular gold medal, the obverse with two green enamelled lozenges inscribed Vittoria and St Sebastian, reverse plain, with gold swivel-ring straight bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, good very fine (4) £18000-22000 Charles Stuart Campbell was born in New York, America, on 12 April 1779. He was aged 17 upon his first appointment to the Army on 7 December 1796 as an Ensign in the 26th Foot, being advanced to Lieutenant in December 1797, to Captain in May 1804, and to Brevet Major in September 1813. He served in Canada from 1796 to 1800, and in Egypt in 1801-02. Campbell next served with the 26th Foot in Portugal and Spain in 1808-09, including the battle of Corunna, where he commanded the piquets of his brigade. Later in 1809 he took part in the expedition to Walcheren and the siege of Flushing. Returning to the Peninsula in 1811, Campbell commanded the 3rd Portuguese Regiment at the battle of Vittoria, and also at the siege and assault of St Sebastian, being severely wounded in the thigh at the assault, the ball remaining lodged. He was mentioned in Grahams St Sebastian dispatch, dated Oyarzun, 1 September 1813, and also in Lord Lyndochs dispatch and Marshal Lord Beresfords order of the day. In respect of his wound at St Sebastian he received one years pay and a Pension of ú250, and was appointed a Major by Brevet in the 26th Foot and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Portuguese Army. Campbell was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in the 26th Foot in 1822, and in the same rank in the 1st Foot (Royal Scots) on 24 January 1829. Created a Companion of the Bath in September 1831, he was placed on Half-pay in October 1838, was promoted to Colonel in November 1841 and to Major-General in June 1854. Campbell died at Reading on 30 August 1854.

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Lot 455

Pair: Lieutenant Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Battalion, Kings German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Fuentes DOnor, Salamanca, Vittoria (Louis de Giesmann, Lt. 5th Line B. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (2) £4000-4500 Previously sold at auction in 1921, by Baldwin in 1935 and by D.N.W. in April 2003. Lewes Geismann joined the Kings German Legion in August 1812 and served in the Peninsula in 1812-13; in Southern France 1813-14; in the Netherlands 1814; the campaign of 1815 and the battle of Waterloo where the 5th Line Battalion suffered 162 officers and men killed wounded or missing out of a strength of 379. The Wheatley Diary ð A Journal and Sketchbook kept during The Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign, written by Lieutenant Edmund Wheatley, gives an excellent account of the exploits of the 5th Line Battalion in Southern France in 1813 and 1814, as well as at Waterloo. An anecdote in Wheatleys diary for the campaigning near Bayonne in 1814 briefly mentions Ensign Geismann: On getting into the heat of the fight I found the warefare an unpleasant one, as not a soul could be seen. Now and then a voice in the hedge would say Franìais ou Anglais? and a thrust through the bush was an answer. Our Brigade Major, Dreschel, lost his life that way. The same question was put to him and instead of jumping into it, he proudly answered, A German, when a ball in his groin convinced him how much the snake in the bush respected his nativity. Giesmann and Buhse seized the Frenchman and sent him in the rere, an honorable prisoner. Lord Ellenborough would have acted otherwise. What incongruity! At Waterloo, the 5th Line Battalion suffered most of their casualties defending the rear of La Haye Sainte. At first the 1st Light, 5th Line and 8th Line Battalions were attacked by a body of cuirassiers. The 1st Light and 5th Line, protected by British cavalry, were enabled to form square but the cuirassiers made repeated attacks on the square of the 5th Line Battalion, retiring after each unsuccessful charge into a hollow where they were protected from the fire of the square. A little later, as the 5th Line Battalion stood in square behind the hollow road, a column of French infantry having debouched from La Haye Sainte, Sir Charles Alten sent Colonel Ompteda directions to deploy the 5th Line Battalion and attack the column. Ompteda represented that such a movement could not be made without a useless sacrifice of men, more particularly as a body of the enemys cavalry lay in wait on the other side of the ravine. At this moment the Prince of Orange rode up and ordered Ompteda to deploy; on the same reparations being made to his royal highness, he impatiently repeated the order, upon which Ompteda instantly mounted his horse, gave the fatal word of command, and led forward the battalion. His gallant men jumped cheerfully over the ravine in their front, and fell upon the French column with a loud hurrah! The column gave way and fled but, just at the same moment, the enemys horsemen rushing from their ambuscade, came thundering down upon the flank and rear of the German battalion. The consequence may be imagined; the battalion was literally ridden over, and the slaughter was tremendous. Lieutenant Wheatley later wrote: On recovering my senses, I looked up and found myself, bareheaded, in a clay ditch with a violent head-ache. Close by me lay Colonel Ompteda on his back, his head stretched back with his mouth open, and a hole in his throat. The brave Colonel Ompteda was dead along with his adjutant, with eight other officers wounded and about 130 men struck down. Lieutenant Colonel von Linsingen and about eighteen men (including Geismann) were all of the battalion that remained together after this fatal charge. Lieutenant Geismann, along with other officers of the Kings German Legion, was placed on Half Pay in February 1816.

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Lot 583

A fine C.B. and Peninsula Gold Medal pair awarded to Brevet Colonel A. Campbell, 46th Regiment, late C.O. of the 15th Portuguese Infantry, who was severely wounded at Vittoria in June 1813, on which occasion he was favourably mentioned and commanded the advance of his Brigade amounting to 300 men in the attack on the village of Gomarah Mayor, so, too, by Lord Beresford, for subsequent distinguished conduct at Nive in December 1813: he had earlier been commended for his conduct as a Captain in the Grenadier Company of the 46th during the French attack on Dominica in February 1805 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companions breast badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1815, gold swivel-ring and later narrow bar suspension, complete with riband buckle; Field Officers Gold Medal 1808-14, for Nive, no clasp (Lt. Coll. Archd. Campbell, 15th Portugese (sic)), enamel work slightly chipped on the first, and one lion fitment loose, the second with old replacement lunettes, otherwise generally good very fine or better (2). £7000-9000 Ex Hamilton-Smith Collection 1927. C.B. London Gazette 26 September 1831. Archibald Campbell was born in Kruek, Isle of Mull, in 1777, and was originally appointed an Ensign in the 25th Regiment in November 1797. Obtaining a Lieutenancy in the 46th Regiment in June of the following year, and advanced to Captain in February 1804, he served in the West Indies from the latter year until June 1811, gaining favourable mention from Major-General Prevost for his command of the Grenadier Company of his regiment during the French attack on Dominica on 22 February 1805. Further active service ensued in Spain, Portugal and France from September 1811 until January 1814, in which period he commanded the 15th Portuguese Infantry, was advanced to Major in September 1812, twice favourably mentioned and severely wounded. First going into action at Salamanca in July 1812, Campbell was next engaged at Vittoria in June 1813, when he was mentioned in Brigade Orders by Major-General Spry for his conduct in the battle, on which occasion he commanded the advance of his Brigade amounting to 300 men in the attack on the village of Gomarah Mayor, when he and two Captains were severely wounded. Subsequently present at the first and second siege and final surrender of St. Sebastian, and at the crossing of the Bidassoa into France, he also commanded the 15th Portuguese in the forcing of the enemys lines on 10 November, and again at Nive in the following month, when in recognition of his distinguished conduct, he was favourably mentioned by Lord Beresford and awarded a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the Portuguese Army. Having then been appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 46th Regiment in February 1814, Campbell served in the Madras Presidency and East Indies from June 1818 until December 1829, and was given the Brevet of Colonel in June of the latter year while commanding the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force. Appointed a C.B. on his returning home from the East Indies in September 1831, the Colonel died in November 1840.

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Lot 650

A rare Great War M.M. group of twelve awarded to Sergeant A. Belsan, a Czech Legionnaire who served in the elite 1st Independent Striking Battalion, and was again decorated in the 1939-45 War for his gallant deeds in the Prague Uprising in the final days of the conflict Czechoslovakia, Bravery Medal 1939; War Cross 1918; Revolutionary Medal 1918; Victory Medal 1918, official type 2; F.I.D.A.C. Medal for Veterans of the Great War; Zborov Commemorative Medal 1917-47; Brachmac Commemorative Medal 1918-48; 4th Regiment Commemorative Medal 1918-48; Medal for Fidelity 1918-38, bronze emblem on riband; Brno Volunteers Medal 1918-19; Great Britain, Military Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Russia, St. George Medal for Bravery, Nicholas II, 4th Class, the reverse numbered No. 22868, together with a small 20th anniversary commemorative badge for the Battle Of Zborov 1917-37, the last heavily polished and with replacement ring suspension, fine, the remainder generally very fine or better (13) £800-1000 Abbot and Tamplin estimate some 320 M.Ms were bestowed on Czech Legionnaires. Augustin Belsan was born in Hresihlavy in the district of Rokycany, south-west of Prague in August 1888, and was employed as head of a workshop in a locomotive factory in Kladno prior to the outbreak of hostilities. Recruited into the Austro-Hungarian Army in October 1914, he attended an N.C.Os course and was posted in the rank of Corporal to the famous 28th ôPragues Childrenö Regiment, going into action on the Eastern Front in March 1915, where he was wounded in the following month and taken prisoner by the Russians at a Field Hospital near Regetow. Forced labour followed but with news of the formation of the Czech Legion in July 1916, he was appointed a Sergeant in the 1st Regiment of ôMistr Jan Husö and participated in the Battle of Zborov, winning his Russian decoration on the same occasion. In January 1918, Belsan was transferred to the elite 1st Independent Striking Battalion and fought against the Germans at Bachmac that March, in addition to numerous clashes with the Bolsheviks, including the actions at Kljukvenaja, Krasnojarsk, Niznyj Udinsk, Beli, Kultuk, Irkutsk, near Bajkal Lake, and on the Uralsk and Samara fronts, but most probably won his British M.M. for the critical defence of the Trans-Siberian railway, in which he was twice wounded. Indeed his elite unit, which numbered around 800 men of whom 120 were killed in action, was regularly ordered to where the fighting was heaviest, finally covering the retreat of the Czech forces to Vladivostok, where Belsan and his comrades arrived in April 1920. He remained in the Army for another two years, latterly as part of the 6th Border Battalion (a.k.a. the ôSiberian Strikersö) in Domazlice, from which he took his discharge to take up employment as an Inspector of Price Control at the Land Government Office in Dejvice, Prague. And it was here, in the final days of the last War, that he won his prestigious Czech Bravery Medal for gallantly manning the barricades in the uprising of May 1945. Sold with two of the recipients original Czech Legion identity cards (ôClenska Legitimaceö), one with a portrait photograph and assorted stamps, and the other with front cover number No. 7529; and around a dozen Great War period photographs, including a fine portrait in uniform wearing some of his Honours & Awards, this with his handwritten dedication to a niece or nephew on the occasion of his 50th birthday.

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Lot 9

Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, silver, fitted with steel clip and soldered ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £500-600

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Lot 361

A mounted group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Major-General S. MacDonald, Royal Army Medical Corps Order of the Bath, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamel, ring suspension; Order of St. Michael and St. George, silver-gilt and enamel, ring suspension, India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Tirah 1897-8; Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Coronation 1911, silver; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, with bronze palm on ribbon, some contact marks, very fine and better (9) £100-140 Full-size and miniature medals ex Spink, 11 May 2001. Stuart MacDonald was born in Elgin, Scotland, on 14 April 1861 and qualified in medicine at Aberdeen University in 1884. He entered the R.A.M.C. as a Surgeon Captain in February 1887 and was promoted to Major in February 1899, Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1911 and Colonel in March 1915. On active service on the N.W. Frontier, 1897-98, serving with the Turak and Tirah Expeditionary Forces; he later served in the Boer War. In the Great War, he was on active service in France/Flanders for the duration of the conflict. He was C.O. of No. 1 General Hospital, October 1914-April 1915, Assistant Medical Director of the 1st Division, April 1915-November 1916, and Deputy Director of Medical Services, November 1916-April 1918. For his great wartime services, he was five times mentioned in despatches and awarded the C.M.G. in 1916, the C.B. in 1918 and French Croix de Guerre in 1917. Latterly appointed an Hon. Physician to the King, he retired at the end of the war with the rank of Major-General. MacDonald died in May 1939.

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Lot 602

18CT GOLD AND PLATINUM GARNET AND DIAMOND RING

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Lot 604

GENTS 9CT GOLD SIGNET RING SET WITH SMALL CENTRAL DIAMOND

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Lot 609

LADIES 9CT GOLD ETERNITY RING SET WITH SMALL DIAMONDS

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Lot 610

GENTS SIGNET RING SET WITH AN OVAL ORANGE STONE

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Lot 613

GENTS 9CT GOLD SIGNET RING SET WITH AN OVAL BLACK STONE

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Lot 614

GENTS 9CT GOLD SIGNET RING SET WITH AN OVAL GARNET

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Lot 615

18CT GOLD WEDDING RING WEIGHING 3.0 GRAMS

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Lot 618

SELECTION OF GOLD EARRINGS, RING ETC WEIGHING 13.7 GRAMS OF 9CT AND 5.7 GRAMS OF 18CT

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Lot 648

18CT GOLD RING SET THREE STONE DIAMONDS

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Lot 649

22CT GOLD WEDDING BAND RING WITH BARK EFFECT DESIGN WEIGHING 7.2 GRAMS

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Lot 652

18CT GOLD RING SET WITH A CENTRE OVAL RUBY AND A SINGLE DIAMOND SET TO EITHER SIDE

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Lot 657

GENTS 9CT GOLD SIGNET RING WEIGHING 3.3 GRAMS

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Lot 678

LADIES 18CT GOLD RING SET WITH A CENTRAL SAPPHIRE SURROUNDED BY DIAMONDS TOGETHER WITH A SIMILAR THREE STONE DIAMOND RING, TWO 9CT GOLD RINGS AND ONE SILVER RING

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Lot 735

VICTORIAN SILVER CHRISTENING SET IN FITTED CASE OF A FOLIATE DECORATED NAPKIN RING AND MATCHING SPOON SHEFFIELD HALLMARK 1894

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Lot 739

PAIR OF GENTS SILVER BACKED CLOTHES BRUSHES IN FITTED LEATHER CASE, SHEFFIELD HALLMARK, A SILVER NAPKIN RING WITH LINE ENGRAVED DECORATION IN ORIGINAL BOX AND A SILVER SPOON IN BOX, PART OF A CHRISTENING SET

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Lot 745

CIRCULAR SILVER LIDDED RING BOX ON THREE RAISED FEET WITH ENAMELLED DECORATION, THE BORDER REGIMENT TO THE HINGED LID 3.5" ACROSS, BIRMINGHAM HALLMARK

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Lot 30

A late 18thC glass tazza, the circular plateau with a narrow gallery on an octagonal Silesian stem with basal ring, from a hollow domed circular foot, 17cm high, 30cm diameter. NB. Value for Charity at Golding Young - 0% vendor commission: proceeds of sale to go to Gifts Hospice, Grantham

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