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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 273

Waterloo 1815 (John Parry, Driver, Royal Horse Artillery.) fitted with replacement steel clip and small ring suspension, very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- John Parry served in Major Ramsay's Troop of Royal Horse Artillery at Waterloo.

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Lot 314

Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (T. Dearden R.H.A.) fitted with small ring and wire loop suspension, very fine £70-£90

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Lot 598

A rare Workington Boer War Tribute Medal in the form of a Maltese Cross, 28mm, gold (9ct., 9.66g, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900), the obverse central circular medallion engraved ‘Presented to Pte. W. H. Pine, Br. Rgt., on his return with the Volunteers from the South African War by the People of Workington -1901-’, the reverse plain, with loop and small ring suspension, nearly extremely fine, rare and unrecorded in Hibbard £600-£800 --- Walter H. Pine served as 7209 Private with the 1st Volunteer Active Service Company, Border Regiment, and was one of 17 Volunteers presented with the above Tribute Medal by the Mayor of Workington, Alderman James Fletcher, at a home-coming banquet held at the Central Hotel, Workington, Cumberland, on 9 May 1901. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 73

An excessively rare Second War 1940-41 bomb and mine disposal operations George Medal and Second Award Bar group of three awarded to Able Seaman W. H. Bevan, Royal Navy: the Bar was for making safe a parachute mine that was suspended over the stage of the London Palladium Theatre - when the clockwork in the fuse whirred into action, ‘Bevan slid down the ladder and took a 10 foot drop in his stride’ George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (A.B. William Henry Bevan Bevan, P/SSX. 12136); War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S., G.VI.R., 1st issue (SSX. 12136 (Po. B. 18572) W. H. Bevan, A.B., R.F.R.) good very fine (3) £12,000-£16,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Richard Magor Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2003. Just 26 Bars have been awarded to the George Medal since its institution in September 1940. G.M. London Gazette 27 June 1941. The recommendation states: ‘Able Seaman Bevan has helped in rendering mines safe and has shown himself to be cool and courageous when conditions are highly dangerous. In one instance he helped Lieutenant O’Hagan, R.C.N.V.R., with a mine which was endangering the Central Electricity Power Station at Trafford Park, Manchester. The mine was lying with its bomb fuse down and with a fire raging some fifty yards away. Owing to damage to the fuse an extempore cap had been screwed in to press on the hydrostatic valve and Bevan helped to unscrew the keep ring, which was bent. The clock of the fuse started to run off; the extempore safety gear was successful and the mine did not fire. Later, he helped to boil out the explosives from this highly dangerous mine. A successful finish to a fine piece of work that prevented serious damage.’ Note: The above deeds were actually enacted over a several day period, between the 22-26 December 1940, Lieutenant D. J. P. O’Hagan, R.C.N.V.R., originally being recommended for a G.C. for his part in the drama, but, like Bevan, finally receiving a G.M. Both men received their awards at a Buckingham Palace investiture on 27 July 1941. On the night of 22 December 1940, Manchester was for the first time selected as a major target by the Luftwaffe, the first bombs falling at around 5 p.m. and the last in the early hours of the following day. About 270 enemy aircraft were involved and concentrated their attack on the central district and to the north-east. The Trafford Park area was particularly affected, the main bus depot and two railway stations being hit, in addition to the Central Electricity Power Station. G.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 9 June 1942. The joint recommendation states: ‘On 11 May 1941, an unexploded parachute mine was reported to have fallen on the London Palladium Theatre. After a prolonged search over the roof tops, the mine was located through the slates of a gable, and it was obvious that it would have to be approached from inside the building. It proved to be jammed in the girders and rafters of the roof immediately over the stage. Sub. Lieutenant Wright mounted a ricketty ladder to a girder which crossed some eight feet below the mine, and from there, by light of a torch, observed that the fuse was masked by a 9ft. x 3ft. rafter which had fractured under the weight of the mine. Sub. Lieutenant Wright lashed himself in a position from which he could work, and Able Seaman Bevan came up to hold his torch. Then, with a small saw, which was all the cramped conditions would allow, he cut through the rafter, exposing the fuse, and fitted a “gag”. During this period they were in imminent danger. He then turned his attention to the screw-threaded ring which held the fuse in position. Hardly had he touched it when the clockwork fuse began to run. Both men made every effort to escape. Wright succeeded in freeing himself and then jumped on to one of the ropes used for scenery, and slid to the floor. Bevan slid down the ladder and took a 10 foot drop in his stride. Fortunately the gag held - and the mine did not explode. They returned to the mine, not knowing the condition of the fuse, and decided to go on with the process of extracting it. This was successfully accomplished. To remove the detonator, Wright had to lie on the mine, while Bevan held on to his feet. Able Seaman Bevan served in the section for one year and assisted with 15 mines. Both Sub. Lieutenant Wright and Able Seaman Bevan displayed the highest degree of courage and devotion to duty on this occasion.’

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Lot 312

Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (Cyrus. O. Daniell Royal Artillery) fitted with silver clip and ring suspension, very fine £70-£90

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Lot 275

Waterloo 1815 (E. Newsom. Gunner. Royal Foot Artillery.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruising, polished and worn, therefore fine, the reverse better £700-£900 --- Edward Newsome was born in Ashton, Yorkshire, around 1791. He attested into the Royal Artillery at Sheffield in July 1811, and later served in Captain Napier’s Company at Waterloo. He purchased his discharge on 30 November 1823 after 14 years and 152 days’ service, including two years additional awarded service for Waterloo. He later died, aged 91, at Langport, Hampshire, in July 1881. Sold together with copy discharge papers, copied research and a copy press clipping from The Evening News, Portsmouth, dated 19 July 1881, reporting his death.

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Lot 581

Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (James Fisher Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 16 & 17 June 1856) fitted with ring suspension, good very fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case no. 15,853: ‘James Tattersall and Jas. Waring. June 16 and 17, the Canal Preston. James Fisher (carpenter), jumped in, on both occasions, and rescued them.’ James Tattersall was 4 years old, and James Waring was 8 years old when they both accidentally fell in to the Preston Canal, Lancashire. The following additional detail is provided by The Preston Guardian of 21 June 1856: ‘We are informed that a worthy and brave fellow named Fisher, a ship’s-carpenter, who lives in Hawkins Street, Preston, succeeded last week in rescuing two children from a watery grave. On the Tuesday, while at work on the Maudlands, he heard a cry of distress from some children on the opposite bank, and observed some bubbles on the surface of the water. With a wonderful presence of mind he darted into the canal, and dragged the unfortunate boy to land. On Wednesday a second case of the same kind occured. We are also informed that last summer Fisher rescued two drowning children from the canal; and some time previous he saved a fellow creature from a watery grave, at the risk of his own life....’ Sold with copied research.

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Lot 277

Waterloo 1815 (Richard Hornsby, Royal Artillery Drivers.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £800-£1,200 --- Richard Hornsby was present as a Driver in Major N. Turner’s “A” Troop, Royal Artillery Drivers at Waterloo.

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Lot 108

Pair: Sergeant John Smith, Royal Waggon Train, later Quartermaster Sergeant at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Waterloo 1815 (Serjeant John Smith Royal Waggon Train.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension; Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (John Smith. Late Qr. Mr. Sergt. Royal Mily. College) officially impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (2) £2,000-£2,400 --- John Smith was born in the Parish of Arnold, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the Royal Regiment of Waggon Train at Northampton on 8 November 1811, aged 17, a frame work knitter by trade. He was promoted to Corporal on 12 March 1813, and to Sergeant on 25 December 1813, continuing in that rank for five years until reduced to Corporal ‘in consequence of reduction [of the establishment]’ on 25 December 1818. He served ‘Nine months in the Peninsula; Five months in Holland; Three years & a half in France.’ He was discharged on 23 February 1830, his discharge papers noting that ‘This is not a case of disability, Corporal John Smith is discharged by order of the General Commanding in Chief, conveyed in a Letter from the Adjutant General to the Officer Commanding the Royal Waggon Train, dated 13 February 1830, and produced before the Board’. It is further noted that ‘his conduct has been that of a very good and efficient soldier, seldom in the Hospital, trustworthy and very sober.’ His service at this time amounted to 19 years 109 days, including 2 years’ allowance for Waterloo. Smith was appointed as Sergeant to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on 17 April 1830, and was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant on 27 May 1846. He was finally discharged in consequence of old age on 18 August 1858, being then aged 63 years 8 months, his total service amounting to 47 years 282 days, including Waterloo allowance but having deducted one year’s under-age service. The award of the Meritorious Service Medal is confirmed by McInnes as being given in 1869 with an annuity of £20. It is one of only two M.S.Ms. awarded to the Royal Military College, the other being in 1942. Quartermaster Sergeant John Smith died in 1870. Sold with full set of copied discharge papers for R.W.T. and R.M.C.

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Lot 52

A fine C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel W. Adye, Royal Irish Rifles, who was recommended for the V.C. in the Second Afghan War and was taken Prisoner of War at Nicholson’s Nek in the Second Boer War - ‘the most humiliating day in British military history since Majuba’ The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1882, complete with swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lt. W. Adye. Trans. Dep.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (Major W. Adye. R. Irish Rifles); Coronation 1902, silver, white enamel chipped on one arm of C.B., otherwise, good very fine or better (4) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2005, when sold with a silver-gilt C.B. badge (£3200). Walter Adye was born in November 1858, the son of Major-General Goodson Adye of Milverton, Warwick, and was educated at Leamington College and Sandhurst. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 83rd Regiment (The Royal Irish Rifles) in January 1878, he was advanced to Lieutenant at the end of the same year, and quickly witnessed active service in the Second Afghan War. Adye was, in fact, detached for special duties, and ‘served throughout the second campaign, firstly as Transport Officer on the Kandahar line, having charge, for six months, of the stations of Dozan and Darwaza in the Boland Pass, and afterwards as Brigade Transport Officer, 1st Division, Kandahar F.F., at Kandahar, where he performed garrison duty throughout the siege. During the retirement of troops from the sortie to Deh Khwaja, he distinguished himself by carrying, under a heavy fire, two of the wounded to places of safety. He was present in the reconnaissance of 31st August, and the battle of Kandahar. He proceeded to India in November 1880, to rejoin his regiment prior to embarkation for Natal. He was recommended by H.E. the Commander-in-Chief, and by General Primrose, for the Victoria Cross’ (Shadbolt refers): Adye actually descended by a rope ladder from the Kabul Gate when sallying out to rescue the second man. Having witnessed further active service - back with his regiment - in the First Boer War 1881, Adye was advanced to Captain in November 1884 and served as Adjutant of the Auxiliary Forces 1885-90. Further promotion followed in March 1893, with his appointment as Major, and by the eve of the Second Boer War he was serving as D.A.A.G. to the Army. He subsequently joined Sir George White’s staff out in Natal at the commencement of hostilities, and quickly made his mark with his senior, being described by him as a ‘capital officer’ who knew ‘every inch of the ground’ - the latter accolade presumably on the back of his earlier experiences in the First Boer War of 1881. Be that as it may, and having witnessed the costly affair at Lombard’s Kop, Adye was instrumental in persuading White to let him take a column to Nicholson’s Nek to protect the west flank of the infantry who were assigned the storming of Pepworth, and to block off the enemy’s line of retreat. In the event, the column was commanded by Adye’s regimental C.O., Lieutenant-Colonel Carleton, which from a career point of view was probably as well, for the whole met with disaster: ‘... From earliest daybreak Boer scouts were reconnoitring, and about 8 o’clock mounted Boers could be seen galloping in small groups to the cover at the reverse of the hill on the west. Later, two strong parties of mounted men took position on the far side of the two hills commanding the kopje from the west. About 9 o’clock these two parties had crowned the hills and opened a heavy fire at short ranges right down upon the plateau. Our men made a plucky attempt to return this fire, but it was impossible; they were under a cross-fire from two directions, flank and rear. The two companies of Gloucesters holding the self-contained ridge were driven from their shelter, and as they crossed the open on the lower plateau were terribly mauled, the men falling in groups. The Boers on the west had not yet declared themselves, but about 200 marksmen climbed to the position which the two companies of Gloucesters had just vacated. These men absolutely raked the plateau, and it was then that the men were ordered to take cover on the steep reverse of the kopje. As soon as the enemy realised this move, the men on the western hill teemed on to the summit and opened upon our men as they lay on the slope. They were absolutely hemmed in, and what had commenced as a skirmish seemed about to become a butchery. The grim order was passed round - “Faugh-a-Ballaghs, fix your bayonets and die like men!” There was the clatter of steel, the moment of suspense, and then the “Cease Fire” sounded. Again and again it sounded, but the Irish Fusiliers were loth to accept the call, and continued firing for many minutes. Then it was unconditional surrender and the men laid down their arms...’ (The Transvaal War refers). Adye was one of 954 officers and men to be taken Prisoner of War that day, a bitter blow to Sir George White, and a day that one historian has described as ‘the most humiliating in British military history since Majuba’: it is said that the officers of the Royal Irish Rifles were ‘so exasperated at the exhibition of the white flag that they set to work and smashed their swords rather than give them up’. Adye was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 8 February 1901 refers) and, on being released, served as D.A.A.G. at Army H.Q. from July 1900 until February 1904. He was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in the latter year, when he was appointed a General Staff Officer, and thence to substantive Colonel in October 1907. Appointed C.B. in 1909, he served briefly as Deputy Assistant Inspector of Remounts, Eastern Command, from 1914 until his death in September 1915.

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Lot 492

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India 1905-06, small oval silver-gilt medallet; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Edward Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay 1921, oval bronze medal, the obverse with bust of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), surmounted by Prince of Wales’ feathers, the reverse inscribed ‘Visit of His Royal Highness, Bombay, November 1921’, last lacking ring suspension, nearly very fine (3) £140-£180

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Lot 295

Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Hornist Mohlen Bruck, Leichte Batt. Lueneburg) fitted replacement soldered clip and steel ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine £300-£400 --- Mohlen Bruck was a Hornist, or Bugler, in the Lueneburg Light Battalion, which fought at Waterloo with the title Lueneburg Field Battalion in the 1st Hannoverian Brigade. The regiment was badly cut up by cuirassiers, temporarily losing a colour, when moving to assist the garrison at La Haye Sainte. Their casualties were the highest of any of the Hannoverian regiments.

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Lot 580

Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (Thomas Smith Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 31 May 1852) pierced for ring suspension, and housed in leather case of issue, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £180-£220 --- R.H.S. Case no. 15,216: ‘Saml. Teasdale and Henry Cooper. May 31, Yarmouth River. Thos. Smith and John Collins, fishermen, both swam a distance of thirty yards and saved them.’ Thomas Smith resided at Gorleston, Suffolk (now Norfolk), and was 39 years of age at the time of the incident. Teasdale and Cooper’s boat had capsized in a squall. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 268

Waterloo 1815 (Henry Sefe, 2nd Reg. Light Drag.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, name re-impressed in slightly smaller capital letters, all other details officially impressed naming as issued, contact marks, nearly very fine £600-£800 --- Shown as Henry ‘Sife’ on Royal Mint roll and as ‘Sefe’ on M.G.S. roll, served with the 2nd Light Dragoons, King’s German Legion, and is entitled to a 3 clasp Military General Service Medal for Salamanca, Vittoria, and Toulouse (M.G.S. sold in Inman Sale, July 1896).

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Lot 286

Waterloo 1815 (Daniel Ashford, 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, surname and last two letters of Christian name engraved, otherwise officially impressed, light edge bruising and polished, nearly very fine £800-£1,000 --- Daniel Ashford was born in the Parish of North Cadbury, Somerset, and was enlisted into the 40th Foot at Exeter, Devon, on 1 May 1804, aged 21, for unlimited service. He served in South America, Peninsula, North America, and at Waterloo, was wounded in the right hand at Toulouse, and in the left arm and thigh (severely) at Waterloo. He served in Captain J. Lowry's Company at Waterloo and was discharged at Glasgow on 24 March 1819, his conduct being described as ‘very good’. He lived to claim the M.G.S. medal, as a Chelsea In-pensioner, with eight clasps, for Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Pyrenees, and Toulouse, which was sent to Chelsea Hospital on 25 May 1854 (Sold at Glendining’s in May 1903). Sold with copied discharge papers.

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Lot 285

The Waterloo Medal awarded to Corporal W. Theordy, 40th Foot, who served with the Grenadier Company in Egypt, and then throughout the Peninsula, receiving a unique 11 clasp Military General Service Medal Waterloo 1815 (Corp. William Theordy, 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot.) with original steel clip and slightly later split ring suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £1,600-£2,000 --- William Theordy (also recorded as Theady) was born in Carrington, Bedford, and attested for the 40th Regiment of Foot on 15 July 1799. He served in Holland, and then with the Grenadier Company throughout the whole of the campaign in Egypt, where he was considered a ‘very gallant’ soldier (discharge papers refer). He saw further service in South America, and then throughout the whole of the Peninsula War, and in Captain J. Barnett’s Company during the Waterloo campaign. He served as a Corporal for 5 years, and as a Sergeant for 2 years and 92 days, and was discharged on 24 April 1816, after 18 years and 285 days’ service. He lived to claim and received an 11-clasp Military General Service Medal, with clasps for Egypt, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, and Orthes, a unique combination of clasps to the British Army, and died in Chelsea on 7 August 1858. Sold with copied discharged papers.

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Lot 278

Waterloo 1815 (William Ward, Royal Artillery Drivers.) fitted with silver ring fitment and small split ring for suspension, traces of brooch fitting to obverse, naming very weak, pitted and worn overall, fair to fine £200-£300 --- William Ward served at Waterloo in Major N. Turner’s “A” Troop, Royal Artillery Drivers. He also served in the Peninsula and France and lived to claim the M.G.S. medal with four clasps for Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes and Toulouse.

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Lot 280

Waterloo 1815 (Charles Shields, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Sotheby, December 1896; Glendining’s, June 1924; Harrison Collection 1934. Charles Shields was born in the Parish of Newark, Nottinghamshire, and enlisted for unlimited service in the Grenadier Guards at Ware, Hertfordshire, on 16 October 1797, aged 20, a brush maker by trade. He served for 21 years 18 days and was discharged at Windsor on 2 November 1818, in consequence of ‘long service’. He was granted two years’ additional service for Waterloo, where he was in Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. H. P. Townshend’s Company, and was admitted to a Chelsea out-pension of 1s/1d per diem on 11 November 1818. Sold with copied discharge papers.

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Lot 294

Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Soldat Joh. Jag. Burmester, Feldbataillon Lauenburg) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, very fine £400-£500

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Lot 738

Eastern People’s Awards. Three examples, the first a Gold Award Second Class in Presentation Packet. Standard type, but ring stamped ‘100’ [Rudolf Wachter and Lange, Mittwaida]. Brown paper presentation packet, front printed ‘Verdienst Auszeichnung fur Angehorige der Ostvolker 2. Klasse in Gold’; the second another Gold Award Second Class, but a scarce variant, heavier than usual and with a flat back reverse; and the third a Silver Award Second Class with Swords for Bravery, a scarce variant with flat back, extremely good condition, the first rare with manufacturer’s stamp (3) £120-£160

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Lot 624

Miniature Medals: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type badge, silver; 1914 Star; 1914-15 Star (3); Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful), lacking integral silver riband buckle; Russia, Empire, Order of St. Anne, Military Division, bronze-gilt and enamel, with crossed swords, of Continental manufacture; together with another badge of the Order of St. Anne, Civil Division, but lacking both obverse and reverse central medallions, nearly very fine and better World Orders and Medals (full-sized): Chile, Republic, Star for the Lima Campaign 1882, Third Class, silver, suspension ring crudely re-soldered; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918; Germany, Wurttemberg, Campaign Medal 1793-1815, bronze, number of campaigns erased from reverse, and suspension ring re-soldered; good fine and better (11) £80-£100 --- Sold with a top ‘bow riband’ bronze brooch.

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Lot 768

An extremely rare German Second World War Allgemeine SS / Waffen SS Model 33 Man’s Dagger and subsequent Officer’s Sword, both belonging to Obersturmbannfuhrer (Lieutenant Colonel) Alfred Graf The model 33 dagger in magnificent condition having a very good blade by the manufacturer Gotlieb Hammesfahr of Solingen, virtually all the cross grain finish remaining, a minor area of black spotting where the blade butts up against the lower cross guard. The grip has an undamaged enamel SS inset, high quality national eagle, one minor chip to the upper right hand side of the ebony grip. Roman numeral group mark ‘I’ on the reverse side of the lower cross guard. Fitted into its excellent condition scabbard that has virtually all of the original blueing remaining to the blade, some thinness at the edges. The finish of the upper scabbard mount and lower scabbard mount is perfect without any indentations to the lower ball. One small knock to the lower scabbard mount on the left hand side just below the fixing screw. The dagger is fitted with a near perfect condition vertical hanging strap, which is ‘Assmann’ and ‘DRGM’ marked, plus a brown leather belt loop. The number ‘1969’ stamped just underneath the lower cross guard on the reverse side of the blade. The accompanying SS Officer’s Sword having a superb blade measuring 83.5cm the blade is faintly marked ‘Carl Julius Krebs, Solingen’ with number ‘1969’. The white leather washer is still intact between the blade and the lower part of the D shaped hilt and to the lower part of the D shaped hilt is the double runic symbol within an octangle stamp. The plating to the hilt overall is excellent. Considerable wear to the black finish of the wood grip indicating much service use. A circular SS runic symbol is complete and all grip wire complete. The upper pommel is engraved with the initials ‘AG’. The sword is fitted with its original SS sword knot ,when opening the two strands of the knot the original RZM silk woven label is still inside which has frayed and oxidised in places but is still strong and all intact. The scabbard retains virtually 90% of its original paint finish with some minor abrasions. One small indentation to the scabbard just below the hanging ring, another quite severe indentation to the lower chape of the sword. The sword is fitted into original carrying bag, overall very good condition (2) £5,000-£7,000 --- Alfred Graf was born in Kassel on 13 December 1906 and joined the SS as an Untersturmfuhrer on 5 April 1934, with number 1969. Ultimately promoted to SS Obersturmbannfuhrer in 1944, his first units were Standarte Germania, Standarte Deutschland, Standarte Nordland, SS Division Viking, SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen and finally 21st Mountain Division Skanderbeg. The Division SS Skanderbeg comprised of ethnic Albanians and Volksdeutsche and were involved heavily in anti-partisan operations in the Balkans. There have been statements made that he was the last Commander of Skanderbeg; however, that is in dispute through recent research but he was undoubtedly was a high ranking officer within Skanderbeg and Prinz Eugen to the end of the Second World War. This sword and dagger have an interesting history; they were obviously both liberated at the same time, more than likely from Graf’s home, and were brought back to the United Kingdom. The sword was sold to a notable collector of the 1960s and 70s and then purchased by the present vendor in the early 1980s. Some years later the dagger was seen at an Arms and Military Exhibition in the United Kingdom by the present vendor and he noticed the matching number and purchased the dagger, thus reuniting the two pieces. Included in the accompanying research file with the lot is a letter of 1986 from a researcher back to the present vendor where he has helped with the research of the history of Alfred Graf; it also would appear that many items of Graf’s were liberated, as in 2020 his SS Totenkopf ring was sold at auction along with some of his medals, and consequently there may well be other items of Graf’s circulating within collecting circles. These two items have been in the possession of the owner since the mid-1980s. This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.

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Lot 296

Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Soldat Johann Mowinkle Landw. Bat. Osnabrueck) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, rank and name re-engraved, otherwise impressed as usual, nearly very fine £140-£180

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Lot 291

Waterloo 1815 (William Nicholls, 2nd Batt. 69th Reg. Foot.) fitted with replacement silver clip and small ring suspension, last six letters of surname engraved, otherwise officially impressed, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine or better £600-£800

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Lot 315

Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced as issued with small ring suspension, good very fine £60-£80

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Lot 264

Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver, 45mm, Calcutta Mint striking for the native troops of Bengal, a later 19th-century striking from polished dies with die crack in obverse exergue, pierced with small ring for suspension, very fine £200-£300

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Lot 507

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, impressed naming (J. Dowse, Serjeant Royal Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £120-£160 --- James Dowse was born in the Parish of Pottern, Wiltshire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Devizes on 24 July 1828, aged 22, a miller by trade. He served abroad at Nova Scotia, 11 years 2 months; in the West Indies, 5 years; and was discharged in the rank of Sergeant on 31 May 1853. He had been awarded the Medal and Gratuity for Good Conduct per General Order 20 February 1850. Sold with copied discharge papers.

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Lot 635

Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, suspension ring marked ‘24’ for the Hanau co-operative of makers from the town of Hanau, black finish to the iron centre somewhat chipped; RAD Long Service Medal, Fourth Class, bronze for 4 Years’ service; RLB Second Class Medal, aluminium; together with a Mother’s Cross in silver; and a good quality Wound Badge in silver, maker marked number ‘30’ to the reverse side, for Hauptmunstamt, Vienna, very fine and better (5) £100-£140

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Lot 287

Waterloo 1815 (Ensign Alex. Cumming, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor scratches and marks in obverse field, otherwise good very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Coutts Collection, Gelndining’s, June 1921; Glendining’s, June 1925 and December 1931. Alexander Cumming was gazetted Ensign in the 42nd Foot on 17 February 1814, and was placed on half-pay on 26 August 1817. He died in 1852.

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Lot 288

Waterloo 1815 (John Morris, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising and obverse polished, good fine, reverse better £1,800-£2,200 --- John Morris was born at Blairgowrie, Perthshire, and attested for the 42nd Foot at Dundee on 10 July 1814, aged 20, a shoemaker by trade. He ‘served seven months in Flanders and France, six years and three months in Gibraltar, two years and ten months in Malta, one year and nine months in Corfu, the remainder at Home.’ He served a total of 25 years 326 days and was discharged in consequence of ‘being worn out by age and length of service’ at Dublin on 25 June 1838. Sold with copied discharge papers.

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Bosleys Military Auctioneers
Lot 338

France. Legion of Honour, Knight's breast badge. Good scarce mid 19th century example with white enamel arms joined by green enamel laurel sprays (enamel to one leaf absent). The obverse depicts Napoleon's head with blue enamel ring NAPOLEON EMP. DES FRANCAIS; the reverse with eagle within chipped blue enamel ring HONNEUR ET PATRIE. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Bosleys Military Auctioneers
Lot 523

Edward VII Boer War M1888 Lee Metford Bayonet A good example the double edged blade with crowned ER and issue date 6/02. Steel crossguard muzzle ring and pommel, the latter with oil hole. Wooden slab grips retained by two brass rivets. Housed in its steel mounted leather scabbard. GC. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Lot 463

German Third Reich 1933 model SS dagger by E.P & S, Solingen. Good scarce example, the blade etched Meine Ehre heist Treue (My Honour is Loyalty), the other side bearing maker's dancer logo. Nickel mounted black wooden grip inlaid with silvered eagle and swastika and enamelled circular SS Sigrunen, the crossguard impressed I (for Munich area). Housed in black anodised, nickel mounted scabbard. Loose suspension ring absent. Toned with minor service wear. Scabbard with surface rust, blade clean. GC INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Lot 442

German Third Reich 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class and Berlin made 1914 example. A good example on ribbon with silvered frame and magnetic iron core, the suspension ring stamped with indistinct number. Small fixed suspension ring on cross detached on reverse ... together with a 1914 2nd Class example ring stamped KO (Konigliches Munzamt Orden, Berlin). (2 items) INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Lot 518

German Model 1871 Bayonet A good example with single edged blade with large central fuller. Maker's mark to the forte ERFURT. The back edge dated 80. Steel turn up quillon and down turn muzzle ring hook. Brass birds head grip with grooves to one side. Long steel locking spring. Housed in its brass mounted leather scabbard. The scabbard top mount with various Regimental stamps. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Lot 525

1871 Dated French Chassepot Bayonet. Single edged Yataghan blade with large fuller. The hilt with steel hook quillon, muzzle ring and brass ribbed grip. Steel locking spring and stud. Housed in its steel scabbard. The back of the blade with ordnance stamps and date 1871. GC INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Lot 524

Victorian Boer War M1888 Lee Metford Bayonet A good example the double edged blade with crowned VR and issue date 8/00. Steel crossguard muzzle ring and pommel, the latter with oil hole. Wooden slab grips retained by two steel screws. Housed in its steel mounted leather scabbard. GC. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Lot 440

German Third Reich Hessen NSKK dagger by Curt Hoppe, Solingen. A good early example with double-edged blade etched with 'Alles fur Deutschland" and maker's logo. Brown wooden grip inlaid with eagle and swastika, and enamelled circular SA device. Nickel cross-guard stamped "He" (Group Hessen). Housed in original black painted scabbard with nickel mounts and a single suspension ring complete with short leather strap and spring-clip. Chape absent otherwise generally VGC. NSKK (National Socialist Motor Corps) wore standard SA daggers from 1933 until 1936 when black scabbards were adopted. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Lot 433

German Third Reich 1939 SA Stormtrooper's Dagger by Eickhorn, Solingen. Good example with double-edged blade, the front etched with "Alles fur Deutschland", and reverse with maker's squirrel logo and circular RZM M7/66 1939 device. Brown wooden grip inlaid with eagle and swastika, and circular SA device in white metal and enamel. Nickel-plated top guard and cross-guard. Housed in its original brown scabbard with nickel-plated mounts and single suspension-ring retaining associated leather strap stamped L2/371/36 with nickel plated clip by Assmann stamped DRGM RZM M5/8. Nickel plating begining to lift on dagger mounts, scabbard with wear otherwise GC. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Lot 519

British Jungle Carbine No5 Bayonet A good example, short single edged Bowie blade with central fuller. Blackened steel large muzzle ring and pommel. Wooden slab grips. Housed in its black painted steel scabbard. Clean condition. INVOICE PAYABLE ON PRESENTATION BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY

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Chalkwell Auctions
Lot 302

A rose metal ring set with a large emerald cut citrine, (Q).

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Lot 303

A gent's hallmarked 9ct yellow gold signet ring, (Q). Approx 7.9g.

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Lot 255

A hallmarked 18ct yellow gold ring set with graduated old cut diamonds, (M.5). Approx 4.5g.

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Lot 270

A 925 silver ring set with marquise cut emeralds and white stones, ring size N.5.

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Lot 97

A hallmarked 9ct yellow gold ruby and diamond wishbone ring, (K.5). With 9ct gold ring adjuster attached. Approx. 1.6g.

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Lot 90

An 18ct yellow gold diamond and ruby set ring, (N). One diamond missing and worn hallmark. Approx 1.8g.

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Lot 117

A 9ct yellow gold ring set with citrines, garnets and diamonds, (R ).

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Lot 130

A hallmarked 18ct yellow and white gold diamond cluster ring, (N). Approx 2.8g.

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Lot 253

A hallmarked 9ct yellow gold and carved jade ring, (P.5). Approx 6g.

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Lot 89

A hallmarked 18ct yellow gold diamond set ring, (L). Approx 2.8g.

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Lot 299

A heavy 18ct yellow gold Gucci ring, (N). Bent shank. Approx 7.9g.

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Lot 269

A 925 silver ring set with marquise cut peridots and white stones, (O).

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Lot 96

A hallmarked 18ct yellow gold diamond set ring, (L.5). Approx. 2.6g.

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Lot 123

A 9ct white gold diamond set half eternity ring, (P.5). Approx 11g.

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Lot 115

An 18ct yellow gold ruby and diamond set ring, (R ). Two stones missing. Approx 4.1g.

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Lot 300

A yellow metal (tested 18ct gold) ring set with large old brilliant cut diamonds, estimated approx. 1.30ct total, (P).

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Lot 86

A hallmarked 15ct yellow gold coral and diamond set ring, (L.5). Approx. 2g.

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Lot 265

A rose gold on 925 silver ring set with marquise cut opal, ruby and emerald, (M).

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Lot 99

A hallmarked 9ct yellow gold ring, (N). Approx. 1.2g.

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Martin & Pole
Lot 335

A 9ct yellow gold diamond, and sapphire cluster ring, size P 1/2, together with a 9ct yellow gold and sapphire bar brooch, and a sapphire and diamond pendant on a 9ct yellow gold chain. (3)7.6 grams combined

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