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Lot 112

Anne (1702-14), silver halfcrown, 1707, rose and plumes, edge SEXTO (S 3582), fine.

Lot 70

A small collection of prize medal for music, comprising: Logier's System of Musical Education, Manchester 1817: engraved silver, 40mm (A Tribute from Messrs Ward & Andrews to Miss E. Nightingale for her attention and perseverance in the theory and practice of music), nearly extremely fine; another for Logier's System, engraved silver, 35mm, (SIBELLA MACKENZIE GRIEVES....AGED 8...1817), very fine; Royal Academy of Inverness - from the Inverness Academy Club: engraved silver, 63mm (Margaret Mackintosh FOR PROFICIENCY IN MUSIC 1870), foliate border and ornate fixed suspension loop, extremely fine; and the Royal Academy of Music; silver medals (4), 40mm, various forms of suspension loop, award dates from 1828 to 1918 (E 1165), grades from good very fine to extremely fine. [7]

Lot 171

A pair of Omani daggers (jambiya), of characteristic form with short broad blades, horn and silver hilts, and elaborate silver clad scabbards; in an associated plywood presentation box with a carved representation of a jambiya set to the lid, and an internal carved plaque 'Presented by your Team in Oman 1975'.

Lot 49

Austria-Hungary: five Military Merit Medals: i) Franz Joseph, silver, bust left, rev. 'SIGNUM LAUDIS', wartime ribbon; ii) bronze, wartime ribbon with swords; iii) bronze, peacetime ribbon; iv) Kaiser Karl, silver, wartime ribbon; v) bronze, wartime ribbon with swords; all on trifold ribbons, very fine or better. [5]

Lot 117

Spain: Philip V, silver two reales, 1724, slightly buckled, good fine; another two reales, Louis I, 1724, buckled, otherwise very fine; and another, Charles III, 1774, about very fine. [3]

Lot 142

Spanish Netherlands: a small quantity of hammered silver coins, each approximately 27 mm, patards or similar denominations, in excavated condition.

Lot 144

A small quantity of British coins, including: Victoria, silver double florin, 1887, Arabic 1 (S 3923), cleaned, very fine; silver crown, 1889 (S 3921), later case, good very fine; George V, Jubilee crown, 1935 (S 4048), later case, good very fine or better; and various commemorative or specimen issues. [10]

Lot 115

France: Louis XIV, silver ecu, 1670, Rennes mint, m.m. 9, 27g (KM 214.4), good fine or a little better.

Lot 50

Austria: a small collection of cased medals: i) a set of three medals cased together by Moritz Tiller & Co, comprising: War Medal 1973, gilt-bronze, rev. '2 DEC 1873'; Franz Josef I 50th Anniversary Medal (Signum Memoriae); Silver Medal for Bravery (Der Tapferkeit); all with tri-fold ribbons, good very fine or better; ii) Silver Cross of Merit with Crown, silver and enamel, in case by Bergmann of Vienna, enamel missing from lower obverse arm, other minor damage; Kaiser Karl, Military Merit Medal (Signum Laudis), gilt-bronze, in case by Zimbler of Vienna, light wear to gilding, good very fine. [5]

Lot 114

George II, silver crown, 1741, roses in angles, edge DECIMO QVARTO (S 3687), obverse spotting, otherwise good very fine.

Lot 116

France: Louis XV (1710-74), silver ecu, 1721, Amiens, m.m. clover, 24.32g, much undertype, good fine; together with: Second Republic, five francs, 1851, 24.98g, extremely fine and toned. [2]

Lot 280

Captain Bowes Butler-Stoney, Coldstream Guards: an excellent archive of papers and photographs, including: an album of photographs of First World War subject such as Cercotte Camp September 1914, group and individual portraits of officers, candid shots of officer and men in trenches, sandbag parapets, and also holding scraps such as a message directing this officer to stay behind in the lines to assist a relieving battalion with patrols ("[he] knows the ground"), a telegram of December 1917 notifying a "severe gunshot wound" to his leg; Paris Peace Conference 1919: a scarce delegate's folder, the covers bound in gilt and tooled red leather, including much original content, and Captain Butler-Stoney's official leather conference pass; a large quantity of correspondence, including letters from a friend in the diplomatic service giving an interesting insight into Japanese aggression in China in the 1930s; military manuals, a battlefield tour itinerary, loose photographs; personal effect comprising a silver cigarette case, a silver sovereign case, and a wristwatch, and other items. [qty] Gazettes: Temp. 2nd Lieutenant, 8th September 1914; Temp. Lieutenant, 31st December 1915; Croix de Guerre, 25th September 1917; Acting Captain (while commanding a company), 11th December 1917; Temporary Major (while specially employed), 18th February 1919.

Lot 108

William and Mary, silver halfcrown, 1689, first reverse, caul only frosted, pearls, edge PRIMO, 14.72g (S 3434), very fine.

Lot 81

The History of Man in Flight, a set of fifty silver medals, by John Pinches for the Royal Air Force Museum, each medal commemorating a significant innovation or event in the history of manned flight, in a presentation binder boxed together with a binder of explanatory literature.

Lot 101

Mary (1553-54), silver groat, m.m. pomegranate, 1.82g (S 2492), good fine.

Lot 64

Bath Bluecoat School: three struck prize medals: gilt metal, 57mm, bust of Edward VI almost facing, rev. schoolmaster with pupils, 'THE BRODERICK MEDAL', edge engraved (CHARLES DAVID RUSSELL 1860), extremely fine or nearly so; another of this type, white metal, unnamed, light surface marks, nearly extremely fine; silver, 44mm, bust of Robert Nelson, rev. legend and assay marks, edge engraved (ARTHUR S. FLOWER 27TH DECR. 1881), Birmingham 1881, good very fine. [3] Second and third ex DNW 06/12/2012 lot 1400

Lot 164

Three eastern edged weapons: i) a small Indo-Persian dagger (peshkabz), double-curved blade 5.5 in. with reinforced point, horn grip scales, fabric covered scabbard with openwork brass chape; ii) a small Omani dagger (jambiya), broad blade 3.5 in., ornate silver mounted hilt and scabbard with characteristic arrangement of rings; iii) a Tibetan brass ritual dagger (phurbu), triangular blade 3.5 in. projecting from the mouth of a monstrous bird, the openwork grip formed as a Buddhist thunderbolt (vajra), the pommel in the form of a three faced head. [3]

Lot 55

Austria: First World War era Decorations for Services to the Red Cross: Merit Cross 2nd Class with war decoration, silver and enamel cross with wreath, a red cross and the legend 'PATRIAE AC HUMANITATI' to the centre, reverse '1864/ 1914', tri-fold ribbon, minor enamel damage, good very fine or better; Merit Cross 2nd Class without war decoration, silver and enamel cross, no wreath, bow ribbon, flake of enamel missing from reverse of left arm, discolouration to obverse centre, otherwise nearly extremely fine; Merit Cross 2nd Class with war decoration, central elements other than red cross missing; Silver Medal, oval with enamelled central plaque and border, 'PATRIAE AC HUMANITATI', tri-fold ribbon with swords, good very fine, ribbon stained; Bronze Medal, as the last but in gilt-bronze, ribbon without swords, hairline cracks to central plaque, wear to gilding, otherwise good very fine; together with two later medals, of similar form to the last, reverse legends 'FÜR BESONDERE VERDIENSTE UM DAS ÖSTERREICHISCHE ROTE KREUZ'. [7]

Lot 68

Education: three cut and engraved silver medals: crosses pattee with raised borders to the centres, profuse scroll engraving to the arms, London assay marks: College House Upper Edmonton (2): Reward of Merit, Presented by D.J. White (Thomas Sloper 1845); Roll of Honour, Presented by Mr C.F.H. White, (H. J. Carter...1873/4); College House Eastbourne, by C.F.H. White, Midsummer 1887, unnamed; very fine and better. [3]

Lot 149

A collection of proof and specimen coins, including: Royal Mint Coinage of Great Britain and Northern Ireland sets (17), various years (some duplicated); four Royal Mint proof sets; a replica 'Charles II Touch Piece', marked as for 18 carat gold, in plastic presentation pack; a Republic of Panama silver proof 20 balboa coin, cased; and a quantity of other foreign and commonwealth proof issues and associated items, mainly in original packaging. [qty]

Lot 187

λ A fine English mounted yataghan, first quarter of the 19th century, Balkan blade 24 in., of typical forward curving form and inlaid in silver with panels of scrolling decoration involving script, the shoulder covered with a silver repoussé plate; English 'Mameluke' style hilt of gilt brass and ivory, quillons and langets richly embossed with oak leaves, grip strap formed of leaf chevrons with a beaded medial line, ivory pistol grips secured with flower head rivets; black leather scabbard with gilt brass locket and chape - each encircled by a band of leaf chevrons, the outer faces engraved with elegant botanical forms against a textured ground, the locket with two loose rings having reeded edges and Greek key decoration to each side, inner face of locket with cutler's particulars engraved within a seeded border "Salter Sword Cutler & Jeweller to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex 35 Strand LONDON". John Salter, who occupied 35 Strand between 1801 and 1824, is notable as having been both cutler and jeweller to Admiral Lord Nelson, and to a limited number of other naval officers including Edward Pellew; and as having been cutler to Lloyd's Patriotic Fund. The blade is dated 1220 AH (CE 1st April 1805 - 21st March 1806) and carries a pious invocation to Hasan and Husain, key martyrs in Shi'ite hagiography who died at the battle of Karbala in 680 AD. Their names appear on many Balkan arms. The silver inlay work can be attributed to Shkodra, Montenegro and southern Bosnia. There is a similar blade in the Wallace Collection.

Lot 14

Two medals to Captain Brooke Boyd, 68th Bengal Native Infantry: Sutlej Medal 1845-46, Sobraon reverse (LIEUT B: BOYD 68TH REGT N:I:), impressed, some edge bruising and scratching to the reverse field, good very fine; India Medal 1849-95, clasp: Pegu (CAPTN BROOKE BOYD 68TH REGT N.I.), impressed, nearly extremely fine; each with an engraved silver ribbon brooch. [2] The son of General Mossom Boyd (1781-1865), Brooke Boyd entered the Indian service in 1834 and became a Lieutenant in 1836, seeing service against the Bhils in Malwa. Captain 1846, Major 1855, Lieutenant Colonel 1858, Colonel 1866, Major General 1871, Lieutenant General 1877 and General in 1888. He died in St Leonards-on-Sea in 1900. Source: The Hastings Observer 24th November 1900.

Lot 155

A quantity of coins, mainly British pre-decimal issues, including: George III, silver shilling, 1787, rev. with semée of hearts (S 3746), die cud to reverse at 10 o'clock, otherwise good very fine; Victoria, silver shilling, 1887 (S 3926), good very fine; several 20th century half crowns and shillings, mainly in high grades; late pre-decimal issues; commemorative crowns, and other items. [qty]

Lot 61

The engineering prize medals to James Leslie F.R.S.E. (1801-1899): The Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Medal, frosted silver, 58 mm, head of Telford left, rev. a view of the Menai suspension bridge with shipping passing beneath it, in silver frame with watch glass to the reverse (obverse glass missing), frame edge inscribed (JAMES LESLIE, M. INST. C.E. 1840.), by W. Wyon, in fitted case (E 1206), some discolouration, and scuffing to the frosting, otherwise nearly extremely fine; The Royal Scottish Society of Arts silver award medal, 48 mm, bust of Athena right, rev., name and award details engraved within a wreath (...FOR INCLINED PLANE FOR BOATS AT BLACKHILL ON MONKLAND CANAL...1851..), good very fine or better; International Fisheries Exhibition Edinburgh 1882, silver award medals (2), 45 mm, view of Edinburgh Castle, exergue with exhibition title, rev. award details engraved within a wreath (CLASS IV AWARDED TO JAMES LESLIE C.E. EDINBURGH FOR DESIGNS OF SALMON PASSES and CLASS X AWARDED TO J&A LESLIE EDINBURGH FOR THE PURIFICATION OF SEWAGE FROM MILLS), some contact marks to engraved areas, otherwise about extremely fine. [4] Nephew of John Leslie and father to Alexander (see lots 60 and 62). Educated at Edinburgh University. Specialised in docks, water works and associated disciplines. Went into partnership with his son in 1871 as J&A Leslie.

Lot 143

A small collection of English and British silver coins, comprising: Charles II, crown, 1662 (S 3350), fair; James II, shilling, 1685 (S 3410), fair; William III, sixpence, 1696 (S 3538), fine; Anne, shilling, 1711, rev. plain angles (S 3610), fine; sixpence, 1705 (S 3591), fine; George I, shilling, 1723, second bust, rev. roses and plumes (S 3649), near very fine; George II, sixpence, 1757, old bust, rev. plain angles (S 3711), very fine; George III, shilling, 1787, rev. without semée of hearts (S 3743), near very fine; sixpence, 1787 (S 3748), good very fine; George IV, crown, 1822 (S 3805), crude flower head engraved near bust, otherwise near very fine. [10]

Lot 76

Act of Toleration 1689, a silver medal, 49 mm, laureate bust of William III right, rev. Britannia and the King with other allegorical figures, by P.H. Müller (E 314), good very fine.

Lot 99

Edward VI (1547-53), silver shilling, third period, fine issue, facing bust with rose, rev. m.m. y, slightly buckled, otherwise about very fine; together with two others, m.m tun, one fine or nearly so, the other fair. [3]

Lot 152

A quantity of coins, including: William IV, silver half crown, 1836, near fine; a personal token made from a silver shilling of George II, 1758, obverse field engraved "Dorothy Crookell Jany 1. 1779"; a copper token penny, Bristol 1811; and other items. [qty]

Lot 74

Abbess Jacqueline de Lalaing of Flines Abbey: a fine 16th century French engraved silver medal, 55 mm, the Abbess, kneeling in the presence of the Holy Family, receives a rosary from the Infant Christ, Dame Jacqueline's motto to a banner: 'O MATER DEI MEMENTO MEI'; rev. the Sacred Heart and the Wounds of Christ above a banner inscribed 'DAME JACQUELINE DE LALAING 1536' and overlaid by a crosier and the Lalaing arms; unsigned, small integral suspension loop, good very fine or better; together with: Édouard Hautcoeur, 'Histoire De L'Abbaye De Flines', a modern hardcover facsimile of an 1874 edition. [2] Flines Abbey was a Cistercian nunnery near Douai, founded in the first half of the 13th century. Dame Jacqueline, of the noble Lalaing Family of Flanders, was Abbess from the mid-1530s.

Lot 67

Three silver educational prize medals: Grammar School Musselburgh, 1870-71, engraved, 36mm, for modern languages (Robert Fleming Colley), 5.2g, good very fine; Arnold House School Higher Broughton, engraved, 46mm, good conduct (W. H. Carruthers....1860), 17g, nearly extremely fine; facade of a school and Greek text, struck, 36mm, edge engraved (IOHN COLLYER IGNIS 1818), 30.7g, very fine. [3]

Lot 145

Forty-two cases of Royal Mint silver proof coins, mainly single coins but some double sets also, including: 1981 Royal Wedding crown, 1986 two pounds, 1990 5 pence (2 coins), 1992 10 pence (2 coins), 1993 five pounds, 1998 piedfort NHS 50th Anniversary fifty pence, 1997 piedfort fifty pence, 2003 DNA Double Helix piedfort two pounds, and many others; together with a small quantity of base metal sets. [qty]

Lot 110

William III, silver sixpence, 1697, third bust, rev. later harp, large crowns, 2.83g (S 3538), good very fine, some toning.

Lot 52

A collection of Austrian service crosses, including: an officer's service cross for 25 years, gilt-bronze Leopold cross, the arms with seeded panels within beaded borders, centrally applied silver Imperial arms, black edged yellow tri-fold ribbon; four other officers' crosses; and sixteen NCO and Other Ranks awards, of the same form but with central roundels bearing numerals indicating the number of years served, in bronze or white metal, with tri-fold ribbons. [21]

Lot 298

1st Royal Dragoons: a cased composite set of six silver menu holders, each displaying the captured standard of the French 105th Line Infantry Regiment (in one case engraved on a crowned garter), octagonal bases, London, GMB 1970, Carrington & Co 1989 and 1996; together with: The Royal Warwickshire Regiment; a silver plated model of the regiment's antelope mascot, on a raised wooden base; and a brass table lighter in the form of a flaming grenade. [3]

Lot 281

Royal Aircraft Factory Farnborough: a fascinating collection of First World War era photographs and ephemera, being part of the papers of Major Charles Kemble Butler-Stoney, Royal Flying Corps and RAF, including: a photographs album containing many studies of early aircraft in flight and on the ground, H.M. airship Delta, a Parseval type airship, a group portrait of a 1914 shooting team armed with the .303 S.M.L.E., various scenes at the R.A.F. Farnborough, group and single portraits; correspondence including letters from various individuals serving in France (including Bowes Butler-Stoney, see lot 280), some giving details of the fighting; personal effects comprising a silver vesta case, a combined vesta and sovereign case, a pocket book, and an open faced silver pocket watch; and other similar items. [qty] Charles Kemble Butler-Stoney of Portland Park, County Tipperary. Captain, 1st December 1915; temp Major, 21st February 1917; relinquishes commission on account of ill health and granted the honourary rank of Major, 4th December 1918

Lot 58

A collection of Austrian dress miniature decorations, mainly gilt, silvered and enamelled, and comprising: Merit Cross for Military Chaplains with swords, Gold Cross of Merit, Military Merit Cross with War Decoration (2), Merit Cross for Services to the Red Cross with War Decoration, Merit Cross for Services to the Red Cross without War Decoration (2 - one with bow ribbon), Red Cross Silver Medal (1) and Bronze Medal (2), War Cross for Civil Merits (enamelled), another (bronze), Iron Cross with Imperial Crown, Iron Cross of Merit; together with a miniature cross of the Order Pro Merito Melitensi (Malta). [15]

Lot 8

Major General Henry Edward Manning Douglas, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal Army Medical Corps: a presentation silver cigarette box, engraved dedication from the staff of the Royal Army Medical College October 13th 1929, facsimile signatures to the sides, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co., London 1928; together with an Indian ivory statuette of the General, in dress uniform, wearing his orders, decorations and medals, his hand resting on the hilt of an 1831 pattern general officer's sword, the base engraved 'DOUGLAS V.C. and 'K.R. DESH PANDE FECIT POONA''; and a plaster bust of the general, by the same designer, dated 2nd August 1932. [3] See lot 7

Lot 82

Churchill Centenary Medals Trustees Presentation Edition, a set of twenty-four silver gilt medals, by John Pinches, commemorating the major events in the life and career of Winston Churchill, in presentation folder with explanatory text and certificate.

Lot 141

Amended Description: A small collection of English hammered silver coins, comprising: Edward IV (NOT EDWARD III), groat, London mint, very fine; three half pennies, about fine; Elizabeth I, sixpence, 1580, very fine; another sixpence, date indistinct, poor. [6]

Lot 151

A small collection of coins and other numismatic items, various regions and periods, including: England, Aethelred II (978-1016), silver penny, fair; Byzantine Empire: copper scyphate coins (3), fine; Ireland, Elizabeth I, copper penny 1602 (S 6510A), clipped and tarnished, near fine; various examples of English token coinage; commemorative medals including: William IV, London Bridge Opened 1831, copper (E 1245), good very fine; and other items. [qty]

Lot 146

A collection of Royal Mint proof coin sets, comprising: standard proof sets (17), 1984-1999 and 2002, cased and with outer card boxes; proof sets for 2000 and 2001 (10 coins each), cased and boxed; 1984-87 one pound silver proof collection (4 coins), cased; and 1994-97 one pound silver piedfort set (4 coins) cased and boxed.

Lot 53

Austrian Empire: Bravery Medals: Franz Joseph I, first class in silver, 40mm, bust left, rev. 'DER TAPFERKEIT'; second class in silver (2), 31mm; third class in bronze (2), 31mm, one with second award bar: Emperor Karl, first class in silver, 40mm, bust left, rev. 'FORTITUDINI'; second class in silver (2), one with second award bar; third class in bronze; with traditional tri-fold ribbons (some replacements), very fine and better. [9]

Lot 107

James II, silver crown, 1688, second bust, edge QVARTO (S 3407), near very fine.

Lot 113

Anne, silver halfcrown, 1708, Edinburgh (S 3605); another, 1709, London (S 3604), each with damage involving the legends, otherwise good fine and fine; together with a silver medal, Peace of Utrecht 1713 (E 460), about very fine. [3]

Lot 106

James II, silver shilling, 1685, 6g (S 3410), sometime gilded, near fine.

Lot 154

A quantity of coins and other numismatic interest, mainly British, including: George III, silver half crown, 1817 (S 3789), near very fine; British India: Bombay, copper 1/2 pice, clipped; Portugal: copper ten reis, 1764, fine; Ireland: copper token half penny, 1818 (E 1915), fine or better; together with other circulated coins, base metal specimens, commemorative crowns, and other items. [qty]

Lot 140

A small quantity of coins, comprising: George III, copper penny, 1797, Soho Mint (S 3777), very fine; Victoria, gold sovereign, 1887, Jubilee issue (S 3866), good very fine; silver crown (2), 1889 (S 3921), fine or better; four rolls of 1977 Jubilee commemorative crowns; a gaming counter, pierced for suspension; and a Papal bronze commemorative medal. [qty]

Lot 71

Commerce and Industry: four medals: John Parish, Hamburg 1806, silver, 39mm, 'FROM 1756 TILL 1806 TO THE MERCANTILE WORLD THIS SPAN OF LIFE WHAT AN EVENTFULL PERIOD!!!', rev. dedication, a few scratches but nearly extremely fine with some lustre; Liverpool Infirmary 1849, Mayor John Bramley-Moore, Fancy Fair, a benefit event award medal, silver, 45mm, arms, rev. legend, edge engraved (Anne Fry. REALIZED NETT £9593.6.2), nearly extremely fine; Great Exhibition 1851, exhibitor's medal, AE, 44mm, head of Prince Albert left, rev. globe in a wreath, edge impressed (BRITISH GUIANA. NO 159), cased, extremely fine; Trades and Industries Exhibition, Blackburn 1893, a gilt bronze award medal, 45mm, arms and crest, rev, Victory bestowing wreaths on artisans, central shield impressed (PARKER BROS. DRIGHLINGTON), cased, extremely fine. [4]

Lot 80

Three French Award Medals: silver, 51mm, head of Marianne left, rev. rifles, revolver and a bow, centre engraved (COMMUNE DE BRÉCY OFFERTE PAR MR MOREAU CER GAL), very fine; a life saving medal, 51mm, 'SOCIETE CENTRALE DE SAUVATAGE DES NAUFRAGES', unnamed, about as struck; and one other. [3]

Lot 73

Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland: silver prize medals (10): 35mm, ploughman with team, rev. engraved (To Thomas Ker 1845), scroll and ring suspension, extremely fine; 44mm, female figure bestows wreath on two agricultural workers, rev. (To Mr Thos Lorimer 1847), edge (FOR THE BEST LATE ANGUS OATS COMPETITION AT DUMFRIES), scratching and a small gouge to the reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine; another of this design, 1900, good very fine; three more similar but the obverse with arms supported by agricultural workers, 1933 to 1948, nearly extremely fine; and four smaller versions of the wreath type, 30mm, 1923 to 1928, good very fine or better. [10]

Lot 111

Anne (1702-14), silver crown, 1707, rev. roses and plumes, edge SEXTO (S 3578), good very fine or better.

Lot 3

The MBE group of nine awards to Major Leslie James Harrison, Royal Army Medical Corps: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Member's badge; The Order of St John, Serving Brothers's Badge; 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; British War Medal 1939-45; Africa General Service Medal 1899-1956, Elizabeth II, clasp: Kenya (MAJOR L.J. HARRISON. R.A.M.C.); General Service Medal 1918-62, Elizabeth II, clasp: Malaya (MAJOR. L.J. HARRISON. R.A.M.C.); Coronation Medal 1953; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George VI, Regular Army suspension bar (LIEUT. (QM) L.J. HARRISON. R.A.M.C.), court mounted, heavy toning to exposed parts of silver medals, nearly extremely fine; together with a corresponding group of court mounted dress miniature medals, very fine and better; a silver waiter with presentation inscription from the officers of 155 Field Ambulance 1943, Birmingham 1936; a presentation silver cigarette case, Birmingham 1945; and a collection of associated documents and photographs, including: warrants and commissioning documents (Warrant Officer, Lieutenant, Captain, Major (Q.M.)), bestowal documents (MBE and Coronation Medal 1953), qualification certificates, official testimonials, a typed briefing on Mau Mau oaths, and many other items.

Lot 100

Edward VI (1547-53), silver crown, 1551, third period, fine issue, m.m. y, 30.79g (S 2478), good fine.

Lot 291

2nd Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment: a presentation snare drum, silver plated body painted over one half with regimental title, badges and battle honours down to the First World War; reverse inscribed "Presented by the County to the Regiment after the Great War at Dorchester May 6th 1920": painted wooden flesh hoops, by Boosey & Co. with heraldry by Henry Potter & Co., height 14.25 in (36 cm), diameter 15 in. (38 cm).

Lot 109

William III, silver crown, 1696, third bust, rev. first harp, edge OCTAVO, 29.6g (S 3472), good very fine or better.

Lot 83

Corporation of the City Of London: Opening of London Bridge 1973, a silver-gilt medal by Toye, Kenning and Spencer, 51 mm, arms, rev. a view of the bridge, cased with certificate.

Lot 39

A small collection of medals, comprising: a Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Victoria, name erased, good very fine; an Uppingham School award for 'Good Work and Unblemished Character', silver oval, scroll suspension (detached), engraved to Edward Casey Summer 1860, nearly extremely fine; a white metal Bristol Humane Society swimming prize, 1912, cased; and a Streatham Peace and Victory Medal 1919. [4]

Lot 46

Austria-Hungary: Military Merit Crosses 3rd Class (2), silver and enamel, white crosses with red borders, 'VER/DIENST' to the centres, wreaths (kriegsdekoration) between the arms, trifold wartime ribbons (one with crossed swords), Vienna assay marks to the suspensions, one good very fine, the other (swords) with some surface damage to the enamel. [2]

Lot 118

Spanish Mexico: Philip V (1700-1746), silver eight reales, 1741, Mexico City, 26.9g (KM 103), die crack, good very fine and toned.

Lot 105

Charles II (1660-85), silver crown, 1673, third bust, edge V. QVINTO (S 3358), near fine.

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