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A Scottish hardstone brooch, a central cross motif within a circular frame and set throughout with hardstones and amber, measures 5.3cm in diameterThe brooch is in good condition. There is slight surface wear to the amber and agates. It is not hallmarked or stamped but in our opinion would test as silver. It fastens with a pin and c-hook. Gross weight 27.6 grams. Condition Report made 21st June 2017.
China, Nobility Badge, Second Class, breast star in silver and enamels with plain coral at centre and ruby in upper arm of cross to denote ‘nan’ (Baron) grade, yellow centre with arms of cross in black (upper), red (to right), white (lower) and green (to left), all on base of peony flowers and leaves, width 67mm, plain, concave reverse with horizontal brooch-pin and retaining sprags, good very fine and rare; Provenance: Stack's auction, New York, July 1994.
Queen’s Sudan, 1896-98, silver issue (2849. Pte J. Wall. Northd Fus:); polished with some minor edge bruising, good fine / very fine. Private J Wall is confirmed on the Queen’s Sudan Roll as having served with the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers during the Khartoum Expedition of 1898. He is also entitled to the Khedive’s Sudan medal with Khartoum clasp, and the Queen’s South Africa Medal with 3 clasps.
China, Order of the Double Dragon, Intermediate type (late 19th Century), a good Russian-made Second Class Second Grade breast star, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with central engraved coral and separately-applied dragons, by Feodor Rückert, St Petersburg, marked ÔÐ on backplate and with kokoshniks of pre-1899 type, wdth 91mm, good very fine. Feodor Rückert, who was of German origin, joined Carl Fabergé in 1887 and became a highly-regarded Fabergé workmaster.
China, Order of the Double Dragon, Second type (circa 1901-1911), Second Class Second Grade sash badge, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with central carved coral and upper smooth coral, plain reverse, width 54mm, height 90mm (including double-sided riband carrier), considerable wear and surface scratches and with knocks on both sides of lower right arm, fine to very fine
China, Order of the Double Dragon, Second type (circa 1901-1911), Second Class Second Grade breast star, of compact size, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with central engraved coral and plain upper coral, plain reverse with vertical brooch-pin, width 77mm, good very fine
The Highly Important Great War and Fall of Hong Kong P.O.W. Group of 11 to Sir Mark Aitchison Young G.C.M.G., the 21st Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong. Governor Young was finally advised by Major-General Christopher Maltby to sign Hong Kong’s surrender and capitulation, going in person to surrender at the Peninsula Hotel on 25 December 1941, a day known locally as ‘Black Christmas’. Young shared in the privations and abuse of his fellow P.O.W.s despite his high position, and returned to Hong Kong after the Japanese surrender to great fanfare. Soon after he made vigorous but ultimately unsuccessful attempts to reform and democratize politics in Hong Kong, devising the ‘Young Plan’ in 1946, comprising: The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St. George, Knight Grand Cross 1st Class Set of Insignia, comprising sash badge in silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star in silver, gilt and enamels, in original fitted case, by Garrard & Co. Ltd.; with collar chain, in silver gilt and enamels, also in original fitted case, by Garrard & Co. Ltd.; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 53mm width, in silver and enamel, and breast star, 70mm width, in silver and enamel with brooch pin, neck ribbon and alternate uniform ribbon, in case of issue; The Order of St. John, officer’s breast badge, in silver;1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. M. A. Young. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. M. A. Young.); Jubilee Medal 1935; Coronation Medal, 1937; G.C.M.G. and O.S.J. sets separate, campaign group swing mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin, these with matching set of miniatures, medals lightly polished, very fine or better, orders generally extremely fine (11). C.M.G.: London Gazette: 03.06.1931 (Chief Secretary, Palestine); The Order of St. John, Officer: London Gazette: 24.06.1932; K.C.M.G.: London Gazette: 21.06.1940; The Order of St. John, Knight of Grace: London Gazette: 21.06.1940; G.C.M.G.: London Gazette: 01.01.1946 (Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong). Sir Mark Aitchison Young, G.C.M.G. (1886-1974), was born on 30 June 1886, the son of Sir William Mackworth Young and Frances Mary Egerton, daughter of Sir Robert Eyles Egerton. His father had served as Resident of Mysore and Coorg, and then as Lieutenant-Governor the Punjab between 1897 and 1902, and both families were counted amongst the most distinguished families in Colonial India. Mark Aitchison Young was educated at Eton College and King’s College, Cambridge, entering the Colonial Office as an ‘Eastern Cadet’ on 4 October 1909, and subsequently taking up a post in the Ceylon Civil Service. He continued to work at the Colonial Secretary’s Office, Colombo, until the outbreak of WWI in August 1914, when he joined the Rifle Brigade, being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 13 June 1915. Serving on the Western Front in France and Flanders, he rose to the rank of Captain before returning to the Civil Service once the Great War had ended. His career continued on an impressive trajectory, first returning to Ceylon as Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary between 1923 and 1928, then serving as Colonial Secretary in Sierra Leone between 1928 and 1930. Between 1930 and 1933 he was Chief Secretary to the Government of the British Mandate of Palestine (for which he was made C.M.G.), later taking up his first Governorship in Barbados between 1933 and 1938, being appointed K.C.M.G. in 1934. He also served as part of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, before serving again as Governor and Commander in Chief of the Tanganyika Territory between 1938 and 1941. Mark Young arrived in Hong Kong on 10 September 1941, and only weeks into his new role began making detailed plans to resist the attacking Japanese forces. Beginning on 8 December, the mainland areas of the New Territories and Kowloon were captured after 5 days of fighting, with Major-General Maltby’s combined British & Indian units of the Mainland Brigade (2nd Bn. Royal Scots; 5th/7th Bn. Rajput Regiment, 2nd/14th Bn. Punjab Regiment) forced back to the more readily-defensible Hong Kong Island. The first call to surrender was made by the Japanese commander Lieutenant-General Taikaishi Sakai on 13 December, but Young rejected it outright, calling upon Hong Kong’s defenders to “Fight On! Hold fast for King and Empire!” On 25 December the South China Morning Post had run the Governor’s Christmas message that very morning, showing still that the Governor had no intention of surrender: “In pride and admiration I send my greetings this Christmas Day to all those who are working so nobly and so well to sustain Hong Kong against the assault of the enemy. God bless you all in this, your finest hour.” At the same time, early that day, civilians, nurses and wounded soldiers were being killed and assaulted at St. Stephen’s College Hospital. Just hours later at 3.00pm, General Maltby was driven to Government House, in the hope of convincing the Governor to surrender, on the advice of his other fellow officers – each one at breaking point, and with water and communications now cut off. Calling a meeting with Maltby, Commander A. C. Collinson R.N., and two members of the civilian Defence Council, Governor Young heeded their advice and took the final decision to call a cease-fire at 3.15pm. Fearing further reprisals and civilian casualties, and under a chronic shortage of water, he gave the colony’s surrender to General Takashi Sakai at the Peninsula Hotel later that day, to the shock of the world, and despite Churchill’s call to fight to the very last. This, the first surrender of a British Crown Colony to invasion, became known as ‘Black Christmas’ in Hong Kong, as it braced itself for what would be a brutal 3 years and 8 months of Japanese rule. Despite his position, after two months incarceration in ‘Room 336’ of the Peninsula Hotel he spent some time in the POW camp in Stanley before being moved with other high-ranking officials (including Maltby) between further camps in Shanghai, Formosa (Taiwan), Japan, on the Mongolian border, and then to Mukden, Manchuria. Governor Young is known to have defended the rights of his fellow POWs on numerous occasions in the face of regular brutality, and shared in their privations and abusive treatment. He also once petitioned his fellow P.O.W.s to resist signing documents that they would never attempt to escape captivity. Various eye-witness P.O.W. accounts recall that Governor Young did not avoid the brutal treatment of his captors, regardless of his high position. Despite his suffering and that of those around him, he survived to see the Japanese surrender on 15 August 1945, and later took part in a number of war crimes tribunals concerning various Japanese officers and officials. Being much weakened through prolonged captivity, Governor Young was returned to Great Britain for a period of recovery before his official return to Hong Kong on 30 April 1946, where he was greeted by ‘one of the largest crowds ever to have been assembled’ by the waterfront on the Queen’s Pier (as recorded by the China Mail, 1 May 1946). This important and symbolic return to the colony’s British administration was well-received, but marked the final bow of Sir Mark Young’s eventful career. Despite his attempts to reform local politics through the self-titled ‘Young Plan’ of September 1946, which themselves were an attempt to democratise Hong Kong and to strengthen self-government for the long-term, these plans were eventually rejected for fear of communist infiltration and subversion. Governor Young was made G.C.M.G. that year in 1946, but was not otherwise recognised with any honours for his role as Governor of Hong Kong, despite his even handedness, his resilience, and his remarkable strength of character shown under the most trying of circumstances. He retired from the Colonial Office in 1947, and later died on 12 May 1974, at the age of 87.
A WW2 Royal Group of 7 to Gunner/Driver John H. Park, Royal Artillery, comprising: 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; With two Safe Driving Awards, in hallmarked silver, engraved ‘J. H. Park’, with 17 individual clasps from 1932 to 1947; with O.H.M.S. box of issue to ‘Mr L Park, 39 Millerstom Street, Glasgow, Scotland’ and transmission slip (giving his service number: 1816372), medals loose, extremely fine (11)
Miscellaneous: Family Medals (4), comprising British War and Victory (224700 Gnr. F.W. Burdon. R.A.) and Imperial Service Medal, Elizabeth II (Frederick William Burdon), with Army Long Service and Good Conduct, Edward VII (21362 Q.M. Sjt. F. Burden.[sic] R.E.), good very fine and better, I.S.M. in case of issue; and coins etc. (18), including a large Ptolemaic bronze, very good, a gold fanam of Travancore and a copper token penny of Bristol, 1811, both good very fine and sundry English silver, 1897-1911, circulated (22)
China, Order of the Double Dragon, Second type (circa 1901-1911), Second Class Third Grade sash badge, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with central carved coral and upper smooth coral, plain reverse, width 47mm, height 84mm (including double-sided riband carrier), light overall wear with minor losses to enamel, very fine
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Civil Division, 2nd type Commander’s neck badge, in silver, gilt and enamels, with original box of issue by Garrard and original neck ribbon, toned, extremely fine. C.B.E.: London Gazette: 11.06.1942 – ‘Superintendant Engineer, Union Castle Mail Steamship Company.’ Mr James Gray, C.B.E., was Superintendent Engineer with the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company. This lot is offered with a portrait photograph of the recipient and another with his family at Buckingham Palace, and a newspaper extract taken from the ‘New Milton Advertiser, 27 January 1968, reporting Mr Gray’s death as follows: “Mr James Gray, C.B.E., of 31, Barton Court Avenue, New Milton, died on Saturday at a Barton nursing home. Ninety years of age, he had been ill since early December last year. He was born in 1877, the son of the late John Gray of Edinburgh, and educated at the Merchant Venturer’s School and the Merchant Venturer’s College, Bristol. He was at Bristol University and received his BSc in 1910. Mr Gray was chief superintendent engineer of the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services from 1913-1915, and became general manager of Harland & Wolff in 1925 which post he retained until 1929 when he became a director until 1935. Joining the Union Castle Steamship Company as chief superintendent engineer in 1935, he was in charge of their re-engining programme until its completion in 1938. He joined the board of the company in 1949. Mr Gray was made a C.B.E. in 1942. He was a Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers and of the Institute of Naval Architects.”
A Rare and Interesting Set of 6 Hallmarked Trial Pieces for the Knight Bachelor’s Badge, by the London silversmiths Gerald Benney and Stuart Devlin for Medallioners Ltd., comprising: Six individual examples of the Knight Bachelor’s Badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, 56mm x 33.5mm width, each bearing .925 silver hallmarks for Birmingham dated to the year 2000, with maker’s mark ‘EXF’, and each with slightly varying reverse fittings, in fitted case with inner marks “Medallioners Limited, St Aphage [sic] House, Fore Street, London, Designers Gerald Benney & Stuart Devlin” (first line mostly erased), an extremely rare and possibly unique set, extremely fine or better, virtually as made (6)
The Great War ‘Double Submarine Action’ D.S.M. Group of 4 awarded to Seaman William Bond, Royal Naval Reserve. Having already played a part in the sinking of U-14 on 5 June 1915, he was later awarded the D.S.M. for distinguished service aboard H.M. Trawler Lemberg during an action against the German submarine U-28 on the Mediterranean Station near Malta. Having personally taken charge of the ship’s gun some weeks before, it was largely due to his good shooting that an enemy U-boat was kept away despite 4 separate attacks. The same enemy U-Boat had already torpedoed and sunk the S.S. West Wales on the same day of 21 January, 1918, comprising: Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (A.6068. W. Bond, Sea. R.N.R. Lemberg. 1918.); 1914-15 Star (A, 6068, W. Bond, Smn., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (6068 A. W. Bond. Smn. R.N.R.); Group loose, toned, very fine or better. With an associated pair: British War and Victory Medals (179574 Gnr. J. E. Birkinshaw. R.A.); and Silver War Badge (B319948); very fine (7). D.S.M.: London Gazette: 11 December 1918 – ‘for services on the Mediterranean Station between the 1st January and 30th June, 1918’ (Malta).’ Seaman William Bond was born on 6 September 1892, the son of William and Mary Bond of 21 Rhyl Street, Fleetwood, Lancashire. He enlisted for service with the Royal Naval Reserve on 23 September 1914 at Fleetwood. He served in 1914-15 with various boats and armed trawlers, including the ships Defiance, Columbine, and Zaria. With the last, the armed trawler Zaria (or Limewold), he was later awarded prize money for jointly sinking the German submarine U-14 on 5 June 1915 (London Gazette 21 December 1920), although further detail is hard to locate. He continued aboard the Egmont from 14 December 1915, before coming aboard H.M.T. Lemberg on 1 April 1917. During this period, his ship engaged a German U-Boat, U-28, and at which time he was in charge of the ship’s gun, owing to the sickness of the usual gunnery officer. The official citation for his D.S.M., as included with lot, reads as follows: ‘On 21st January, 1918, H.M.T. “Lemberg” was in action with a hostile submarine whilst standing by S.S. “West Wales” after the latter had been torpedoed. The submarine attacked “H.M.T. Lemberg” on four occasions between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at extreme range. Bond was in charge of the gun in “H.M.T. Lemberg” throughout the action and his good shooting was to a large extent responsible for keeping the submarine at a distance.’ He later joined H.M.S. Research in December 1918, before his eventual discharge in April 1919, upon which he appears to have joined, or perhaps re-joined, the merchant navy. This lot offered with original ‘The Gift of the Colonies of Trinidad, Grenada and St Lucia’ Chocolate Tin, and several original photographs and pieces of official documentation. In one picture, dated 1933, he is pictured meeting H.R.H. Prince George the Duke of Kent, on the occasion of Fleetwood being made a Borough.
China, Order of the Double Dragon, Second type (circa 1901-1911), Third Class First Grade badge built as a breast star, in silver, pale silver-gilt and enamels, with central green stone and upper smooth coral, plain concave reverse with vertical bar-mounted brooch-pin, width 74.5mm, minor marks, very fine to good very fine
The Unique ‘Mystery’ Victoria Cross and triple D.S.O. group of 11 awarded to Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, Royal Navy, the celebrated Q-Ships Captain and author of the best-selling My Mystery Ships, published in 1928. He was recommended for the Victoria Cross whilst Commander of H.M.S. Q5 or Farnborough, ‘for conspicuous gallantry, consummate coolness, and skill in command’ shown during the sinking of the German Submarine U.83 on 17 February 1917. Having deliberately steered his vessel into the path of a U-Boat torpedo, and having then drawn in the enemy submarine through the ruse of a ‘panic party’ as she slowly sank, after half an hour the guns of Q-5 finally opened fire at close quarters and sank the enemy vessel in ‘what may be regarded as the supreme test of naval discipline.’ Gordon Campbell later subsequently declined the potential award of a bar to his Victoria Cross (following nomination by his fellow officers) whilst Captain of H.M.S. Pargust, having successfully deployed the same tactics and having duly sunk UC.29 on 7 June 1917, comprising: Victoria Cross, suspension bar and reverse centre engraved ‘Comdr G. Campbell, D.S.O. Royal Navy. / 17. Feb. 1917.’; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., in silver-gilt and enamels, with 2 clasps, both privately engraved on their reverses with dates of award ‘June 7th 1917.’ and ‘Aug. 8th 1917.’; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. G. Campbell, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (Capt. G. Campbell. R.N.); Defence and War Medals, 1939-1945, unnamed as issued; Coronation, 1937, officially engraved in capitals (Admiral Gordon Campbell. V.C.); Coronation, 1953, unnamed; France, Légion d’Honneur, Officer’s breast badge in gold and enamels, with rosette on ribbon; France, Croix de Guerre, with palm, 1914-1918; Group court-mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin as worn by the recipient, in original navy-blue leather and gilt-embossed case by Gieves Ltd., Old Bond Street, London, minor marks from wearing and slight enamel loss to D.S.O. from court-mounting next to V.C., about extremely fine, a truly magnificent group (11). V.C.: London Gazette: 21 April 1917 – ‘In recognition of his conspicuous gallantry, consummate coolness, and skill in command of one of H.M. Ships in action’. (Original recommendation notes: ‘…when he sank a German submarine on 17th Feby. 1917. Although his ship had been torpedoed and was sinking whilst he allowed the enemy submarine to circle round until she came into a position where all guns would bear.’). D.S.O: London Gazette: 31 May 1916 – ‘for services in command of British submarines operating in the Baltic Sea’ (Original recommendation notes: ‘Success of the operation was due to the thorough organisation & good nerve with which it was carried out’ and ‘promoted to Commander’). Bar to D.S.O.: London Gazette: 20.07.1917 - ‘for services in action with enemy submarines’ (Original recommendation notes: ‘On the 7 June 1917 sank an enemy submarine by gun fire. He reserved fire for 35 minutes in order to ensure the complete destruction of the submarine, although his ship was crippled and unable to move. T. L. high commendation expressed to Cdr Campbell, officers and men, for the admirable discipline and courage shown by them in this encounter, which will stand high in the records of gallantry of the Royal Navy.’). Second Bar to D.S.O: London Gazette: 2 November 1917 - ‘for services in action with enemy submarines’ (Original recommendation notes: ‘T. L. admiration expressed to Capt. Campbell, Officers and Men under his orders of the magnificent discipline and gallantry displayed by them on 8 August 1917 in an action with an enemy submarine. H.M. The King has been pleased to state that “greater bravery than was shown by all Officers and Men on this occasion can hardly be conceived”. The action lasted over 3 hours and the Dunraven was torpedoed & eventually sunk, but all hands were saved by one of H.M. Ships.’). France, Legion d’Honneur, Officer: London Gazette: 25 January 1918. France, Croix de Guerre: London Gazette: 2 November 1917. Please see www.mortonandeden.com/pdfcats/90web.pdf , lot 194, for a biography of Campbell and account of his military service.
Miniatures: Admiral Gordon Campbell’s original Great War period Victoria Cross and triple D.S.O. Miniature Group of Seven and other items (see below) personally presented by the Admiral to Dorothy Isobel Mackay Houston, his literary assistant and close friend, comprising: Victoria Cross, in bronze; D.S.O., G.V.R., silver gilt, with two bars; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal, with 6 unofficial silver clasps, Home Seas 1914, Home Seas 1915, Home Seas 1916, Home Seas 1917, Home Seas 1918, “Q-Ships”; Victory medal; France, Légion d’Honneur, Officer’s breast badge in gilt and enamels, with rosette upon ribbon; France, Croix de Guerre with palm, 1914-1918, mounted on bar with reverse brooch-pin, extremely fine, in Spink & Son case. The lot is offered with the following additional items: A metal brooch-mounted V.C. and D.S.O. riband bar, with miniature Victoria Cross emblem on its original 1917 blue ribbon and rosette on D.S.O. ribbon to denote a first bar; A cloth riband bar with miniature Victoria Cross emblem (now loose) upon post-1917 standardised V.C. ribbon, with two rosettes on D.S.O. ribbon to denote first and second bars; An original silver print portrait photograph of Gordon Campbell in uniform, 200 x 150mm, signed both by the recipient and by the Royal photographer Hay Wrightson (1874-1949), of 41 New Bond Street, London, with details to reverse (the portrait as used as the frontispiece for Gordon Campbell’s My Mystery Ships, first published in 1928 and illustrated here as the header to lot 194). Two signed hardback copies of Gordon Campbell’s books A Son of the Sea and Captain Cook (both 1936), each bearing a personal manuscript dedication and thanks to ‘The Boatswain’ (then Miss D. I. Mackay Houston, later First Officer, W.R.N.S., who became Mrs Mackay-Mure) for her assistance with each book, also signed and dated by the recipient. A Son of the Sea additionally bears the printed dedication ‘To D.I.M.H.’, both volumes in good used condition. Four personal manuscript letters from Gordon Campbell to Miss Mackay-Houston, of which three are humorous and playful in nature (one dated 26 November 1939), and the fourth to ‘Beloved & respected Bos’n…’ containing heartfelt, personal advice, written on paper with Admiralty seal, undated, circa 1940. Copied documentation giving specific provenance information. Provenance: All the items in this lot were given personally by Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell to Miss D.I. Mackay-Houston, affectionately nicknamed ‘The Bos’n’, who worked closely with him during his time as Member of Parliament for Burnley and who assisted him with the writing of several of his books. A graduate of the University of London, she became a First Officer with the W.R.N.S. in WW2, remaining a lifelong friend of the Rear-Admiral and his family. Gordon Campbell’s son David became Godfather to her daughter, Christina Jane Mackay-Mure. (7)
China, Order of the Double Dragon, Second type (circa 1901-1911), Third Class First Grade neck badge, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with central pale green stone and upper smooth coral, plain reverse with central retaining screw for the removable centre, loop-and-ring suspension with French swan import mark (as used for foreign articles of unknown origin), width 73.5mm, central stone scratched, generally very fine
China, Order of the Golden Grain, Second Class breast star dated ‘year 14’ [1925], in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, reverse struck with Government seal and Chinese characters and fitted with vertical flat-bladed brooch-pin, width 88mm, good extremely fine and toned, in fitted black lacquer inscribed case of issue also containing an original lapel rosette as issued, possibly representing a complete Second Class award
China, Order of the Golden Grain, Fourth Class breast badge, in silver, width 56.5mm, good extremely fine and toned, with original rosette-bearing ribbon fitted with original wire hook and keeper, in cloth-covered fitted case of issue also containing original lapel rosette; together with original British ‘Permission to Wear’ document dated 24 February, 1915 (lot). Awarded to Charles Talbot Bowring (1862-1932). Born in Bangalore, Bowring entered Chinese Customs in 1883 where he was also known as ‘Bao Lai Ling’. He served in Foo-Chow, Peking, Shanghai and Seoul before being appointed Commissioner of Customs at Haikou (capital city of Hainan) in 1915, where he remained until 1920. He received the Golden Grain Fourth Class in 1915 and the Third Class in 1922.
China, Republic, Beijing Government, Silver Medal of Merit, First Class, 1913, in silver and enamels, central characters in ancient script, plain reverse struck with maker’s mark of four Chinese characters, width 52.5mm, without upper laurel wreath suspension but on old ribbon, worn overall, with some losses to enamel which have been partly repaired in places, good fine
China, Republic, Nanking Government, Order of the Brilliant Jade, Second Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, width (measured 10 o’ clock to 2 o’ clock) 77.5mm, with suspension including usual decorated tie (but no five-pointed star), and breast star, width (measured 10 o’ clock to 2 o’ clock) 88mm; both elements in silver-gilt, silver and enamels with carved red centres, reverses bearing two sets of archaic Chinese characters and with impressed serial number ‘12’, also carrying French swan import marks (as used for foreign articles of unknown origin), extremely fine, without sash (2)
China, Republic, Nanking Government, Army, Navy and Air Force Medal, in silver, silver-gilt and enamels, impressed no. 6136, width 43.5mm, slightly bent at a couple of points, very fine, with suspension hook and ribbon; together with original brooch-mounted tunic riband impressed with matching number 6136 and fabric envelope of issue which is also numbered 6136 (lot)
China, Republic, National Catastrophe Relief Merit Medal, Fourth Class, in silvered base metal, silver and enamels, with central medallion depicting lion facing left, width 57mm, lacking star in upper arm and without ribbon, very fine or good very fine, in (slightly damaged) inscribed wooden box of issue
China, Republic, Warlords: Marshal Wu Pei Fu Military Academy Distinguished Qualification Medal for Technical Superiority, circa 1925, in silver-gilt and enamels, with photogravure portrait of the Marshal, rev., legend specifying the award (of which 5 varieties are known), width 51.5mm, good very fine, with original ribbon
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