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Lot 238

*A Peninsular War & Waterloo Pair awarded to Captain Ralph Mansfield, 15th Hussars, ADC to Sir Colquhoun Grant in the Peninsula between 1813 and 1814, who was wounded in action during the battle of Waterloo, comprising: Military General Service, 1793-1814, three clasps, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (R. Mansfield, Lieut 15th Husrs); Waterloo, 1815 (Lieut. R. Mansfield, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars.), with original clip and later ring suspension; both with matching ornate silver riband bars, toned ,good very fine or better (2). Ralph Mansfield, the eldest son of Francis & Margaret Mansfield, of Castle Wray, Donegal, Ireland, served as Aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir Colquhoun Grant in the Peninsula between 1813 and 1814, and also again in the same capacity during the Battle of Waterloo, where he was wounded. He retired with the rank of Captain in 1819 soon after obtaining his troop in the 15th Hussars, and died 12 November 1854.Offered with some copied research & copied letters relating to his recommendation for a Lieutenancy written by Sir Colquhoun Grant in 1810. Ex Spink, 28 March 1995, lot 764.

Lot 52

*China, Nanking and Taiwanese Government, Order of Victory of Resistance Against Aggression, early type breast badge, with makers marl below top point and 3123 stamped above lower point, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 71.5mm, in cloth covered embroidered case of issue, reverse inscribed in pencil ‘General Kai Shek Victory 3 1945’, virtually as issued, scarce cased

Lot 266

*A Rare and Interesting Naval Brigade Q.S.A. Group of Three to Commander Charles Richard Newdigate Burne, of H.M.S. Philomel, Royal Navy, author of the famous book ‘With the Naval Brigade in Natal’ and present in command one or more 12-pounder naval guns at many of their major actions including Colenso, Spion Kop and Ladysmith, comprising: Queen’s South Africa Medal, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Lieut. C. R. W. Burne, R.N.); Coronation Medal 1902, in silver; Chile, Order of Merit, Fifth Class breast badge, in silver and enamels; Group court-mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin, some blue enamel damage both sides to last, otherwise the group good very fine (3). M.i.D.: London Gazette, 8 February 1901 (named in General Redvers Buller’s despatch). Commander Charles Richard Newdigate Burne entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1886, became Midshipman in 1889, Sub-Lieutenant in 1893 and then Lieutenant in August 1894. He initially commanded sailing cutters along the Newfoundland coast in 1895, for protection of Treaty obligations (for which he received official thanks); and was present at Crete during the insurrection in 1898. Upon the outbreak of war in South Africa in 1899 he was appointed Naval Transport Officer at Southampton, leaving for Cape Town on 4 November. He served for a time in H.M.S. Doris and Philomel at Durban, Natal, but later landed for active service with the Naval Brigade (or Buller’s Natal Field Force) on 6 December that year, where he was placed in command of two naval 12 pounder guns of H.M.S. Terrible and Tartar. As recorded in his personal journal, which later became the famous book ‘With the Naval Brigade in Natal’ he was present in action during many of the most significant engagements against Boer forces in Natal, including the actions at Colenso (15 December 1899), on the River Tugela including Spion Kop (a photo of which exists in his book showing Burne’s gun team in action) & Vaal Krantz (17 to 27 January 1900). At this latter action, Lieutenant Burne’s gun came under heavy shell fire, as recorded in ‘The Commission of H.M.S. Terrible 1898-1902’ by George Crowe: ‘…even the general staff were not exempt from a visitation of Boer shell. One 6-inch shell struck the ground twenty yards in front of Lieutenant Burne’s right i2-pounder, then ricocheted, unexploded, over their heads, covering the crew with dirt, and twice afterwards these two guns’ crews had narrow escapes.’ Lieutenant Burne was also present during the relief of Ladysmith (28 February1900), further operations in Northern Natal and Transvaal, including Laing’s Nek (May – September 1900). He was mentioned in despatches twice for gallant and meritorious services during the Boer War, and was subsequently noted for early promotion, which saw him appointed to the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert in August 1900 (and promoted to Commander for his services in South Africa). Although we have no further information regarding his secondment, Commander Burne is also shown in 1914 as ‘lent to Chile’ for which presumably he was awarded the Chilean Order of Merit. Ex Spink, 18 July 1995, lot 316.

Lot 200

Sweden, Order of the North Star, Commander’s neck badge, by Carlman, Stockholm, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 54mm, in case of issue, with replacement lower interior, one point slightly bent, good very fine

Lot 227

*Davison’s Medal for the Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798, in silver (as awarded to officers below the rank of captain), by C.H. Küchler, Peace standing on shore supporting oval medallion of Nelson, rev., the fleet sailing into Aboukir Bay to attack the French; edge impressed [FROM] ALEXR. DAVISON ESQR. ST. JAMES’S SQUARE – A TRIBUTE OF REGARD, 47mm (BHM 447; Eimer 890; Hardy 5; MH 482; Pollard 15), has been mounted with Waterloo-style clip and ring suspension, apparently damaged or badly bruised at 5 o’clock on obverse and repaired (with tooling in exergue and edge lettering at from re-engraved), otherwise good very fine

Lot 104

Hungarian People’s Republic, Kossuth Order, Third class breast badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 41mm, extremely fine; miscellaneous medals (75) and badges (4); together with post 1990 Republic, miscellaneous medals and decorations (32), generally good very fine or better (112)

Lot 7

*Austria, Marianer Cross, neck cross, by Rothe and Neffe, Vienna, in silver and enamels, width 43mm, in case of issue, extremely fine

Lot 96

*Greece, Royal Order of the Phoenix, 1st Class set of insignia by Spink & Son, 1936 Issue, comprising sash badge in gilt and enamels, width 60mm, with crown suspension, lacking reverse cypher and Grand Cross breast star, in silver and silver-gilt, width 89mm, extremely fine, with original sash (lot)

Lot 161

*Russia, Small Silver Zeal Medal, Nicholas I issue, by Klepikov, bust left, signed K on truncation, 28.5mm (cf Diakov 451.4 for medal and e.g. 461.2 for portrait), with later gilding and probably a late striking, very fine, on modern f-sided suspension with St Anne ribbon, offered as a copy

Lot 302

*The Orders and Medals awarded to Sir Ivo Rigby, Chief Justice of Hong Kong, and formerly a government lawyer and judge in various British colonies and protectorates including Gambia, Palestine, Nyasaland, Malaya and Brunei. During his tenure in Hong Kong he famously served as Judge during the infamous ‘Three Wolves’ kidnap, extortion and murder case of 1962, comprising:Brunei, The Most Blessed Order of Loyalty to the State of Brunei, type 1 (1959-84) Second Class set of insignia (Dato Stia Negara Brunei), by Spink in Son, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 60mm and breast star, in silver, with gilt and enamelled centre, 85 mm, in original case of issue with neck ribbon and lapel rosette; General Service Medal, 1918-1962, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (I.C.C. Rigby); Coronation Medal, 1953; the latter pair swing mounted on bar with reverse pin, cased orders good extremely fine, centre very slightly loose on breast star, pair lightly polished good very fine (4). Sir Ivo Charles Clayton Rigby was born 2 June 1911 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, and was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford. He served in the Territorial Army in England between 1931 and 1935 with the 13th London Regiment and 5th Battalion Norfolks, during which time he read for the bar at the Inner Temple in London and was called in 1932, practicing in London, Norwich and the South East until 1935, in which year he was appointed Police Magistrate in Bathurst, Gambia. In 1941 he was appointed to the Crown Counsel in Palestine, and between 1945 and 1948 he served as President of the District Court of Palestine, as well as at Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa. During this time he again volunteered for military service, serving in the Palestine Volunteer Defence Force between 1941 and late 1943. Leaving the Near East, he took up the position of Assistant Judge in Nyasaland (now Malawi) between 1948 and 1954, before transferring to Malaya where he became President of the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur, and then later Puisne Judge in Penang. In 1961 he was appointed Senior Puisne Judge in Hong Kong (which under and inter-governmental agreement also shared its High Court judges with Brunei), during which time he served as Acting Chief Justice of several occasions. It was during this time that in 1962 he presided as Acting Chief Justice during the infamous ‘The Strange Case of the Three Wolves’ murder and kidnap trials in Hong Kong, the three being prosecuted for crimes which had taken place between 1959 and 1961. This famous case is still well-remembered today owing to the popular 1989 film ‘Sentenced to Hang’ (or ‘The Strange Case of the Three Wolves [in Chinese]) by Taylor Wong, the story of which was broadly based upon this case. Upon the discovery of a body at a hillside near Repulse Bay, the three ‘wolves’ (so-called for wearing wolf masks for anonymity): Maguang Can, Li Wei and Ni Bingjian were apprehended, tried and found guilty of murder. The three culprits were thus to become the last people to receive the death penalty and be hung for murder in Hong Kong under British rule in November 1962. Rigby was knighted on 13 June 1964, and in 1970 he was appointed as Chief Justice, replacing Sir Michael Hogan. A keen fan of horseracing, he owned several notable thoroughbreds in Hong Kong including ‘Mabrouk’ and ‘Inshallah’. He retired to England in 1973, and died on 19 April 1987 in Brunei at the age of 75.

Lot 121

*Korea, Order of the Eight Trigrams, First class sash badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 72mm, slight discolouration to blue enamel, and with minor chip to reverse, very fine and rare

Lot 58

Dominican Republic. Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella, Commander’s neck badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 59mm; together with Order of Trujillo, Knight’s breast badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 43mm, extremely fine (2)

Lot 221

*Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Knight Commander’s set of insignia by Garrard & Co., comprising neck badge, in gold and enamels, and breast star, in silver with gold and blue enamelled centre and gold retaining pin, in case of issue, extremely fine

Lot 136

Nepal, Order of Gorkha Dakshinabahu, Prasiddha or Fourth class member’s neck badge, in silver, with gilt centre, width 60mm, very fine

Lot 103

*Hungarian People’s Republic, Order of Merit, Second class set of insignia, comprising breast badge, in gilt and enamels, with gilt and enamelled miniature breast star on ribbon, width 42.3mm, and breast star, in silver-gilt and enamels, 57.5mm, both dated 1949 on reverse, extremely fine and rare (2)

Lot 279

*An Scarce Officer’s Tibet and N.W. Persia Group of 5 awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey St. George Hume Harvey-Kelly, 2nd / 1st Madras Pioneers, late 32nd and 64th Pioneers, Indian Army, comprising: Tibet 1903-05, single clasp, Gyantse (Lieut. H. St. G. H. Harvey. Kelly 64th Pioneers); British War Medal (Maj. H. St. G. Harvey Kelly.); General Service Medal, 1918-1962, single clasp, N. W. Persia (Major H. St. G. H. Harvey Kelly.); India General Service Medal, 1908-1935, single clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Maj, H, St, G, H, Harvey-Kelly, 2-1 M, Pnrs,); Jubilee Medal 1935; Group loose, with original riband bar, lightly polished and cleaned, very fine or better (5). The Harvey-Kelly family were a landed family from Westmeath, Ireland, and Harvey St. George Hume Harvey-Kelly was born in 1880. He passed out from Sandhurst in 1899, following which he received his first commission as a Second Lieutenant (Unattached List) in the Indian Staff Corps on 17 January 1900, as shown in the original warrant included with the lot. Soon after he was made a 2nd Lieutenant with the 32nd Pioneer’s, and sent to join Younghusband’s Tibet campaign of 1903-05, where he was present at the action at Niani (also spelt Naini) on 26 June 1904, on the strategic main road leading to Gyantse. As recorded in his personal journal, the storming and subsequent capture of this heavily fortified monastery was his first experience of battle (‘My first show!’), and he wrote: “2 Coys 32nd were ordered to attack under B- [Colonel Herbert Ralph Brander, C.B.] skirmished around selected house + garden about 150 yds from the village, and as we approached on the other side the enemy opened fire. A row of 4 houses loopholed & barricaded doors + windows, nothing to be seen but puffs of smoke, and we in a ditch, open fields between us, firing at the loopholes…maxims chattering, 7 pounders banging. After a while the enemy fire died down and then ceased. ‘That’s all that then, said B-, if they know what’s good for them – they’ve bolted. I’m going to rush the house.’ which with a wild yell he proceeded to do. Up we jumped and followed him but no sooner had we shown ourselves than the enemy’s fire recommenced. They had been waiting for a better target. On we ran, one man down on my left, & so up to the first house. B- hammered on the door, so did the Sepoys, not a sound from within and no way of getting in. No signs of Tibetans, must have bolted. Gun cotton was left behind by order…Orders came from Colonel Hogge – 23rd will clear the houses, 32nd the garden in the middle of the village. The garden was a walled in enclosure – loopholed – gateway bricked up, and a clear run of 60 yards to reach it. B started giving orders to circle behind…we followed, not a sign of the enemy, our own shrapnel playing hell’s bells above our heads. B reached the gate and we had the bricks down, waiting to rush them. Another minute and we were in. Not a soul in the place. Having carried out our orders, there we sat in the shade of a tree and had tiffin…until it was time to march to Gyantse.” Harvey-Kelly also took part in the operations at and around the mountain fortress at Gyantse, between 5 May and 6 July 1904, and then during the march to Lhassa between 14 July and 3 August 1904. Afterwards he served in the 64th Pioneers between c. late 1904 and 1907, and then in North West Persia and Waziristan between September 1919 and May 1921 with the 2nd Battalion / 1st Madras Pioneers. He retired from service in the Indian Army in 1928, whereupon he joined the South Indian Railway as Executive Officer, Golden Rock Colony. He worked in this capacity until 9 October 1935, when he decided to leave India and return home, having been presented with the King’s Silver Jubilee medal at a Durbar in Trichinopoly just weeks before on 3 September 1935. He appears to have spent his retirement in Bedford, where his sons attended Bedford Modern School. He sons served with distinction in the Great War: Herbert Dunsterville Harvey-Kelly was a famous pilot - the first to land in France and the first RFC pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft before being shot down in Bloody April and dying from wounds. Another son, Charles Hamilton Hume Harvey-Kelly, became a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Baluch Light Infantry, served as Military Attaché to Kabul, and won the D.S.O. This group offered with an original warrant, portrait photograph, an original copy of the ‘Farewell Address’ to Harvey-Kelly from the Golden Rock Colony, letter from the South Indian Railway Co. confirming his nomination for the King’s Silver Jubilee Medal 1935, and other related research. Harvey-Kelly’s archive, including his journal and photographs of the Tibet expedition, will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s London, Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History, 15 November 2016

Lot 198

Spain, Miscellaneous Medals (6), Africa 1860, in white metal; Cuba 1873 (2), both in silver; Campaigns of 1875-76, no clasp, in silvered bronze; Asturian Volunteers 1896; Morocco 1916, in bronze, 2 clasps, Ceuta and Melilla, very fine or slightly better (6)

Lot 74

*Germany, Brunswick, Order of Henry the Lion, Fourth class cross (1908-18), in silver, with gold and enamelled centre, 41mm, extremely fine

Lot 334

A Fine Metropolitan Police Group of 3 awarded to Police Sergeant R. Edwards, ‘S’ (Hampstead) Division, Metropolitan Police, comprising: Jubilee Medal, 1897, bronze, Metropolitan Police reverse (P.C. R. Edwards S. Divn.); Coronation Medal, 1902, bronze, Metropolitan Police reverse (P.C. R. Edwards. S. Div.);Coronation Medal, 1911, silver, Metropolitan Police reverse (P.S. R. Edwards.), group loose, medals toned, extremely fine (3)

Lot 61

*Ethiopia, Order of the Star, Grand Cross breast star by B A Sevadjian, Addis Abbaba, silver-gilt, 73.5mm width, with reverse brooch pin, this marked ‘Made In Ethiopia – B A Sevadjian’, toned, a touch of surface wear to central cross, otherwise about extremely fine

Lot 9

Austria, Defenders of the Tyrol 1797 in silver; together with Lower Austria Mobilisation 1797, large silver medal, very fine or slightly better (2)

Lot 145

Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Aviz, Commander Second class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, in silver-gilt and green enamel, width 40.3mm, and breast star, retaining pin hallmarked with trident, in silver, with gilt and enamelled centre, 88mm, in unofficial case, good very fine (2)

Lot 288

Certificate: A Great War Honourable Discharge Certificate awarded to M341083 Pte. Einar Bergestrom Lykkestad, A.S.C. (a Norwegian citizen entitled to a BWM and Victory pair and Silver War Badge no. B301109), framed and glazed, extremely fine

Lot 211

Miscellaneous World Orders Medals and Decorations (47), comprising Belarus, miscellaneous mainly commemorative medals (17), 1997-2009; Belgium, Orders of Leopold (2) type 2 military Commander’s neck badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, type 3 (post 1951). Civil Commander’s neck badge, in bronze-gilt and enamels, Order of Leopold II, Civil Commander’s neck badge, in bronze-gilt with enamelled centre; Cuba, WWI Victory, Laslo type 3; Germany, Third Reich, 1957 issue, Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross., oak leaf marked 925 and a copy sawfish badge; Norway, copy Quisling Police badge and a brass uniform badge; Philippines, Medal of Valor, First class neck badge, post 1947, in wooden case of issue; Poland, People’s Republic, Order of Virtuti Militari, tyoe 1, First class set of insignia, Third and Fifth class crosses, Merit Medals (6), gilt (2), silver (2) and bronze (2) and a later reproduction in bronze; Portugal, decorations (4), Silver Military Valour 1921, Exemplary Conduct, in silver-gilt,1910, Assiduous Overseas Service in silver, 1910, Good Service in silver 1921; Romania, Order of Carol I, copy Officer’s breast star, with Resch back plate; Slovakia, War Victory Cross without Swords, copy First class badge, in silver-gilt and enamels; South Vietnam, Military Merit Medals (4), various types, , generally very fine or better (47)

Lot 330

Royal Humane Society Swimming Medal, silver (M. G. Powell), 51mm width, reverse engraved ‘Cheltenham College 1928’, bearing hallmarks for Birmingham dated 1928 with maker’s mark ‘ELCo’ (possibly by Edward Langridge & Co), nearly extremely fine

Lot 219

*Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s neck badge, by Garrard & Co., in silver gilt and enamels, in case of issue, extremely fine

Lot 184

*Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, Civil Division, type 2, Fifth class breast badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, width 42mm, extremely fine

Lot 226

*The Double R.V.M. and Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Group of 6 awarded to Miss Ann Ellen Jones, Housemaid and then Housekeeper to H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother at Clarence House, who served as part of the Queen Mother’s Staff from 1938 until her eventual retirement in 1978 upon completion of 40 years’ service, comprising: Royal Victorian Medal, E.II.R., Gold, 2nd type, in silver-gilt, on ladies’ bow, unnamed as issued, in red, rectangular Royal Mint case of issue; Royal Victorian Medal, E.II.R., Silver, 1st type, on ladies’ bow, unna med as issued, in white, semi-circular Royal Mint case of issue; Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977, on ladies’ bow, unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint box of issue; Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal, E.II.R. (Ann Ellen Jones), suspension with engraved dates ‘1938-1958’, and 2 additional service bars for Thirty Years and Forty Years, on ladies’ bow; Royal Household jewelled badge, G.VI.R., crowned ‘GRE’ cypher within wreath, in silver, silver- gilt and enamels, with reverse brooch pin, in Collingwood case of issue; Royal Household jewelled badge, for service with the Queen Mother, crowned ‘ER’ cypher within wreath, in silver, silver- gilt and enamels, with reverse brooch pin, in Collingwood case of issue; all items cased, toned, virtually mint state, and a rare group (6) Royal Victorian Medal (Silver): London Gazette: 13.06.1964; Royal Victorian Medal (Gold): London Gazette: 28.03.1978. Offered with two original warrants for the awards of the Royal Victorian Medal, in both silver and in gold, and an original signed letter to the recipient from the Keeper of the Privy Purse, concerning her award of the Forty Years Clasp for her Long and Faithful Service Medal, dated 1st March 1977. Miss Ann Ellen Jones retired from further service in the Royal Household on 30th April 1978. Both of the recipient’s R.V.M.s and her Long and Faithful Service Medal with 2 clasps are confirmed in the books ‘Royal Service’ in 3 volumes, by Galloway, Stanley & Martin.

Lot 327

A Large Silver Snuff Box & Royal Naval Reserve Decoration attributed to Captain Edward James Minister, Mercantile Marine, comprising: Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., unnamed, reverse bearing hallmarks for London dated 1916; Silver Snuff Box, silver, by Stokes & Ireland Ltd, circular, lid engraved ‘Capt. E.J. Minister from W.E.J. Sept. 1901’, lid and interior bearing hallmarks for London dated 1901, and maker’s mark ‘S.I.Ld’, 84mm diameter x 30mm depth, 94.87g, snuff box with small edge bumps, a few marks, and some polishing, medal very fine. This lot offered with a copy Council of Trade Certificate of Competency as Second Mate to Edward James Minister, dated 28 August 1890 and with an original photograph of the officers of S.M.S. Nürnberg, a note on the reverse giving the location as Zanzibar. Captain Edward James Minister was born at Cardigan, South Wales, in 1870. He qualified for the Merchant Marine on 28 August 1890 and appears on the Navy List that and every subsequent year until 1939. He joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a Sub-Lieutenant on 5 April 1897 and was promoted Lieutenant on 20 December 1898 and Lieutenant Commander on 20 December 1906. He married at Swansea in 1899 and was awarded the Royal Naval Reserve Decoration in 1915. He travelled very widely during his career, particularly to the West Indies. He died in Autumn 1939. The photograph of the officers S.M.S. Nürnberg is annotated as being taken at Zanzibar and we can thus date it to March 1910 when the ship was on its way from Germany to join the German East Asia Fleet. The Nürnberg was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914, all but seven of her crew of 322 being lost.

Lot 125

*North Korea, Order of Freedom and Independence, type 1, First Class insignia, comprising a silver-gilt collar of twenty-five links representing alternating attributes of electric and water power and mugungwha flower, carrying the gilt collar badge, width 27mm, and breast star, in gilt and enamels, with clip suspension, width 58.5mm, in fitted case of issue (this slightly scuffed on lid), extremely fine, a rare set of insignia

Lot 86

*Germany, Prussia, Copy Pour le Mérite neck badge, in silver gilt, width 50.5mm, very fine, sold as a copy

Lot 142

Poland, An Interesting WW2 Monte Cassino Cross & Long Service Group of 3 attributed to Sapper Boles?aw ?akowski, 10th Bridging Company, 2nd Corps of Engineers, comprising: Monte Cassino Cross, 1944, reverse numbered ‘39873’; Soviet War Medal, 1918-1921, bronze gilt; Long Service Medal, 2nd class, in silver, for 2o years’ service, edge with silver mark ‘Ag 0.950’;Group mounted on bar with reverse brooch pin, very fine or better (3)

Lot 192

*Spain, Cuban Volunteers, 1871, in silver, type without engraver’s name beneath bust, good fine

Lot 129

*Manchukuo, Order of the Pillars of State, Grand cross sash badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, with four large pearls in in each corner and eight smaller ones between arms 68 x 63mm, about extremely fine

Lot 340

Miscellaneous, The Order of the League of Mercy, Ladies’ breast badge in gilt and enamels with bow, in original Elkington & Co. Ltd. case of issue, and Diamond Jubilee Masonic Commemorative in silver and silver-gilt, and William III, Orange Association Medal,1690, in silver with suspension loop, by Mossop (Eimer 324), the first extremely fine, the second very fine with detached ribbon & pin fitting, the latter good very fine (3)

Lot 217

*A Mantle Star of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, circa 1830, of a distinctive design and attributed to H.M. King William IV, possibly the example worn by the King in the famous portrait by Martin Arthur Shee and held by the Royal Collection, comprising a cloth and bullion mantle star, circa.1830, in silver and silver-gilt wire with black velvet and sequinned legend & garter buckle details, distinctively adorned with small blue, red and green tri-colour bands with white bead centres, surrounding an embroidered centre of silver and silver-gilt wire with red velvet cross of St George, original paper-backing to reverse showing evidence of stitching at edges from previous wear, 174mm width x 219mm, a little wear to velvet in places and a few tiny beads lacking, generally good very fine. Provenance: See also lot 303 for medals awarded to Edward Charles Fitz-Clarence, 6th Viscount Fitz-Clarence and Earl of Munster and a direct descendant of King William IV, to whom this Mantle Star formerly belonged.

Lot 179

Soviet Union, Order of the Red Star, no. 2150802; with unnumbered silver medals For Bravery and For Combat Service and bronze medals for Defence of Stalingrad and Victory over Germany, very fine and better (5). Order of the Red Star awarded to Master Sergeant Anatoly Ivanovich Rybakov for bravery in close combat on 16 April 1945. Offered with extensive research in Russian and English (including details of the numbered Bravery and Combat Service Medals to which Rybakov was entitled).

Lot 50

*China, Nanking and Taiwanese Government, Order of the Brilliant Star, Second class breast star, in silver-gilt and enamels, reverse with Chinese seal script with in cartouche and 304 stamped below, 9omm, enamel chipped in places, very fine

Lot 148

*Romania, A Scarce Romanian Army ‘Russo-Turkish War’ Long Service Group of 4, comprising: Cross for the Crossing of the Danube, 1877, in steel; Medal for the Defenders of Independence, 1877-1878, signed E. Valot, in gilt bronze; 25-Year Service Medal, Carol I, in silver-gilt; Russia, Russo-Turkish War Medal, 1877-1878, in gilt-bronze; group swing mounted upon riband bar, with fittings by Nicholls, very fine (4)

Lot 335

Coronation Medals (4): Hong Kong Coronation Medal, 1902, in bronze; Delhi Durbar, 1911, in silver, unnamed as issued; and Coronation Medal 1911, St John’s Ambulance issue (Pte. A. T. Cale.), and Coronation Medal 1911 (Presented By H.M. King George V. Captain F.H. Lodge.), in Fattorini & Sons case, very fine to extremely fine (4). F. H. Lodge was made Captain in the Volunteer Battalion North Staffs Regt in 1887, resigning his commission as Captain in 1891.

Lot 109

*Iran, Order of the Lion and Sun, Pahlavi issue, Military Division, Third class breast badge, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, in silver, with gilt and enamel centre, width 67mm, in case of issue, extremely fine

Lot 220

*Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, Grand Cross set of insignia, by Garrard and Co., comprising sash badge, in silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, in silver, with gilt and enamels centre and gold retaining pin, in case of issue and with sash, extremely fine (2)

Lot 134

Nepal, Order of Trishakti Patta, Vikhayata or Third class member’s neck badge, in silver and enamels, width 64.5mm, good very fine

Lot 223

A silver plated Mr Punch table lighter, with hinged hat to reveal lighter and registered design number on base - 61?2in. (161?2cm.) high; and a brass Mr Punch

Lot 224

A silver plated Mr Punch ashtray; a white metal Mr Punch button hook; a similar whistle and vesta, probably reproductions; a Punch spirit pourer; and a Judy biscuit mould

Lot 214

A Tri-ang No.2 Theatre, painted black and silver, Art Deco style, electric footlights, turquoise velvet curtain and orchestra pit curtain - 20in. (51cm.) wide; some scenery and a reproduction advertisement

Lot 147

A rare child’s rabbit 2nd World War gas mask carrying case, with beige wool plush head, ears, hands and feet, orange and black glass eyes, black stitched nose and mouth, red felt ear lining, felt clothes applied to a silver painted gas mask bag with remains of carrying cord and original gas mask - 12in. (301?2cm.) high (slight wear, bag more worn)

Lot 73

Steiff Club Gifts and magazines, 1992 to 2014: a complete set starting with a silver brooch, three Hantel miniatures, a plate, sixteen plush bears and one elephant, in original boxes; and a large quantity of magazines

Lot 455

A Kämmer & Reinhardt 114 Hans character boy doll, with blue painted eyes, closed pouty mouth, blonde mohair with, jointed composition body, original sailor’s suit, socks, shoes and silver pen knife - 183?4in. (471?2cm.) high (restored fingers)

Lot 357

United Kingdom George III (1760-1820) silver crown 1819 LIX reverse stamped "Starr & Sons", another 1820 LX, George IV (1820-1830) silver crown 1821 secundo and 1822 secundo, approximately 110g.

Lot 358

United Kingdom Victoria (1837-1901) silver crowns 1887 Jubilee head, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1897 LXI old head, and 1899 LXII, aprrox. 197g.

Lot 359

United Kingdom Victoria (1837-1901) silver double florins 1887, 1888, 1889 and 1890, half crowns 1874 young head and 1887 Jubilee head, and Gothic florin mdccclxxvi 1876, approx. 130g.

Lot 360

Twenty-six United Kingdom silver half crowns: Victoria (1837-1901) 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900 (2) and 1901; Edward VII (1901-1910) 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1910; George V (1910-1936) 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919 mostly f, approx. 350g.

Lot 361

United Kingdom 925 grade silver pre 1920 including 11 florins, 20 shillings including 1862 fair, 10 sixpences and 39 threepences, generally f approx. 310g

Lot 362

United Kingdom 925 grade silver pre 1920 including eleven florins, twenty shillings including 1862 fair, ten sixpences and thirty-nine threepences, generally f, approx. 310g.

Lot 363

United Kingdom 500 grade silver (1920-1946) forty-eight florins, mixed grade approx. 540g.

Lot 364

United Kingdom 500 grade silver (1920-1946) including fifty-seven shillings, sixty-three sixpences and fifty-three threepences, mixed grade, approx. 540g.

Lot 365

United Kingdom 500 grade silver (1920-1946) including half crowns 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1930 and shillings 1924 and 1925, no better than f, approx. 125g.

Lot 366

United Kingdom Anne (1702-1714) silver sixpence 17?? E below bust, George II (1727-1760) silver sixpence 1746 LIMA, George III (1760-1820) shillings 1816 (2) and 1819, sixpences 1816 and 1817, George IV (1820-1830) shilling 1826, Victoria (1837-1901) silver diamond jubilee medal, groat 1849, Maundy 2 pence 1838, three half pences 1843 a sample jubilee sovereign coin miniature etc

Lot 369

Over 5kg of circulated World coins, a small proportion with silver content, Germany Wilhelm II silver 2 mark 1907, ½ mark 1907, Haiti 20cent 1890, Hong Kong 5 cent 21892, Tai-Ching-Ti-Kuu copper cent; India half Anna 1862, Russia 5 kopek 1837, South Africa imitation rand 1896, faux George II guinea 1791, Fisheries & Agriculture 1 cent 1855, etc.

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