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Lot 561

The mounted group of six miniature dress medals attributed to Brigadier-General T. O. W. Champion de Crespigny, 15th Hussars Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir; British War and Victory Medals; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Khedive’s Star 1882, mounted as worn, first with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £80-100 Tyrell Other William Champion de Crespigny was born on 6 May 1859, the 3rd son of Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny, 3rd Baronet, of Champion Lodge, Malden, Essex. Educated at Temple Grove, East Sheen and Winchester, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Limerick Artillery Militia in 1876. He was commisioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars in 1879 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1881. He served in the Afghan War in the relief of Kandahar, 1880; in the 1st Boer War, 1881, and the Egypt War, 1882, serving at Kassasin and Tel-el-Kebir. He was promoted to Captain in 1888; was Adjutant in 1889, advanced to Major in 1896 and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1902. Placed on Half Pay in 1903, he served as Inspecting Officer Eastern Command and London District; Staff Officer for Imperial Yeomanry, and Colonel in Charge of Cavalry Records, 1905. He was granted the local rank of Colonel in 1905 and promoted to that rank in 1907. During the Great War he attained the rank of Brigadier-General with 8th Army Corps. Sold with copied m.i.c. and biographical details. .

Lot 562

Waterloo 1815, 17mm., silver, with silver straight bar suspension, good very fine £120-160.

Lot 565

Australian Commonwealth Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R.; New Zealand L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R.; New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal; New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, G.V.R., silver, all except 2nd with its correct ribbon, extremely fine (4) £120-160.

Lot 566

Commonwealth of Australia L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.; New South Wales L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.; Queensland L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.; Tasmania, L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., silver, each with its correct ribbon, extremely fine, rare (4) £120-160.

Lot 568

Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 16 x 16mm., silver-gilt and enamel, very fine £60-80.

Lot 580

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge conversion from a breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case, minor enamel damage, good very fine £260-300.

Lot 581

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in damaged Garrard, London case of issue, minor enamel damage/repair, good very fine £300-350.

Lot 582

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, in Garrard, London case of issue, nearly extremely fine £50-70.

Lot 583

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, in its Garrard & Co. fitted case of issue; together with a member’s neck badge of the ‘Society of London Ragamuffins ‘(Founded 1901), gilt-metal, extremely fine (2) £40-60.

Lot 585

The Imperial Service Order, G.V.R., silver, gold and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1933, minor enamel damage, good very fine £120-160.

Lot 586

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem (3), Knight of Grace set of insignia, neck badge, 54 x 54mm. and breast star, 70 x 70mm., silvered base metal and enamel, neck badge with replacement suspension, one arm with enamel damage; star with one bruised point and slight enamel damage; another, Serving Brother, silver and enamel; with dress miniature; Jubilee 1935, with dress miniature; Coronation 1937 (2); Coronation 1953; miscellaneous Italian medals (3), nearly very fine and better (12) £140-160.

Lot 591

Imperial Service Medal (7), G.V.R., 2nd issue (Alfred Edward Elkington); G.V.R., 3rd issue (Edward Hems Groom); G.VI.R., 1st issue (Henry Sharp); G.VI.R., 2nd issue (George Nicholas Chadwick; George Arthur Mitchell); E.II.R., 1st issue (Lawrence Joseph Francis Gatt); E.II.R., 2nd issue (Denver Redfern Thomas) last two in case of issue; Pair: Corporal W. Stockton, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Order of St. John, Serving Brother, silver and enamel, unnamed, with silver ‘St. John’ bar; St. John Service Medal (13502 Cpl. W. Stockton, Chester Div. No.4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1935) in case of issue; together with a miniature Serving Sister badge, silver and enamel; St. John Service Medal (30951 A/Sts. E. M. Smith, London S.J.A.B. 1944); St. John Re-Examination Cross (2) (A70754 Beppa Sharkey) in case of issue; another (131712 George Seed) with 17 date bars; British Red Cross Society War Medal 1914-18; British Red Cross Society L.S. Medal, for 3 Years, enamelled, in card box; Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Cape Badge, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1915; Pakistan medals (6), generally good very fine and better (22) £100-140 British Red Cross Society L.S. Medal with award slip to ‘Miss Kathleen V. Fitzgerald’, dated 26 June 1945. 591.5. The Orders and Decorations of General Sir Hilgrove Tomkyns Turner, G.C.H., K.C., Colonel of the 19th Regiment, onetime Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey and of Bermuda, soldier and courtier under Kings George III and George IV, who secured the Rosetta Stone for England in 1801, and acted as guide to Czar Alexander of Russia and to his sister The Grand Duchess of Oldenburg on their tour of England in 1814. Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant.591.5. Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner was born in 1764, and was appointed Ensign in the Third Foot Guards on 20 February 1782. He was promoted to be Lieutenant and Captain on 13 October 1789. He went to Holland in February 1793 with the brigade of guards under Frederick, Duke of York, landed at Helvoetsluys on 5 March, Marched to Tournay, in May camped at Maulde, took part in the battle of St Amand on 8 May, the action of Famars on 23 May, the siege of Valenciennes in June and July, the assault of that place on 25 July, and its capitulation on the 28th. In August Turner marched with the British force to lay siege to Dunkirk, and on the way was present at the brilliant affair at Lincelles on 18 August, when the guards at the point of the bayonet drove out of a village and of an entrenched position a superior body of French who had previously captured them from the Dutch. He was engaged in the siege of Dunkirk and in the repulse of sorties, on 6 and 8 september, the latter at Rosenda‘l, but the covering army having been compelled to by Houchard to retire to Furnes, the Duke of York was obliged to raise the siege, and Turner marched with the guards to Cysoing, between Lille and Orchies. On 5 October the British guards joined the Austrians across the Sambre for the investment of Landercy, but the siege was not prosecuted, and Turner, repassing the Sambre with his regiment, marched to Ghent. On 17 April 1794, Turner was engaged at Vaux in the successful attack by the allies on the French army posted between Landrecy and Guise, when it was driven behind the Oise and Landrecy invested. He was present in several affairs during the siege, and was at the action of Cateau, near Troixville, on 26 April, after which he went with the Duke of York’s army to Tournay and took part in the repulse of the French attack on 11 May and subsequent actions during the same month. He accompanied the army in its retreat towards Holland in July and behind the Aa in September, took part in the fight at Boxtel on 15 September, and in the retreat behind the Meuse to Nimeguen. He greatly distinguished himself at the capture of Fort St AndrŽ, under Abercromby, and accompanied the army in the retreat behind the Waal. Turner was promoted to be Captain in the 3rd Foot Guards and Lieutenant-Colonel on 12 November 1794, when he appears to have returned to England. He was promoted to be brevet Colonel on 1 January 1801, in which year he went with his regiment to Egypt, landing at Aboukir Bay on 8 March, when he was engaged with the enemy. He took part in the action of 13 March, and in the battle of Alexandria on 21 March. He was also in the action on the west side of Alexandria on 2 September. For his services in Egypt he was made a Knight of the Order of the Crescent by the Sultan of Turkey. By the terms of Article 6 of the capitulation of Alexandria, all the curiosities, natural and artificial, collected by the French Institute were to be delivered to the victors. The French sought to evade the article on the ground that the collections were all private property, and General Menou claimed as his own the Rosetta stonefound by the French in 1798 when repairing the ruined Fort St Julien, and deposited in his house at Alexandria. Turner, who was a great antiquary, was deputed by Lord Hutchinson to negotiate on the subject, and, after much correspondence and several conferences with General Menou, it was decided that, considerable care having been bestowed by the French in the preservation of the collection of insects and animals, these should be retained, but the antiquities and Arabian manuscripts Lord Hutchinson insisted should be given up. The French were very angry, and broke the cases and removed the protecting coverings of many of the antiquarian treasures. Turner obtained a party of gunners and a ‘devil’ cart, with which he carried off the Rosetta stone from General Menou’s house amid the jeers of the French officers and men. These gunners were the first British soldiers to enter Alexandria. Having seen the other remains of ancient Egyptian sculpture sent on board the Madras, Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton’s ship, Turner embarked with the Rosetta stone on board the Egyptienne frigate, and arrived at Portsmouth in February 1802. At Turner’s request, Lord Buckinghamshire, secretary of state, allowed the stone to be sent first to the Society of Antiquaries, where it remained for a little while before being deposited in the British Museum. In January 1803 Turner communicated to the Society of Antiquaries a version of the inscription on Pompey’s Pillar, taken by Captain Dundas, Royal Engineers. In July 1803 Turner was appointed an Assistant Quartermaster-General to the forces in Great Britain, and on 25 June 1804 a Brigadier-General on the staff at home. In April 1807 he was transferred as a Brigadier-General to the staff in South America, where, it is thought, he was intended by the Government to become the first British Governor of the Spanish South American possessions, the capture of these being the objective of the military expeditions in 1806-07. However, with the humiliating defeat of General Whitelocke before Buenos Aires and the subsequent withdrawal from Montivideo, by the time of Turner’s arrival in South America in December 1807 all prospect of conquest had disappeared and with it all prospects of his governorship. Turner, who had been accompanied to South America by his wife and two of his four children, returned to England via the Cape of Good Hope in the spring of 1808 and was promoted to be Major-General on 25 April that same year. General Turner was a servant of the courts of three successive monarchs, comprising George III and his two sons. Under what auspices, with what influence and exactly at what period of his career he began his intimacy with the court of George III is not known. From 1803 he was Assistant Quartermaster-General of the Home District under Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, youngest son of George III, with whom Turner seems to have developed a very close friendship. In 1809 he was appointed Gentleman attendant to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, whom he accompanied on his visits to Brighton, and in 1811, when the Prince became Regent, he was appoi

Lot 592

The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross collar chain and sash badge, circa 1830-35, the silver-gilt chain comprising 24 alternating Guelphic crowns, lions passant and reversed cyphers of King George III, unmarked but of fine quality and contained in its original fitted red leather case; the superb sash badge in gold and enamels, 112mm x 74mm excluding suspension ring, some enamel loss to both wreaths, otherwise good very fine and rare £6000-8000 General Turner was promoted to Knight Grand Cross (Military) in 1827.

Lot 593

The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Military) Knight Grand Cross, a very fine breast star in silver with gold and enamel centre and gold swords, 90mm diameter, unmarked but certainly of English manufacture and similar in style to pieces made by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, the reverse fitted with gold pin for wearing and contained in its original red leather case, two points of star slightly bent, otherwise extremely fine £3500-4000 General Turner was promoted to Knight Grand Cross (Military) in 1827..

Lot 594

The Royal Guelphic Order, K.C.H. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star in silver with gold and enamel centre, the crossed swords and horse of Hannover all in silver, 87mm diameter, unmarked but probably of English manufacture, the reverse fitted with silver pin for wearing, some enamel loss to wreath, otherwise good very fine £2000-2500 Lieutenant-General Turner was made a Knight Commander of the Guelphic Order prior to 1820, the exact date not known.

Lot 595

The Royal Guelphic Order, K.C.H. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star in silver with gold and enamel centre, the appliquŽ sword hilts also in gold and enamel, the horse of Hannover in silver, 79mm diameter, the gilt reverse signed Beaugeois Bijoutier a Paris, and fitted with pin for wearing, central medallion depressed and some enamel loss to wreath, very fine £1000-1200 Lieutenant-General Turner was made a Knight Commander of the Guelphic Order prior to 1820, the exact date not known. #1000-1200 596. Ottoman Empire, Order of the Crescent, K.C., Knight’s breast badge, gold and green enamel, 43mm diameter, with integral loop and gold rings for suspension, unusually fine quality, enamel chipped on obverse between rays of the star, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare £4000-5000 Nicholas Carlisle, in A Concise Account of the Several Foreign Orders of Knighthood, London 1839, lists Turner, along with Vice-Admiral Nelson, Lieutenant-General Hutchinson, Lord Keith, the Earl of Elgin, etc., as one of the fifteen recipients of the ‘Superior Class’ of the Order of the Crescent with the following entry: ‘General Sir Hilgrove Turner, G.C.H., Knight of the Imperial Russian Order of St Anne, of the first Class, Knight of the Imperial Ottoman Order of The Crescent, and late Governor of Bermuda, ‘by verbal permission of His Royal Highness The Prince Regent, ‘afterwards George the Fourth. It is to the firmness and decision of the gallant Officer, that England is indebted for the celebrated Trilinguar Inscription, discovered at Rosetta, a Fac-simile and copies of which were extensively circulated by The Society of Antiquaries of London. This famous stone now forms a prominent feature in the Hall of Egyptian Antiquities at The British Museum. It was styled ‘The Gem of Antiquity ‘by the French, as being the Key to the Hierohlyphick language.’.

Lot 597

Russia, Order of St Anne, 1st type, Grand Cross sash badge by Andreas Paskewitz, St Petersburg, circa 1814, gold with enamelled centres, the four arms each set with a red crystal in a silver mount, the angles of the cross each set with a single pear-shaped paste stone in a silver mount, and the points of each arm set with three smaller round pastes in silver mounts, 82mm x 71mm excluding suspension ring, the reverse suspension loop with maker’s mark ‘A.P’ and St Petersburg assay office mark, test mark to reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine, a highly important fully provenanced badge awarded to the first British recipient of this Order £60000-80000 After the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 and his exile to Elba, and in preparation for the Inter-Allied conference which took place later in Vienna, the monarchs of the Grand Alliance were invited to visit London. Alexander 1, Tsar of Russia, and King Frederick William III of Prussia accepted, but the Austrian Emperor refused and sent Prince Metternich in his stead. The King of Prussia was accompanied by BlŸcher and Hardenburg, while the Tsar was preceded by his sister, the Archduchess Catherine of Russia, who was also the widow of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. General Turner was appointed by the Prince Regent to attend on the Grand Duchess and to make all the arrangements for her stay in London and for a tour of some of the towns and great country houses of England. He was present at many of the state and social functions given to the Allied Sovereigns, and has left some interesting memoranda and correspondence illustrating the intrigues of the representatives of the various nations, the characters of the actors, and the open antipathy between the Prince Regent and the Duchess of Oldenburg, all contributing factors towards the eventual triple alliance of France, England and Austria, and the rape of Poland by Russia and Prussia. For General Turner’s service to the Grand Duchess and the Emperor during their tour of England, the Emperor made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Anne, of which order he is believed to be the first British recipient. Advised of the honour in a letter from Count Lieven dated 8 July 1814, the General went to considerable trouble to obtain permission to wear this order, as there existed a prohibition against the wearing of foreign decorations. In support of his claim he made the following 'Statement of Services': ‘Statement of Services of Lieut.-Genl. Sir Hilgrove Turner. Who served in all the actions of the Campaigns of 1793-94-95 in Holland, Flanders, France, and Germany in the last part of 1794 he had the rank of Field Officer. In the actions of the campaign in Egypt in 1801, in the latter part of which he served as a General Officer. He was ordered with troops to South America in 1807, arrived in the Rio de la Plata, tho’ too late for the action at Buenos Aires and was under the necessity of going with the troops to the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope. He had the honour of the charge of the monuments taken in Egypt and now deposited in the British Museum which were obtained with considerable expense and risk on his part. He commanded a body of troops in Jersey, which effected a forcible landing with the Duc d'Aumont on the coast of Normandy, to aid and assist the operations of the allies in their entrance into France, at Caen bv detaining a large body of troops from joining the great army on the frontiers last year 1815 and for which he has had the honour to receive a letter of approbation from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the War Department.’ (Ref Sir Hilgrove Turner, Soldier and Courtier under the Georges, Arthur F. Loveday, Alkham Press, 1964).

Lot 598

Russia, Order of St Anne, a magnificent large Grand Cross breast star by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, circa 1814, in silver, gold and enamels, 107mm diameter, the reverse centre plate inscribed ‘Rundell Bridge & Rundell, Jewellers to Their Majesties, His Royal Highnefs the Prince Regent, and The Royal Family’, fitted with silver pin for wearing and contained in its original red leather case, the bottom with affixed label inscribed in ink ‘St Anne’, extremely fine and extremely rare £5000-6000.

Lot 599

Russia, Order of St Anne, Grand Cross breast star by Hamlet, circa 1820-30, in silver, gold and enamels, 82mm diameter, the reverse centre plate inscribed ‘Hamlet, Goldsmith & Jeweller, to His Majesty, His Royal Highnefs the Duke of Clarence & Royal Family. Prince’s St. Leicester Sq. London’, fitted with silver pin and gold catch, very fine and rare £2000-2500

Lot 600

Russia, Order of St Anne, Grand Cross breast star, circa 1830, in silver, gold and enamels, 85mm diameter, unsigned but probably of English manufacture, fitted with silver pin for wearing, enamel damage to one arm of central cross, otherwise good very fine and rare £1500-2000.

Lot 601

George IV 1824, Naval Aid to Greece, silver medal by B. Pistrucci, 60mm, fitted with ring for suspension, attractively toned, extremely fine £400-500

Lot 602

William IV, Groom of the Bedchamber, silver ceremonial key of office, hallmarked London 1834, 175mm overall, extremely fine £400-500.

Lot 612

Austria, Empire, Slovenian Medal for Horsemanship, bust of Franz Joseph by Tautenhayn, 40mm., silver-gilt; Austria, Steiermark, 40 Years L.S. Medal, white metal; Bulgaria, Long Service Cross, Ferdinand I cypher, silver; Czechoslovakia, Dobrovolcu Congress Medal 1918-19, bronze; Hungary, St. John Merit Medal, bronze, very fine (5) £100-140.

Lot 614

China, Republic, Order of the Striped Tiger, neck badge, 74mm., silver-gilt and enamel, two stars above centre, Chinese stamp mark on reverse, no ribbon, enamel damage to centre and one ray, very fine £600-800.

Lot 615

Cuba, Republic, Military Merit Cross, breast badge, 79 x 52mm., silver-gilt and blue enamel, on blue ‘Good Conduct’ ribbon, slight enamel damage to reverse, good very fine £40-60.

Lot 617

Denmark, Korea Medal 1950-53, silver, in card box, minor contact marks, good very fine, scarce £400-500 The Danish Korea Medal was issued for service aboard the Hospital Ship Jutlandia, to both men and women, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who could also recommend foreigners for the award. Approximately 480 medals were awarded.

Lot 620

A fine ‘Napoleonic Wars’ group of six awarded to Paul Lambert Van den Maesen France, First Empire, Legion of Honour, 3rd type, Chevalier’s breast badge, 56 x 36mm., silver, gold and enamel, lacks reverse centre, severe enamel damage, points bruised; Reign of Louis Philippe, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, 65 x 44mm., silver, gold and enamel, enamel damage; St. Helena Medal, bronze; ‘Veterans Cross’, 41 x 41mm., silver-gilt cross surmounted by crossed sabres, obverse centre with ‘N’ with military hat above, reverse centre bearing the cypher, ‘PVDM’; Emperor Napoleon I Funeral Commemorative Medal 1840, 41mm., bronze, unnamed, edge bruise; Netherlands, ‘St. Barbara Gilde Medal’, 55mm., silver, with ornate suspension, obverse inscribed, ‘Ste. Barbara Gilde aan P. L. Vandermaesen, Ridder van het Eerelegioen’, reverse engraved with crossed riffles and the inscription, ‘Ter gelegenheid van Zijn Vijftigjarig lidmaatschap 1827-1877 (?)’; pair of miniature dress medals: France, St. Helena Medal, bronze; Legion of Honour, First Empire, 4th type, silver, gold and enamel, enamel damage, mounted as worn from a gold brooch bar; Daguerreotype, of the recipient within a gilt oval frame, the clarity of the image is poor; fine and better (9) £600-800 The above mounted on an old pad by Gontier, Brussels, with damaged gilt frame surmounted by an imperial eagle. A label on the pad reverse reads, ‘Paul Lambert Van den Maesen, 1791-1881’.

Lot 622

Eleven: Chef de Bataillin Achille LŽonard Boniface Villermain, French Army France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 5th Class, silver, gold and enamel, severe enamel damage; Order of Agricultural Merit, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, bronze star on ribbon; Colonial Medal 1893, 1 clasp, Tunisie; War Commemorative Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-18, official type; French Society of War Wounded Medal 1864-66, silver; ‘U.N.C.’ Medal; Belgium, Order of Leopold I, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel; Romania, War Commemorative Cross 1916-18, no clasps, generally good very fine except where stated (11) £180-220 Achille LŽonard Boniface Villermain was born in Antibes, Alpes Maritimes, on 14 February 1848. He volunteered for military service in Paris on 5 February 1866. He attained the rank of Sergeant-Major in 1869 and in the following year was commissioned Adjutant and Sous Lieutenant. Promoted to Captain in 1883, he subsequently served as Acting Major and latterly attained the rank of Chef de Bataillon of Infantry. Sold with a quantity of original documents and papers, approximately 36, including: Service Book, recording Villermain originally in the 3rd Regiment de Voltigeurs, Garde ImpŽriale; Wound Certificate 1886; notification of the award of the Legion of Honour, dated 1890; Colonial Medal award document, dated 1894; commission documents; military certificates.

Lot 623

France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, breast star, 94mm., silver, with slight gilding, French stamp marks on pin, several ‘test’ marks, numeral ‘1’ missing from ‘1870’, centre slightly depressed, about very fine £100-140.

Lot 624

France, Second Empire, Italy Campaign Medal 1859, by Barre, silver, unnamed, good very fine £70-90 With an award document dated 1 January 1862, named to Corporal Onorato Cavalieri, 30th Infantry Regiment, Royal Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, who served in the 2nd Infantry Regiment , Toscana Division, during the Italian Campaign. This ragged around the edges, repaired and stained.

Lot 625

Unofficial, Orders (2), silver-gilt and enamel; French Foreign Legion Battle of Camerone 1863 Commemorative Medals (2), silver base metal, one cast; other Far Eastern medals (4), very fine and better (8) £100-140 First two illustrated.

Lot 626

Germany, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Cross for Distinction in War 1914-16, 2nd Class, ‘Tapfer und Treu’, reverse lower arm inscribed, ‘1914’, silver; Schwarzburg, Medal for Merit in War 1914-18, silver; other German medals (1), good very fine and better (3) £80-100.

Lot 628

Greece, Kingdom, Hellenic Red Cross Medal 1912-13, 25mm., silver and enamel, on bow ribbon, minor edge bruising, good very fine £60-80.

Lot 632

Indian States, Patiala, Maharaja’s Turban Badge, by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, Ltd., 78 x 73mm., silver-gilt badge formed of a star of radiating Indian weaponry linked by a wreath; in the centre, surmounted by a crown, a fine enamelled portrait of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh; reverse with supporting hook, to each side, five silver chains connected to hallmarked silver-gilt hook fittings, the badge reverse bearing the manufacturer’s initials and hallmarks for Birmingham 1946, extremely fine, rare £1200-1500 On the badge Bhupinder Singh (1900-38) is portrayed wearing a uniform with orders and medals, including the star and sash of the Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (G.C.S.I.). On his head he wears a turban with a similar turban badge to the above, this being held in place by five chains. Bhupinder Singh was succeeded as Maharaja by Yadavindra Singh (1938-48). Born in 1913 and educated at Aitchison College, Lahore. He served as Superintendent of Police for the Patiala District and in 1933 was appointed the Chancellor of Khalsa College, Amritsar. A keen sportsman, in 1934 he was selected by India to play in the cricket test against England. He was President of the Indian Olympic Association, 1938-60. In 1946 he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to King George VI and Pro-Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes. In post-independence India he was appointed Rajpramukh for Patiala and East Punjab States Union, 1948-56. A Member of the Indian delegation to the 11th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in 1958 he represented India at the 10th annual conference of UNESCO and later led the Indian delegation at meetings of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization. In 1960 he was appointed Chairman of the Indian Council of Sports and in 1965 he was appointed to the prestigious post of Ambassador to Rome, 1965-67. He died in 1974. It is tempting to think that the above badge was ordered by Yadavindra Singh in relation to one of the official appointments made in 1946. .

Lot 633

Iraq, Arab-Israeli War Medal 1948, enamelled; Jordan, Medal for the Great Ramadan War 1974, white metal; Morocco, Medals (2); Syria, Medal, gilt and enamel; Turkey, Imtiaz Medal, 37mm., silver, inscribed in arabic on reverse; other ‘Middle Eastern’ medals (3), nearly very fine and better (9) £70-90.

Lot 642

An Order of the Crown awarded to Infantry Lieutenant Francesco Colacino Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine £50-70 Sold with award document to Infantry Lieutenant Francesco Colacino, signed by Admiral Revel, Duca del Mare, dated 24 April 1935.

Lot 650

An Italian Campaign 1859 pair of medals awarded to Giovanni Andoli-Pierre, 1st Granatieri Regiment France, Second Empire, Italian Campaign Medal 1859, by Barre, silver, unnamed; Franco-Sardinian Medal in Defence of the Independence of Italy 1859, obverse: busts of Napoleon III and Victor-Emanuel II, unofficial, 26mm., gilt metal, second with some edge bruising, very fine (2) £90-110 With an award document for the French Italian Campaign Medal named to Giovanni Andoli-Pierre, 1st Granatieri (Grenadier) Regiment, Royal Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, dated 1861. This torn and stained.

Lot 659

Jordan, Order of Independence, 1st Class set of insignia by Huguenin, Switzerland, sash badge, 61mm. and breast star, 90mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with enamelled miniature dress medal, lapel rosette and full dress sash, in case of issue, extremely fine (3) £200-250.

Lot 660

Korea, Empire, Imperial Tour Commemorative Medal 1909, silver, minor contact marks, very fine, scarce £200-250.

Lot 661

Latvia, Order of the Three Stars, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in case of issue, extremely fine £80-100 Sold with Buckingham Palace document granting restricted permission to wear to Miss Mary Hamlin, 163B Sutherland Avenue, W.9, dated 3 January 1939. Mary Hamlin was a musician - sold with some music sheets of songs arranged by her.

Lot 662

Lithuania, Order of Vytautas the Great, 3rd Class neck badge, 65 x 48mm., silver-gilt and enamel, n.r., crown lacking stones, minor enamel damage, good very fine, scarce £500-600.

Lot 667

Russia, Order of Alexander Nevski, an attractive badge of later manufacture, 60 x 60mm., in gold and silver with enamelled centres, the arms set with diamonds and ‘rubies’, the centre, interarm eagles and suspension loop set with ‘diamonds’, unmarked, extremely fine £2000-3000 .

Lot 676

Russia, St. George Cross for Bravery (2) 4th Class, 33 x 32.5mm., silver, reverse numbered, ‘671281’, with ring suspension; another, 4th Class, 34 x 34mm., silver, reverse numbered, ‘1/M 091186’, usual eyelet suspension, very fine (2) £300-350.

Lot 678

Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, small, silver, on ‘St. Anne; ribbon, good very fine £200-250 Sold with original award document numbered ‘861’ and dated 1908.

Lot 679

Russia, Medal for Zeal, Alexander III, small, silver, n.r., edge bruise to reverse, very fine £60-80.

Lot 680

Russia, Alexandrovsky Military Law Academy Graduation Badge, post-1882 type, 60 x 43mm., silver and silver-gilt, reverse with kokoshnik mark for St. Petersburg 1896-1908, bearing the assayer’s mark ‘AP’ for ‘A. Rikhter’, with an additional stamp mark ‘M3’, complete with back and clutch plates, both with stamp marks, ref. P.& B. vol.I, 1.1.26, very fine £200-300 Note: ‘AP’ and ‘M3’ are latin approximations for the Russian letters that appear on the badge.

Lot 681

Russia, Jubilee Badge of the Department of Establishments of Empress Maria, 64 x 37mm. silver and silver-gilt, reverse with ‘84’ silver mark and marks for Osipov, screw-backed, ref. P.& B. vol. I 4.29b, good very fine £200-250.

Lot 682

Russia, Badge of the 45th Azov Infantry Regiment of Field Marshal Count Golovin, later of Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich, 30 x 25mm., silver, gold and enamel, reverse inscribed in Russian, stamp marks to reverse, with gold pin fitting, ref. P. & B. vol.II 4.2.46, good very fine £200-250.

Lot 683

Russia, Badge for University Graduates, reduced size, 38 x 17mm., silver-gilt and enamel, screw-backed, the initials ‘B.P.’ and ‘84’ silver kokoshnik marks for St. Petersburg 1908-17 on reverse, ref. Patrikeev & Bojnovich 2.17, slight enamel damage, very fine £80-100.

Lot 684

Russia, Barrister’s Badge, 37 x 29mm., silver, with stamp marks to obverse and to clutch plate, screw-backed, ref. P. & B vol. I 4.35, good very fine £100-150.

Lot 686

Russia, Jeton, bearing the cypher ‘M’ and the year dates ‘1908-1915’ on the obverse, the reverse engraved with a cypher and the date, ‘8.XI.1914’, 49 x 30mm., silver and enamel, with chain fitting, very fine £100-150.

Lot 687

Russia, General Headquarters Academy Jubilee Jeton 1882, 45 x 28mm., silver and enamel, awarded to Captain Davidoff on 26 November 1882 to commemorate the anniversary of the General Headquarters Academy, ref. Ivanov No.132 (similar), chipping to enamel, about very fine £150-200.

Lot 688

Russia, Commemorative Badge, bearing the year dates ‘1874’ and ‘1924’, reverse inscribed, ‘10’, 41 x 34mm., silver and enamel, screw-backed, enamel damage, very fine £100-150.

Lot 692

Thailand, Order of the White Elephant, 2nd type, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Benson, London velvet covered case of issue, nearly extremely fine £60-80.

Lot 693

Turkey, Order of Medjidie, neck badge, 91 x 65mm., silver, gold and enamel with silver-gilt supension loop, Crimea period badge with convex back, minor enamel damage to crescent, nearly extremely fine £200-250.

Lot 694

Orthodox Church, Patriarchy of Constantinople, Accession Medal 1901, commemorating the second installation of Joachim III as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 26mm., silver-gilt, stamp marks on eyelet, good very fine £40-60 Joachim III ‘the Magnificent’ was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1878-1884 and 1901-1912. He was born in Constantinople in 1834 and was educated at Vienna. During 1858-61 he was the Deacon in the Holy Temple of St. George. During the time of his first reign as Patriarch he worked on the financial improvement of the Patriarchate. He died in 1912 and is viewed as one of the most prominent and important Patriarchs of the last century.

Lot 696

The Army Distinguished Service Medal and Silver Star group of five awarded to Major-General Philip Bradley Peyton, 61st Infantry Regiment, 5th Division Army Distinguished Service Medal, edge officially numbered ‘397’, bronze and enamel; Silver Star, edge officially numbered ‘4055’, reverse inscribed ‘Philip B. Peyton’; Victory Medal 1918, 3 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, official type 2 medal; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, blue enamel with some damage and repair; Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze star on ribbon and with lanyard complete with gilt fitting, generally good very fine (13) £1200-1500 Distinguished Service Medal citation: ‘For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. He took command of a regiment which had undergone six days of shell fire and commanded it with such unusual skill as to enable the regiment to capture Aincreville, Bois de Babiemont, Doulcon, and, after crossing the Meuse, to capture Hill 292, Dun-sur-Meuse, Milly-devant-Dun, Lion-devant-Dun, Cote St. Germain, Chateau Charmois, and Mouzey, thereby displaying the highest order of leadership and exhibiting the masterful qualities of a commander’. Silver Star, cited by Divisional Commander; Cunel and Bois-de-la-Poultiere. Citation: ‘For exceptional devotion to duty, energy and zeal. In the attack on Cunel and the Bois-de-la-Poultiere, 14th October 1918, by his presence, coolness, personal bravery, and excellent example under intense artillery and machine-gun fire, after not only the officers, but also the non-commissioned personnel of his Battalion had been decimated in this particular attack by seventy-five per cent, inspired the members of his command to advance against an enemy strongly fortified in the jungle of underbrush and trenches. He repeatedly disregarded his own safety in making personal reconnaissance ahead of his forces when they were held up by enemy fire’. Philip Bradley Peyton was born in Nashville, Tennessee on 22 January 1881, son of A. Newman Peyton. He was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and following his graduation in 1901, served as an Instructor in the Institute during 1901-03. During his second year at the Institute, he was a room mate of George C. Marshall - who was later, at various times, Army Chief of Staff, General of the Army, Secretary of State and Secretary of Defence. Peyton was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry in 1904 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1911, Captain in 1916, Temporary Major, August 1917-August 1918 and Major in 1920. Serving in France with the 61st Infantry during the Great War, he was awarded the American Distinguished Service Medal and Silver Star and the French Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre. As Commanding Officer of the 61st Infantry Peyton was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal by General Pershing on 30 April 1919. Postwar he graduated from the Infantry School in 1925, the Command and General Staff School in 1926, the Army War College in 1931 and Tank School in 1932 - being promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1927, Colonel in 1935, Brigadier-General in 1937 and Major-General in 1941. He served as Commanding Officer, 12th Brigade, 1937-38; Commanding Officer, Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade, 1938; Commanding Officer, 21st Brigade, 1939; Commandant of the Army War College, 1939-40; Commanding General, 8th Infantry Division, June-December 1940, and Commanding General I Corps, 1941-42. Following a heart attack, Peyton retired from the Army on 28 February 1942. Residing in Charlottesville, Virginia, he died on 23 June 1949 and was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. Sold with a riband bar and seven metal uniform badges, a copied photograph of the recipient and copied research.

Lot 700

Vatican, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Knight Commander with Star set of insignia, neck badge, 78 x 45mm., gold and enamel; breast star, 77 x 77mm., silver, gold and enamel, the reverse bearing the cartouche of ‘Lemaitre, 27 Rue Nve. des Bons Enfans, Paris’, excellent quality, extremely fine (2) £600-800.

Lot 702

Yugoslavia, Kingdom, Medal for the Promotion of Agriculture 1930, gilt and enamel; Serbia, War Commemorative Medal 1876-78, bronze-gilt; Serbian (?) War Commemorative 1918, silver, very fine and better (3) £100-140 First illustrated.

Lot 729

An M.V.O. 4th Class pair to Engineer-Captain Walter K. Williams, Royal Navy, who died in the explosion aboard H.M.S. Bulwark, 26 November 1914 The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘789’; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu August 1893 (Engr., R.N., H.M.S. Blanche) very fine and better (2) £700-900 Walter Kent Williams was born in St. Davids, Pembrokeshire on 24 October 1863. He was educated at the Propietary School, Cardiff and the Royal Naval College, Keyham, Devonport. In July 1885 he was appointed an Assistant Engineer and in April 1887 was advanced to Engineer. He served as such aboard the Blanche, December 1890-July 1894 and landed with the Naval Brigade at Witu in August 1893, for service in the Pumwani and Jongeni Campaign. 93 men from the ship received the ‘Witu August 1893’ clasp. He was promoted to Chief Engineer in August 1897, Engineer-Lieutenant in April 1889 and Engineer-Commander in August 1901. On 19 October 1910 he was awarded the M.V.O. 4th Class for services as Engineer at Royal Naval College, Osborne - on the occasion of His Majesty’s visit to the college in July. On 1 January 1912 he attained the rank of Engineer-Captain. He was posted to the old battleship Bulwark in July 1914. He was killed in the internal explosion which destroyed the ship whilst at anchor in the Medway near Sheerness on 26 November 1914. With original M.V.O. bestowal and associated documents and copied research.

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