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Lot 209

A silver plate and etched glass novelty cruet set, L. 16cm H. 13cm.

Lot 592

An articulated silver fish keyring, Fish length 7cm.

Lot 520

A quantity of silver jewellery items, some set with stones including necklace, earrings, etc.

Lot 379

A box of mixed silver plate and other metalware.

Lot 260

A Pandora bracelet containing eight 925 silver Pandora charms, some are enamelled/stone set.

Lot 269

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

Lot 256

A white metal pendant set with a pear cut amethyst on a 925 silver chain, L. 40cm.

Lot 571

A boxed silver 2002 1oz angel coin.

Lot 93

A pair of rose gold on 925 silver drop earrings set with blue topaz, amethyst, morganite and moonstone, L. 2.8cm.

Lot 71

A group of mixed silver and other items.

Lot 258

Three Danish silver brooches, largest L. 4cm.

Lot 586

A hand painted miniature of a lady set into an Art Nouveau style silver frame, 8 x 8cm

Lot 265

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

Lot 67

Three sets of hallmarked silver teaspoons together with a silver plated tray.

Lot 655

Portugal, Republic, Order of Industrial Merit, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, by Frederico Costa, Lisbon, comprising neck badge, 95mm including wreath suspension x 65mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Star, 80mm, silver and enamel, maker’s cartouche to base of hinge on reverse, with neck riband, in fitted case of issue, about extremely fine (2) £360-£440

Lot 754

1st Staffordshire Militia Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp 1855-78. A standard pattern silver example, the circlet ‘Kings Own First Staffordshire Militia‘, to the centre crowned Staffordshire Knot on a stippled ground; together with a gilded metal 1st Staffordshire Militia glengarry badge, loops to the rear, very good condition (2) £140-£180

Lot 101

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 653

Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast badge, 68mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 54mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with silver marks to reverse, with original narrow riband, in original embossed fitted case of issue, good very fine £160-£200

Lot 626

Miniature Medals: Portugal, Kingdom, a selection of four privately-commissioned miniature medals and lapel pins, two Naval; two civilian, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, good very fine (4) £60-£80

Lot 648

Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Third Class neck badge, 76mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 62mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with silver mark to obverse and mint mark and silver mark to reverse, with narrow neck riband, in original embossed case of issue, minor red enamel damage to crescent suspension, otherwise good very fine £180-£220

Lot 773

German Shoulder Boards and Collar Patches. Three officers pairs of heavy bullion wire shoulder boards. One enlisted ranks pair of shoulder boards with black piping. One officers shoulder board with black and silver lace with white underlay with further black underlay. One pair of blue centred collar patches. One purple piped shoulder board and one single gold piped collar patch, belonging to an unidentified German Third Reich period organisations. Three pieces have glue on the reverse side where once adhered to a collectors display board, generally good condition (lot) £80-£100

Lot 58

The unique Great War 'Gibraltar Naval Hospital' R.R.C. and 'Plymouth Naval Hospital' Second Award Bar pair awarded to Head-Sister-in-Chief M. L. Hughes, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel; British War Medal 1914-20 (Hd. Sister M. L. Hughes. Q.A.R.N.N.S.) mounted court-style for display, with lady’s bow riband to the RRC, good very fine; the award of a Second Award Bar to the RRC unique to the QARRNS for the Great War (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- Only 8 Royal Red Crosses First Class and 1 Second Award Bar were awarded to Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service during the Great War. R.R.C. London Gazette 16 December 1916. R.R.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 9 May 1919. Miss Mildred Lloyd Hughes was born at Lampeter, Cardiganshire, on 9 March 1879, and trained at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, joining Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service on 28 December 1908. Posted initially to Haslar Hospital as a Nursing Sister on 15 September 1909, she was advanced Superintending Sister in 1911, before being posted to Gibraltar Hospital on 14 January 1913. She served in Gibraltar during the first two years of the Great War, where the hospital was, from the start of May 1915 onwards, dealing with the influx of casualties from Gallipoli. For her services dealing with both the administrative and medical needs of the wounded, she was awarded the R.R.C. Following the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula Miss Hughes was posted back to the U.K. in April 1916, and on 22 November 1916 was posted to Plymouth Naval Hospital as Head Sister. For her services at Plymouth Naval Hospital she was awarded the unprecedented Second Award Bar to the R.R.C. After the Great War she continued to serve in this position at Plymouth, being promoted Head-Sister-in-Chief on 14 March 1929. She retired on 9 March 1934 and died in Cheshire in 1962.

Lot 104

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue, nearly extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 608

London & North Western Railway St. John Ambulance Association First Aid Examination Medal, English Division, silver and enamel, for 12 Years’ Service (2) ‘G. Hughes 1923; William Sumner 1923’; North Eastern Railway Centre St. John Ambulance Association Cross for Meritorious First Aid Service, bronze, unnamed; British Railways 15 Years’ First Aid Efficiency Medal (2), 1st type, silver and enamel ‘William D. Payne 1952 N.288’; 2nd type, skeletal silver badge ‘N.E.263 William Blyth 1964’, in card box of issue, good very fine (5) £80-£100

Lot 615

A Selection of Medal Clasps. A small miscellaneous selection, comprising: Inkermann, Sebastopol Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (2 - one slightly damaged), Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2), Tirah 1897-98, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2), Diamond Hill, Waziristan 1919-21, Mahsud 1919-20, North West Frontier 1930-31, Iraq; together with copy Mooltan and Goojerat; and four top silver riband bars, generally in used condition, with some of the clasps mounted in blocks (lot) £100-£140

Lot 788

A German Second World War Kriegsmarine Mine Sweeper Badge. Generally good condition with the unusual maker of Adolf Scholz on the reverse side. At least 70% of original gilding remaining with all silver finish to the exploding mine visible. On the reverse side with its original ball type hinge, thin needle pin and hook intact, good condition £80-£100

Lot 736

An Eastern People’s Silver Award First Class. An extremely rare variation having a concave back and wide pin, but with the pin stamped ‘4’ [Steinhauer and Luck, Ludenscheid], extremely fine condition and extremely rare by this manufacturer £100-£140

Lot 659

Spain, Franco Period, Order of Alphonso the Wise, Knight’s breast badge, 46mm, silver-gilt and enamel; together with a ‘watered red’ full sash ribbon, good very fine £60-£80

Lot 276

Waterloo 1815 (George Barnett, Royal Artillery Drivers.) fitted with a later silver clip and straight bar suspension, light pitting to obverse, this very fine, the reverse better £800-£1,000

Lot 67

An Order of St. John Serving Sister’s group of three awarded to Sister E. M. King, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, silver and enamel; Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St. John, with 5 Additional Award Bars (28637 A/Sis. E. M. King, No. 1 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1944) re-engraved naming, mounted court style for wear, white enamel damage to first, nearly very fine and better (3) £40-£50 --- Provenance: Eric Smith Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, November 2009.

Lot 56

A fine Second War ‘Tobruk’ Brigade Major’s D.S.O., Order of St. John, group of eight awarded to Major G. Bestford, 6th South African Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 2nd South African Division, a veteran of the Great War who was wounded in action whilst serving in the ranks of the 20th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Scottish) on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme. Subsequently commissioned in to the 25th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Irish), Bestford joined the South African Police after the Great War. He was mobilised for service during the Second War, and was taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Tobruk on 21 June 1942. Bestford returned to the South African Police after the War, rose to District Commandant of Durban, and played a prominent role during the Royal Visit to South Africa in 1947 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1946’, with integral top riband bar; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, silver and enamels; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. Bestford.) severe edge bruise to BWM; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa Service Medal, Second War campaign awards all officially impressed (SAP195478 G. Bestford) mounted as originally worn, and subsequently additionally mounted on card for display, generally nearly very fine or better (8) £2,800-£3,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 19 December 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services at Tobruk in 1942.’ The original recommendation, given by Brigadier F. W. Cooper, O.C. 6 SA Bde, states: ‘From 10 Jan 42 to 21 Jun 42 Major Bestford was my [Brigadier F. W. Cooper, O.C. 6 SA Bde] Brigade Major. During that period he carried out his duties with entire disregard for his own comfort under what at times were very trying and dangerous conditions. He was mentioned in despatches for his work during operations at Sollum and Halfaya in Jan 42. During the period the brigade was attached to 1 S.A. Div. at Gazala - Mar - Apr 42 and during the period prior to the fall of Tobruk - Apr - Jun 42 his conduct was an example to all the work he put in over the six months, especially during the two vital days prior to the surrender, entitles him, in my opinion, to a D.S.O. for which I recommend him.’ Order of St John, Serving Brother London Gazette 2 January 1953. M.I.D. London Gazette 15 December 1942: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period November, 1941, to April, 1942.’ George Bestford was one of six sons born to Thomas Bestford, and was born in Gateshead, County Durham, in October 1897. He was educated at the local Higher Grade Secondary School, and at the age of 17 falsified his age to enlist in the 20th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Scottish) on 26 October 1914. Bestford advanced to Sergeant, and served with the Battalion in the French theatre of War from 9 January 1916. The Battalion served as part of the 102nd Infantry Brigade on the Somme, and Bestford was wounded in action on 1 July 1916. On the latter date the Battalion were fighting in tandem with the 4th Tyneside Scottish: ‘Owing to the artillery barrage and the intense machine gun fire and the distance (800 yds) of no man’s land to be traversed, the two battalions were almost wiped out, though the positions of the dead showed that they pushed on to the enemy’s second line of trenches before they were annihilated.’ (Battalion War Diary refers) On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the 20th Battalion suffered casualties of 16 officers and 337 other ranks killed, and 10 officers and 268 other ranks wounded. Bestford was amongst the latter, and was evacuated back to the UK. His South African Police service files show that he subsequently received a G.O.C.’s Divisional Commendation in recognition of his gallantry on 1 July 1916. Whilst recuperating from his wounds, Bestford would have received news that his brother William had been killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Engineers on 21 July 1916. The following month, Bestford transferred as Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant to the 29th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was subsequently posted to the 3rd Battalion, and then attached to the 84th Training Reserve Battalion at Hornsea. Major A. E. Ken recommended Bestford for a commission in March 1917: ‘This N.C.O. came very much under my observations, while at Home he attended several Courses of Instruction and on each one did very well indeed, on one occasion he came under the notice of the Brigadier who complimented him through his C.O. on his success... On Service he was even better, as a leader of men he is a success, I never knew him to shirk any danger or fatigues, and his coolness under Shell and Rifle fire is splendid. I regret to say his C.O. [Lieutenant Colonel C. Sillery] was killed as I knew that he had marked Sgt. Bestford out for distinction and no officers being left (All either killed or wounded) there was no one to put the recommendation forward. I think with a little training at a Cadet School he will make a very good Officer.’ After the requisite time with an Officer Cadet Battalion, Bestford was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers in October 1917. He tragically lost another sibling when his eldest brother, Robert, was killed in action serving with the Durham Light Infantry on 1 December 1917. He was then posted to France for service with the 25th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (2nd Tyneside Irish). After the War, he was attached as a Signalling Officer to the 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service in Syria and Egypt. Bestford advanced to Lieutenant in May 1919, and relinquished his commission in March of the following year. He sailed for Natal, South Africa, in April 1921, and joined the South African Police in June 1921, and advanced from Constable to Captain, District Officer and Station Officer by June 1940. He was appointed Captain, 1st South African Police Battalion, Union Defence Force later that month, and was appointed to the Staff Headquarters, 6th Infantry (Police) Brigade. He embarked with the 2nd South African Division, and arrived in Egypt in June 1941. Serving across North Africa, at the Battles of Sollum and Halfaya, he was promoted Major in February 1942. Bestford served as Brigade Major, 6th South African Infantry Brigade Headquarters, and under constant attack from Rommel’s Afrika Korps, the Allied Forces retreated from the Gazala Line throughout May and June 1942. The Garrison at Tobruk became isolated and the majority of the 2nd South African Division was captured there en masse as Prisoners of War on 21 June following General Orders to surrender. Unable to escape, Bestford was taken prisoner by the Italians and interned at Campo 75 (Bari). He was subsequently transferred to Germany, and interned in Stalag VII-A, Stalag V-C, and finally at Oflag XII-B at Hadamar. Repatriated in April 1945, he was recommended retrospectively for the D.S.O. Bestford afterward returned to South Africa, and there resumed his employment with the South African Police. He was appointed Commanding Officer, Police Training Depot, Pretoria. During the Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to South Africa in 1947, he had the honour of commanding the mounted escort and the Guard of Honour on special occasions throughout the tour. He was presented with his D.S.O. by the King at Voortrekkerhoogte, ...

Lot 49

The outstanding Great War Tigris Flotilla operations posthumous V.C., Euphrates Flotilla operations D.S.O. awarded to Lieutenant-Commander E. C. Cookson, Royal Navy: severely wounded in winning the latter distinction for extricating the armed launch Shushan out of an Arab ambush in May 1915, he paid the ultimate price for his gallantry in the river gunboat Comet four months later, when, under a storm of point-blank fire, he leapt aboard a Turkish dhow brandishing an axe - a fellow officer later observed ‘there were more bullet holes in him than they cared to count’ Victoria Cross, reverse of suspension bar engraved ‘Lt.-Comdr. E. C. Cookson, D.S.O., Royal Navy’, reverse of Cross dated ‘28 Sep. 1915’, with an old fitted case, the lid gilt inscribed ‘V.C.’; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, both housed in a old fitted glazed display case, loose centre on the last, otherwise extremely fine (2) £180,000-£220,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, January 1977, when sold by Cookson’s direct descendants. V.C. London Gazette 21 January 1916: ‘The King has been graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to Lieutenant-Commander Edgar Christopher Cookson, D.S.O., R.N., in recognition of the following act of most conspicuous gallantry during the advance on Kut-el-Amara: On 28 September 1915, the river gunboat Comet had been ordered with other gunboats to examine, and if possible destroy, an obstruction placed across the river by the Turks. When the gunboats were approaching the obstruction, a very heavy rifle and machine-gun fire was opened on them from both banks. An attempt to sink the centre dhow of the obstruction by gunfire having failed, Lieutenant-Commander Cookson ordered the Comet to be placed alongside, and himself jumped on to the dhow with an axe and tried to cut the wire hawsers connecting it with the two other craft forming the obstruction. He was immediately shot in several places and died within a few minutes.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 13 September 1915: ‘Lieutenant-Commander Cookson was conducting a reconnaissance up a creek of the Euphrates, west of Qurnah, in the armed launch Shushan on 9 May 1915, when he was heavily attacked by Arabs concealed in the reeds. Although severely wounded early in the action, he resumed command after his wounds had been temporarily dressed, and succeeded in most ably extricating the vessel from a most perilous position under heavy rifle fire.’ Edgar Christopher Cookson was born at Cavendish Park, Tranmere, Cheshire, in December 1883, the younger son of Captain William Edgar de Crackenthorpe Cookson, R.N. Receiving his early education at Hazelhurst, Frant, he entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in Britannia in September 1897, where, according to his official service record, he quickly came to the notice of his superiors: ‘Tried by the Portsmouth Magistrates for creating a disturbance at a music hall and using obscene language in the streets: he should not have been out of the college, being confined to college at the time. Deprived of three months time and Their Lordships severe displeasure expressed. To be reported on the end of three months.’ Here, then, early signs of an adventurous character whose youthful transgressions were quickly brought to heel by his seniors, and he duly passed out as a Midshipman with an appointment in H.M.S. Jupiter in the Channel Squadron. Removing to the Dido in early 1900, he witnessed active service off China during the Boxer Rebellion (Medal), and was advanced to Sub. Lieutenant in February 1903. And by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was serving as a recently promoted Lieutenant-Commander in the sloop Clio in the Far East. Immediate D.S.O. Ordered to Basra to reinforce the Navy’s small flotilla operating on the Euphrates and Tigris in Mesopotamia in early 1915, the Clio and her consort, Espiegle, were largely incapacitated from further operations owing to the shallowness of the waters that had to be navigated, and, in their place, a remarkable ‘gallimaufry of vessels’ was formed, a flotilla best described by Colonel Sir Mark Sykes: ‘There are paddle steamers which once plied with passengers and now waddle along with a barge on either side, one perhaps containing a portable wireless station and the other bullocks for heavy guns ashore; there are once respectable tugs which stagger along under the weight of boiler plating - to protect them from the enemy’s fire - and are armed with guns of varying calibre; there is a launch which pants indignantly between batteries of 4.7s, looking like a sardine between two cigarette-boxes; there is a steamer with a Christmas-tree growing amidships, in the branches of which its officers fondly imagine they are invisible to friend or foe. There is also a ship which is said to have started life as an aeroplane in Singapore, but shed its wings, kept its propeller, took to water, and became a hospital. And this great fleet is the cavalry screen, advance guard, rear guard, flank guard, railway, general headquarters, heavy artillery, line of communication, supply depot, police force, field ambulance, aerial hangar and base of supply of the Mesopotamian Expedition.’ Among this ‘great fleet’ was the newly commissioned stern-wheel river launch Shushan and, in April, Cookson was appointed to her command. Nor did it take long for him to make his mark - Deeds That Thrill the Empire takes up the story: ‘It was in the early days of the advance on Kut-el-Amara, when the advanced sections of our forces had reached the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates; and before pushing on along the valley of the former river, it was necessary to ascertain whether any considerable body of enemy troops had withdrawn up the Euphrates with the intention of coming down upon our lines of communication after the main force had passed on. The task of carrying out the reconnaissance fell to Lieutenant-Commander Cookson and his armed launch, the Shushan. The little steamer plugged her way up the Euphrates for some distance, a sharp look-out being kept on either side; but no sign of the enemy was discovered. Presently Cookson came to a tributary branching off to the left, and, impelled more by instinct than anything else, slackened the speed of the lumbering launch and steered her out of the main stream between the closer banks of the creek. On either side the tributary was flanked by a dense growth of rushes, which gently swayed in the wash of a passing vessel. For some distance the Shushan pushed on, the men on deck scanning every yard of the banks as they passed, still without finding a trace of a living soul. The Lieutenant-Commander was about to give up this particular part of his search as useless, and had already given orders preparatory to putting the vessel about for the return journey, when suddenly from among the rushes on both sides of the creek there burst forth a furious fusillade of rifle-fire. The Arabs, lying concealed amidst and behind the dense-growing rushes, could not be seen; but the guns, machine guns and rifles on board the Shushan instantly got to work and rained a steady stream of bullets along the banks. With all possible haste, but still all too slowly, the cumbersome Shushan was turned round in mid-stream, and off she set at the best of her poor speed to break out of the hornet’s nest into which she had stumbled. The enemy had disposed themselves well, but fortunately the launch had been well fitted up for the work she had to do,...

Lot 596

73rd Highlanders 1816. A circular engraved medal with double-stepped rim, 52mm, silver, unmarked, the obverse engraved with a crowned ‘GR’ with ‘73’ above and ‘Second Battn. Highlanders’ below, with sprigs of thistle to either side, the reverse engraved ‘A Reward for Military Merit given by the Officers to John Williams 1816, Mangalore’, with fixed ring suspension, good very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008 and May 2016. Referenced in Balmer R.460. John Williams served as Paymaster of the Northamptonshire Militia prior to being appointed, on the recommendation of Lieutenant-General Harris, to the Paymastership of the 2nd Battalion 73rd Foot on 31 May 1810. He served in this capacity throughout the active service period of the battalion. Placed on Half Pay on 13 December 1821, he died c.1824. Note: Owing to the uncertainty that exists with the original provenance and manufacture of some early engraved Regimental and Volunteer Medals, this lot is sold as viewed.

Lot 628

Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck badge, 77mm including wreath suspension x 58mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband and miniature award, in de Vigne-Hart, Brussels, case of issue; together with a Medal of the Order of Leopold II, Second Class, silver, in card box of issue, minor enamel damage to wreath suspension, good very fine Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fifth Class breast badge, 44mm, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with sacred beads, with original riband with rosette on riband and with full hook and eye assembly, with lapel rosette, in slightly damaged rio-nuri lacquered case of issue, extremely fine Spain, Franco Period, Order of Military Merit, Third Class Star, 59mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, with white enamel cross for a peace-time award, good very fine (4) £80-£100

Lot 692

A War Service Cross First Class in Presentation Case and with Matching Maker’s Outer Cardboard Box. The Cross is in mint as new unissued condition, retaining all original bright factory finish. The pin is maker stamped ‘4’ [Steinhauer and Luck, Ludenscheid]. The case is also mint, and is covered in black artificial leather, with a solid image in silver of the Cross printed on the flat lid. Inside it is lined on the lower section in black velvet, and white artificial silk in the top. The outer pale cream cardboard box is somewhat worn and has printed on the top ‘Kriegs Verdienstkreux 1. Klasse’. On the side is printed the maker’s name ‘Steinhauer and Luck, Ludenscheid’, extremely fine £300-£400

Lot 530

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse, ‘Inverted’ reverse (Emanuel Joblin Late Gunners Yeoman, H.M.S. Blanche. 28 Years) pierced as issued with small silver ring and larger secondary steel split ring for suspension, and fitted with a contemporary top silver brooch bar, minor edge bruising, good very fine and a rare ‘Inverted’ reverse example £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Emanuel Joblin was born at Godshill, Isle of Wight, and is first recorded on the ship’s musters as serving in H.M.S. Leda from November 1809 (with the notation, later Royal Sovereign yacht). He joined H.M.S. Minden at Trincomalee, Ceylon, on 24 June 1815, and is further recorded as serving in H.M. Ships Tartar, Ramillies, Doris and Blanche, entering the latter ship as a Gunners Yeoman on 10 March 1830, aged 47. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 October 1833, and was discharged to pension at Portsmouth in November 1833. Sold with copied research.

Lot 525

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (71. Pte H. Diddams. Rl. Mil: College) with silver top riband buckle, edge bruise, generally good very fine, scarce £120-£160 --- Henry Diddams was born in Winchester, Hampshire. He attested for the 1st Foot at Winchester in May 1854, and was appointed as a Drummer in December of the same year. Diddams was discharged in December 1867, only to re-engage for service the following February for service with the Royal Military College. He was discharged on 14 May 1878, having served for 20 years and 91 days. Sold with copied service papers.

Lot 588

Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type, silver (P.C. John Spiers, Glasgow, 19th Novr. 1905) edge bruising, good very fine £200-£240 --- Provenance: Spink Exhibition 1985, No. 158; W. H. Fevyer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. John Finlay, a Slater, Police Constable James M'Courtney and Police Constable John Spiers were each awarded the Society’s Silver Medal. ‘On 19th November 1905, 24 Inmates were saved from a fire at 39 Watson Street, Glasgow, cause of the fire was unknown’ (Ref. case No. 15,050). John Law Spiers was born at East Kilbride on 18 March 1869. Having served seven years in the Scots Guards, he joined the Glasgow Police in November 1895. Serving in the Central Division for the whole of his service, he retired on a pension on 12 November 1925, having received three commendations. Sold with some copied research.

Lot 636

Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross, First Class, with Swords, silver, maker’s mark ‘L/10’ to the rear of the wide tapering pin, very fine £70-£90

Lot 102

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham, case of issue, good very fine £80-£100

Lot 57

A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Matron Katherine A. J. Smythe, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who served aboard Egyptian hospital trains, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918, on lady’s bow riband; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, on lady’s bow riband; 1914-15 Star (K. A. J. Smythe. B.R.C.S. & O.S.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (K. J. A. [sic] Smythe. B.R.C.S. & St. J. J.) good very fine (5) £400-£500 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazettes 13 October 1916 and 7 July 1917. Katherine Altamont Jane Smythe was born in 1867 and took her nursing studies at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London from 1892 to 1895. She joined the British Red Cross and Order of St John of Jerusalem in August 1914, and was posted to Egypt where she was twice Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Archibald Murray and later recognised with the Order of the British Empire. She ended her military service on 17 March 1919 as Matron of Hospital Trains, her address at that time recorded as The Arsenal, Alexandria.

Lot 72

A Great War 1915 ‘Battle of Neuve Chapelle’ D.C.M., Russian Cross of St. George group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal S. Jollans, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action near Ypres on 9 May 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8538 L. Cpl. S. Jollans. 2/Linc: Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (8538 Pte. S. Jollans. Linc. R.); Russia, Empire, Cross of St. George, Fourth Class, silver, reverse officially numbered ‘127208’, extremely fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Hayward’s Gazette, February 1979. D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry when in charge of a bombing party, on which occasion a hostile trench 100 yards long was captured from the enemy.’ Russian Cross of St. George London Gazette 25 August 1915. Sydney Jollans, a native of Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, was born in Hogsthorpe, also in Lincolnshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Lincoln. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914, and was awarded the D.C.M. for his gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915. Jollans was killed in action near Ypres on 9 May 1915. A letter written to his parents from the Officer in Charge of his platoon states: ‘There is not an officer, N.C.O., or man who knew him that does not mourn his loss. How proud he was of his D.C.M.! He was one of the coolest and bravest of men, always ready and willing to do his duty, and any job he undertook was done satisfactorily. We all went into action on the night of 9th May, and we all had a rough time. I am not allowed to go into any detail, but it was just after a very difficult task and we were on our way to report “all correct” whey Syd was shot just below the heart from the back. All that was possible was done for him, but he only lived ten minutes. His actions all through the fighting had been splendid, and I know he had been recommended for further distinction for his valour. He died in an enemy’s trench, and of the bravest of men. All his comrades send their deepest sympathy. A report in the Lincolnshire Star announcing the recipient’s death also states: ‘Corporal Jollans had again been recommended for valour, he having previously won the D.C.M.’ One can perhaps speculate that, had he lived, he may well have received a second award Bar to his D.C.M., rather than the Russian Cross of St. George. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research.

Lot 643

Italy, Republic, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck badge, 73mm including tower suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with neck riband but lacking lapel rosette, in Arturo Pozzi, Rome, fitted case of issue; together with an International Order of St. George of Antioch Commander’s badge, gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; and two unofficial breast Stars, good very fine (4) £70-£90

Lot 777

German Sports Insignia. A large circular 15mm in diameter very nicely machine embroidered eagle, possibly for a Sports Association flag or car pennant. Accompanied by a smaller shield shaped multi embroidered insignia measuring 105mm x 115mm for another sports type of display flag. Also accompanied by a multi embroidered pre Third Reich Motoring Organisation the ADAC cap badge; an embroidered silver anchor possibly from the Naval Administration Service and two smaller cap wreaths also embroidered in silver wire possibly for Naval Administration Service, generally good condition (6) £100-£140

Lot 99

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1932, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, the case slightly damaged, good very fine £80-£100

Lot 578

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Service Medal, Silver, English issue, the reverse engraved ‘Municipality of Esquimalt, B.C., to J. R. Owens 1967’, and officially numbered ‘1849’, suspension broken, lacquered, very fine £30-£40 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sold with a cast copy hallmarked G.V.R. Distinguished Service Cross, the suspension broken.

Lot 438

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (S. Nurse M. Appleyard.; S/Nurse A. P. McEnery.; S/Nurse F. M. Walker); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (S. Nurse M. Robertshaw.; S. Nurse E. Robertson.) nearly very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Marion Appleyard served in Salonika with both the Territorial Force Nursing Service and Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 13682. Annie Philomena McEnery, later Mrs. Powersland, attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and served during the Great War. Florence M. Walker, née Endall, attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and served during the Great War. Marion Robertshaw attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and served during the Great War. Euphemia Robertson attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve for service during the Great War, and served in Mesopotamia from 5 May 1918.

Lot 66

An Order of St John Serving Brother’s group of three awarded to Mr Ernest W. Sturt, St John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, all unnamed and mounted as worn; together with St John Ambulance Brigade Re-Examination Cross, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1908 (123303 Ernest W. Sturt) mounted with eight clasps, variously dated between 1911 and 1935, all hallmarked and numbered ‘123303’, good very fine (4) £70-£90

Lot 744

The East Yorkshire Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1881-1901. A very fine example, the plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet an eight pointed gilt star enclosing a silver rose, this also on a ground of black velvet, silver title scroll below ‘The East Yorkshire Regiment’, complete with three loop fasteners, mounted in a glazed display frame, good condition £200-£300

Lot 621

Defective and Copy Medals: India General Service 1895-1902, lacking suspension and clasp and fitted with silver loop (4162 Lce. Corpl. Anstey 1st Devon Regt.) attempted obliteration of surname, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., undated copy; together with: Yorkshire Regiment, engraved silver sports medal, 45mm, unnamed with ball and ring suspension, in its P. Orr & Son, Madras & Rangoon fitted case; two Boxing medals won by L.A.C. J. A. Howard, both named, H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1930, with ring suspension, and R.A.F. Boxing medal, bronze, named and additionally inscribed ‘Egypt - Palestine - Iraq 1932’, both fitted with rings for suspension; Army Temperance Medal In Memory of Queen Victoria 1837-1901, silver, with ring suspension, unless otherwise described, very fine or better (6) £80-£100

Lot 606

Southern Railway St. John Ambulance Association Service Medal (3), silver-gilt, for 21 Years’ Service ‘Frederick A. Jarvis 1948’, with integral ‘21 Years’ top silver-gilt riband bar; silver, for 14 Years’ Service (2) ‘Clement C. Cook 1925.; Harold W. Churchill 1949’, both with integral ‘14 Years’ top silver riband bars, the first in case of issue; London and South Western Railway St. John Ambulance Association Service Medal for Meritorious First Aid Services ‘J. Martin 1903’; South Eastern and Chatham Railway St. John Ambulance Association Service Medal, bronze, for 7 Years’ Service ‘Augustus Tomsett 1917’, good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- The London & South Western Railway (LSWR), and the South Eastern & Chatham Railway (SE & CR) were both absorbed into the Southern Railway as part of the 1923 Grouping. The Southern Railway was nationalised in 1948, and absorbed into British Railways, meaning that the awards to Jarvis and Churchill will be amongst the last of these medals awarded. Augustus Frederick Tomsett was born in Ashford, Kent, and is recorded on the 1911 Census as a Railway Engine Fitter’s Assistant, South Eastern & Chatham Railway. He had previously served with the 2nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 December 1899 to 1 October 1902 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Paardeberg, Driefontein, Relief of Kimberley, and Transvaal; and the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps); and then again with the East Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1915. Sold with copied research.

Lot 644

Italian States, Duchy of Parma, Order of Constantine (2), Third Class lady’s shoulder badge, 53mm, without crown, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted on a lady’s bow riband; Star, 66mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, both unmarked; together with a related unofficial badge, all of modern manufacture, the Star in an embossed case of issue, good very fine (3) £70-£90

Lot 713

A Kriegsmarine Minesweeper Badge in Original Presentation Box. The badge in factory new mint condition, retaining all original factory bright finish, maker marked ‘L/21.’ [Foester and Barth, Pforzheim] on pin. Early/mid-War type, bright gold-plated wreath and eagle with bright polished highlights, silver-plated mine burst in centre, and gunmetal grey waves with bright polished silver highlights below, flat wide tapering pin. Cardboard box paper covered in brown artificial leather, original brown tissue wrapping paper inside, extremely good condition £200-£240

Lot 707

A Kriegsmarine U-Boat Clasp in Silver in Presentation Packet. A good example with maker’s mark on back. Raised maker’s mark ‘Entwurf Peekhaus’ and ‘Ausf. Schwerin Berlin 68’. Retaining almost all original matt silver finish with bright polished highlights finish, extremely fine £800-£1,000

Lot 651

Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Third Class neck badge, 70mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 57mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with silver mark to obverse and mint mark and silver mark to reverse, with short section of neck riband for display purposes, good very fine £140-£180

Lot 112

A Crimean war group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General Charles Bearing, Coldstream Guards, who was severely wounded by a round shot at the battle of the Alma and had his left arm amputated at the shoulder Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (Captn. Charles Baring. Coldm. Guards.) naming officially engraved by Hunt & Roskell; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, considerable damage to white enamel arms, both centres dented with total loss of blue enamel; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, red enamel chipped on crescent suspension, the reverse with cartouche of KRÈTLY No.46 Palais Royal Paris; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, contemporary Tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, unnamed, the last three all fitted with silver ribbon buckles, unless otherwise described nearly very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- Charles Baring was born on 26 June 1829, son of Major Henry Bingham Baring and Lady Augusta Brudenell (sister of the 7th Earl of Cardigan, later of Balaklava fame). Educated at Eton, he joined the Coldstream Guards as an Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase on 2 July 1847. Six years later he became a Lieutenant and Captain by purchase on 29 April 1853. He served in the Eastern campaign of 1854 and was severely wounded at the Battle of the Alma on 20 September, by a round shot which shattered his left arm causing it to be amputated at the shoulder. Invalided to England in October 1854, he was later Mentioned in Despatches (12 December) and made Brevet Major. On 18 May 1855, he was among those presented with their Crimean medals by Queen Victoria on Horse Guards Parade. Baring returned to Crimea in June 1855, where he took part in the siege of Sebastopol; he was invalided back to England that autumn, however, due to fever, but by the end of the year, on 21 December, he had become Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase. In addition to the Crimean and Turkish medals, Baring was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour (London Gazette 1 May 1857) and awarded the 5th Class of the Medjidie (London Gazette 2 March 1858). He became Colonel in command of the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, and retired on half-pay on 13 August 1872; he was named Major-General on 25 August 1878, and gained the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-General on 1 July 1881. He was an avid yachtsman and one of the original council members of the Yacht Racing Association, as well as being a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Baring’s importance to sailing and to Cowes, Isle of Wight, is best summed up in the following extract from the history of the Island Sailing Club: ‘The Club was really planned and owes its being to General Charles Baring, late of Nubia House, Cowes, who lost his arm in the Crimea and was the first Commodore. The General was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron and saw the need for democratic amateur sailing and racing - and set about to found the Club. He must have been a very clever prophet of what was wanted in the Solent and he got together all the keen small boat sailors when there were practically no small boats racing in the Cowes area of the Solent. In those days it was only large and expensive yachts that were catered for in the regattas and the small man did not have a look in at all. The General set out to see that the small man did count and could have his own Racing and Club facilities for it. The meeting to form the Club was held on the 2nd March 1889 at the Marine Hotel near the present Club House’. An eminent and wealthy Victorian born into the higher levels of society, Charles Baring was a democrat at heart, and well respected by all. He died at Wilton Place in London on February 7 1890 at the age of 60. Sold with a second Crimea medal, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, with later engraved naming (Lieut. C. Baring. 1st Bn. Coldm. Gds.) most rivets lacking or broken, together with copied research.

Lot 743

Army Veterinary Department Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet 1881-1901. A fine example, the skull complete with all gilt metal fittings, the frontal plate of crowned star pattern with laurel and Garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black vitreous enamel a silver ‘AVD’ monogram, buff leather sweatband with crimson silk lining, with supplier’s stamp ‘L. Silberston, London S.W.’ to inside, the underside of both peaks with original dark green leather, housed in its original carrying case, very good overall condition £400-£500

Lot 299

Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (Patk. Burke, 22nd Regt.) naming engraved in the correct style for this Regiment, fitted with the Regimentally-correct contemporary silver clip and straight bar suspension, very fine £500-£700 --- Patrick Burke died at Peshawar on 5 November 1853.

Lot 50

An impressive ‘Royal Service’ K.C.V.O. and Great War D.S.O., O.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Major Sir Edward Seymour, late Grenadier Guards, Knighted in 1934 for his services as Comptroller to Princess Victoria and successively as Extra Equerry to Queen Alexandra, King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI; he was wounded in South Africa in May 1900, and commanded the Grenadier Guards Bearer Party at the funeral of Queen Victoria in March 1901 The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘K468’; and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘468’ and fitted with gold pin for wearing; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, reverse hallmarked London 1919; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2/Lt. E. Seymour 1/Gren: Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. E. Seymour, M.V.O., Gren. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. E. Seymour, M.V.O. Gren. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. Seymour. G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major E. Seymour.); Coronation 1911, unnamed; Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (2nd Lieut. E. Seymour Grenadier Guards) mounted on card for display together with an M.V.O. 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘1128’ [as awarded in January 1922] generally good very fine or better (14) £4,000-£5,000 --- K.C.V.O. 1 January 1934: ‘Edward Seymour, C.V.O., D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Comptroller to Princess Victoria and Extra Equerry to His Majesty.’ C.V.O. 26 November 1925: ‘Edward Seymour, D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Equerry to H.M. Queen Alexandra.’ M.V.O. 4th Class 2 January 1922: ‘Edward Seymour, D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Comptroller of the Household to H.R.H. The Duchess of Albany.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917. O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘Capt. (T/Maj.) Edward Seymour, M.V.O., D.S.O., Grenadier Guards.’ M.V.O. 5th Class 19 March 1901: ‘Lieutenant Edward Seymour, Grenadier Guards. Funeral of H.M. Queen Victoria; Commanded Bearer Party.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916, 4 January 1917, and 20 May 1918. Edward Seymour was born on 10 February 1877, son of Lieutenant-Colonel L. R. Seymour. He was educated at Eton and entered the Army in 1897 as a Second Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. He served in the campaign in the Sudan under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1898, and was present at the battle of Khartoum (Queen’s medal and Khedive’s medal with Clasp). Served in South African War in 1900-02, and took part in operations in Orange Free State, April to May 1900; in Orange River Colony May 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg, 29th May-wounded-invalided 18th June 1900. Whilst convalescing from his wound in England, Seymour had the honour of commanding the Colour Party of the Grenadier Guards at the funeral of Queen Victoria in March 1901, before returning to South Africa to serve the final stages of the war in Cape Colony, December 1901 to May 1902. Promoted to Captain in the Grenadier Guards in June 1904, he resigned his commission in May 1908, and was appointed Comptroller to the Household of H.R.H. The Duchess of Albany in November of the same year. He carried the Duchess of Albany’s coronet at King George’s coronation in 1911. Recalled from the Reserve of Officers in August 1914, he was appointed Brigade Major on 28 December 1914. He served in France from 6 November 1915, was mentioned in despatches three times and awarded the D.S.O. Promoted to temporary Major (Guards) 25 February 1918, and confirmed as Major on 20 April 1919, he was created O.B.E. in June 1919. Seymour was made M.V.O. 4th Class for his services to The Duchess of Albany in January 1922, and appointed Equerry to H.M. Queen Alexandra on 1 January 1923. He was appointed to be C.V.O. in November 1925 and, shortly afterwards, on 1 December, appointed to the office of Comptroller to H.R.H. Princess Victoria and created a K.C.V.O. for these services in January 1934. He held the appointment as Extra Equerry to King George V, King Edward VIII, and to King George VI. Edward Seymour married, 29 July 1905, Lady Blanche Conyngham, daughter of 4th Marquess Conyngham. They had a daughter, Verena Mary Doyne, born 24 May 1906, and a son, John Edward, born on 18 October 1915. Sir Edward Seymour died on 28 February 1948.

Lot 747

19th Battalion County of London Regiment (St. Pancras) Other Ranks Helmet Plate 1908-14. A fine example, the frontal plate of special pattern being smaller than standard issues and featuring a crowned star with laurel overlays, title circle ‘XIX County of London St. Pancras’, in the centre on a ground of black velvet an ornate silver badge featuring the arms of the Borough of St. Pancras, silver title scroll below ‘South Africa 1900-02’, complete with three loop fasteners, mounted in glazed display frame, good condition £180-£220

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