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Indian Recruiting Badge, G.VI.R., breast badge, silver and bronze, the reverse officially numbered ‘1955’, lacking top suspension brooch, nearly very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £30
Lord Willingdon’s Medal for Good Recruiting Work, silver, 41mm, fitted with rings for suspension, some edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £80
Lord Chelmsford’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1916, bronze, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Sukhlal Singh Dafedar’, fitted with silver bar suspension, in fitted case of issue, nearly very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £330
A “Manipur 1891” Order of Merit pair awarded to Subedar Bhim Sing Rana, 43rd Gurkha Rifles Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type (1837-1912), 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse with central nut fitting and engraved on three lines ‘3rd / Class / Order of Merit’, additionally inscribed ‘No. 2727 Bhim Singh Rana 43rd Gurkha Rifles’, centre re-enamelled and fitted with replacement silver ribbon buckle; India General Service 1854-95, 4 clasps,...
Hammer Price: £1,800
There has been some speculation in the Indian press that these medals were reported stolen in 2002. As stated from the outset in this catalogue description, included with the medals is a sworn affidavit by the widow of Naik Kirpa Ram, Smt Brami Devi, relinquishing ownership of the George Cross and other medals to another party. It can be seen that this affidavit, which bears her fingerprints, is dated April 2000, some two years before the report of the theft. We take very seriously any...
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Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type (1837-1912), 2nd Class, Reward of Valor, silver, gold and enamel, the reverse with central nut fitting and engraved on two lines ‘2nd Class / Order of Merit’, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, chips and repairs to central enamel, otherwise good very fine and very scarce £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 2nd type (1912-39), 2nd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse with central nut fitting and impressed on two lines ‘2nd Class / Order of Merit’ and privately named (Soward (sic) Mohamed Hayat 19th Lancers) lacking ribbon buckle, centre re-enamelled in a mid-blue, otherwise very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £500
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 2nd type (1912-39), 2nd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse with central nut fitting and impressed on two lines ‘2nd Class / Order of Merit’, fitted with replacement silver ribbon buckle, centre re-enamelled, nearly very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £410
Indian Order of Merit, Military Divison, 3rd type (1939-45), 2nd Class, Reward of Gallantry, silver and enamel, the reverse with central nut fitting and impressed on two lines ‘2nd Class / Order of Merit’, fitted with replacement silver ribbon buckle, centre chipped, nearly very fine £500-600
Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 4th type (single class 1945-47), Reward of Gallantry, silver, gold and enamel, complete with top suspension brooch, enamel flaked in centre, otherwise extremely fine and rare £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,700
A fine O.B.I. and R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Hon. Captain Khairati Singh, Sardar Bahadur, 16th Light Cavalry, His Majesty’s Indian Orderly Officer 1934, together with related family medals Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel, lacking suspension loop; 1914-15 Star (1249 Dfdr. Khairati Singh, 27/Light Cavy.); British War and Victory Medals (1249 Jemdr. Khairati Singh, 27 Cavy.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Jemdr. Khairate Singh);...
Hammer Price: £2,500
Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel, reverse nut glued, otherwise nearly extremely fine £400-450
Hammer Price: £470
A Great War Gallipoli I.D.S.M. awarded to Subadar-Major Budhsing Gurung, 1/5th Gurkha Rifles Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4159 Havr. Budhsing Gurung, 1/5/Gurkha Rfls.) contact marks, nearly very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £850
A scarce North West Frontier I.D.S.M. and Second World War B.E.M. pair awarded to Havildar Munshi Ram, 2-2 Punjab Regiment, the latter award for services whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (0135 L-Naik Munshi Ram, 2-2 Punjab R.) complete with top suspension brooch; British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (10135 Havildar Munshi Ram, I.D.S.M. I.A.) very fine and better (2) £1200-1500
A rare Burma Gallantry Medal group of four awarded to Ambulance-Sepoy Saw Tha Nyunt, 77 Field Ambulance, Burma Hospital Corps Burma Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (1356 Amb.-Sepoy Saw Tha Nyunt, Burma Hospital Corps.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star, War Medal, these last three unnamed as issued, very fine (4) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,000
A fine Second World War M.M. pair awarded to Havildar Mohindar Singh, Frontier Force Rifles, who succeeded in escaping from German forces on his third attempt Military Medal, G.VI.R. (13631 Hav Mohindar Singh FFR); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (13631 Sep. Mohindar Singh, 4-13 F.F. Rif.) good very fine (2) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,500
A rare R.V.M. and Durand Medal pair awarded to Subadar Krishna Appaji Bahadur, O.B.I., R.V.M., 3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., Silver (Sbdr. Krishna Appaji Bahadur, 3rd S & M); The Durand Medal, annual award for 1908 (Subadar Krishna Appaji, 3rd Sappers and Miners. 1908) the second with numerous edge bruises and knocks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (2) £800-1000
An unusual inter-war civil C.B., C.B.E., Great War military O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Kenneth Lyon, Under Secretary of State in the 1939-45 War, late Captain, Royal Field Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1934, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Goldsmiths & Silversmiths,...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Deputy Violet Dorothy Agnes Lyon, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (A. Adtr., Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine and better (3) £200-240
Hammer Price: £440
A rare Great War Kite Balloon Section operations D.S.C. group of six awarded to Major M. Lyon, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for his gallant spotting work for land batteries and gunboats on the Tigris 1916-17 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (AA. 1028 M. Lyon, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Major M. Lyon, R.A.F.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Egypt, Order of the Nile, 4th class breast...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Pioneer Richard Mark Lyon, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (72851 Sapr., 2/A. Sig. Coy. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (72851 Pnr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (72851 Pnr., R.E.) very fine (4) £280-320
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Driver John Lyon, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (686539 Dvr., C.64/Bde. R.F.A.-T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (2814 Dvr., R.A.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £200-240
Hammer Price: £280
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Acting Bombardier Daniel Lyon, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (96621 Gnr.-A. Bmbr., 379/By. 169/A. Bde. R.F.A.) nearly very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £200
Five: Private Charles Lyon, 21st Canadian Infantry, late Bedfordshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6657 Pte., Bedford. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (6657 Pte., Bedford Regt.); 1914-15 Star (59612 Pte., 21/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (59612 Pte., 21-Can. Inf. ) note: on last two surname spelt ‘Lyons’, first two with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5) £240-280
Hammer Price: £430
Four: Serjeant Henry Lyon, 6th South African Infantry, late Lieutenant, South Lancashire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut., S/Lanc. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt., S. Lanc. Rgt.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt., 6th S.A.I.) good very fine (4) £280-320
Three: Corporal George Findlater Lyon, 107th Canadian Infantry, late Gordon Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (6679 Pte., Gordon Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (719189 Cpl., 107-Can. Inf.) good very fine (3) £100-140
Four: Temporary Serjeant R. Lyon, Military Mounted Police 1914 Star, with copy slip-on clasp (694 L. Cpl., M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (694 T. Sjt., M.M.P.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (694 Cpl., M.M.P.) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-140
Three: Gunner Charles Lyon, Royal Field Artiilery 1914 Star, with copy clasp (63645 Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (63645 Gnr., R.A.) minor contact marks, good very fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £170
Four: Serjeant William Lyon, Royal Highlanders, severely wounded, February 1915 1914 Star (451 L. Cpl., R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (451 Sjt., R. Highrs.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (451 L. Cpl. W. Lyon, R.H.) good very fine and better (4) £160-200
Hammer Price: £240
Three: Private John Lyon, Manchester Regiment 1914 Star (5789 Pte., Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (5789 Pte., Manch. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £120
Four: Private Herbert Lyon, Liverpool Regiment 1914-15 Star (9920 Pte., L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9920 Pte., L’pool. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (9920 Pte., L’pool. R.) good very fine and better (4) £100-140
Hammer Price: £150
Three: Lieutenant Walter Scott Stuart Lyon, Royal Scots, a ‘War Poet’, killed in action, 8 May 1915 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R. Scots); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (3) £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,400
Three: Private Robert Steedman Lyon, Royal Highlanders, killed in action, battle of Loos, 25 September 1915 1914-15 Star (S-4105 Pte., R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-4105 Pte., R. Highrs.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140
Three: Private Joseph Lyons, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action, 16 March 1916 1914-15 Star (C-185 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (C-185 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.) very fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £130
Three: Second Lieutenant Claude Edward Lyon, Royal Field Artillery, killed in action, 27 May 1916 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Memorial Plaque (Claude Edward Lyon) nearly extremely fine (4) £340-380
Hammer Price: £380
Three: Private Joseph Henry Lyon, Rifle Brigade, killed in action 18 October 1916 1914-15 Star (Z-577 Pte., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Z-577 Pte. Rif. Brig.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £180
Three: Acting Serjeant George Henry Lyon, Army Service Corps, who died at sea, 22 January 1917 1914-15 Star (M2-051051 L-Cpl., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-051051 A. Sjt., A.S.C.) extremely fine (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £70
Three: Sapper Alfred Crowther Lyon, Royal Engineers, wounded in action, 30 November 1917 1914-15 Star (1878 Spr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1878 Spr., R.E.) extremely fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £100
Three: Captain Ralph Cuthbert Grant Lyon, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) good very fine (3) £80-100
Three: Private James Lyon, Royal Scots 1914-15 Star (1731 Pte., R. Scots); British War and Victory Medals (1731 Pte., R. Scots) Three: Private Robert W. Lyon, Highland Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (15028 Pte., High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (15028 Pte., H.L.I.) group to ‘Royal Scots’ with some edge bruising, fine; group to H.L.I. extremely fine (6) £70-90
Hammer Price: £140
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