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Durham Volunteer Artillery Boer War Tribute Medal, an engraved gold fob, marked 9ct., in the form of a shield, 28mm, by 23mm, the obverse with artillery cannon, below which is inscribed ‘1st Durham Volunteer Artillery’, masonic coat of arms and latin inscription; the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Driver Charles Collins by the officers of the 1st Durham Volunteer Artillery as a souvenir of his services in South Africa 1900-1901’, with single loop suspension, good very fine and rare ...
Hammer Price: £430
Boer War Tribute Medals (2), comprising, one in bronze and enamels, 28mm, obverse with anchor and inscribed ‘The British Sailor Thanks You, South Africa 1900’, reverse with crossed rifles and inscribed ‘The British Soldier Thanks You, South Africa 1900’, with loop suspension; together with a small medalet, in silver, obverse with Gentleman in Karki, and inscribed ‘Wiping something off a slate‘, the reverse inscribed ‘Dundee, Elandslaagte, Kimberley, Paardeberg, Ladysmith’,...
Hammer Price: £250
Boer War Patriotic Badges (2), one in gilt metal, with applied central circular photograph of Baden Powell; together with another, this in brass and enamels, flag to either side of central photograph of an unidentified British Officer, both with brooch fittings to reverse, good very fine (2) £50-60
£50–£60
South African War 1899-1902, silver Memorial Medal by E. Fuchs, 52mm, very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £120
S.S. Maine American Ladies Hospital Ship Fund 1899, white metal medallion, nearly extremely fine £20-30
£20–£30
Boer War Commemorative Tea Spoon, in silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, 125mm, the twisted stem surmounted by an Imperial Yeomanry Trooper on horseback, slight damage where stem meets the bowl, otherwise very good condition £50-60
Boer War Commemorative Tea Spoon, in silver, marked ‘Sterling’, 120mm, the decorated stem surmounted by a head and shoulders representation of Sir John French, inside of bowl engraved ‘Ottawa’, very good condition £30-40
£30–£40
Acklington, Guyzance & Morwick, Great War Tribute Medal, in 9 carat gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, 26mm, the obverse engraved within wreath ‘Presented to Private J. Thomson for valour in the Great War 1914-18 by the residents of Acklington, Guyzance & Morwick, the reverse plain, with double loop suspension, contained in a fitted box, nearly extremely fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £160
Gateshead, Great War Tribute Medal, in 9 carat gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, in the form of a shield, 33mm, by 21mm, obverse with arms of Gateshead, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Gnr. W.T. Delph by the Gateshead War Honours Recognition Committee Mons Star 1914’, single loop for suspension, good very fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £210
Hartlepool Special Constabulary Medal 1914-1918, silver, 35mm, obverse with crest of Hartlepool, reverse inscribed ‘Borough of Hartlepool Special Constable, Bombardment 1914, Air Raids 1915-18, Zeppelin Destroyed 1916’, with original claw and straight bar suspension; together with, Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., with bar, The Great War 1914-18 (Anthony D. Short) both medals believed to have been awarded to the same recipient, good very fine and rare £250-300
Hartlepool Borough Constabulary Medal, in silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, 25mm, obverse with crest of Hartlepool, reverse inscribed ‘Hartlepool Borough Constabulary, Bombardment 1914, Air Raids 1915-18’, with single loop suspension, very fine and extremely rare £180-220
Hammer Price: £520
Kingdom of Mourne, Great War Tribute Medal, in silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, 32mm, obverse with crossed rifles to centre, sailor and soldier either side, surrounded by wreath; the reverse inscribed ‘Kingdom of Mourne presented for voluntary service in the Great War 1914-1918,’, additionally engraved ‘J. Thorpe’, heavy edge bruising and surface pitting, thus good fine £50-70
Hammer Price: £140
Pelton, Great War Tribute Medal, in silver, 29mm, obverse with Britannia, and inscribed ‘For services rendered in the Great War 1914-1919’, the reverse inscribed ‘With the Pelton owners appreciation’, additionall engraved ‘Pte. Robt. Haigh’, with double loop suspension, nearly very fine £35-45
Hammer Price: £40
Stainborough, Great War Tribute Medal, in silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, 26mm, the obverse centre with applied gold shield, this inscribed ‘Cpl. H. Thornton’, the reverse engraved ‘1914-1919 From the people of Stainborough for service in the Great War’, very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £45
St Anne’s Old Links Golf Club, Great War Tribute Medal, 9 carat gold and enamels (S. Crowe) chips to enamel, otherwise nearly very fine and rare £100-150
A Great War Presentation Medal, in silver, 45mm, obverse with struck wreath, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Instructor J. W. Aldridge, by Newcastle Corps I.N.V. as a token of esteem in which he was held by the members, Oct. 1914’, fitted with claw, double loop and straight bar suspension, in case of issue; together with an original newspaper cutting detailing the ceremony at which this medal was presented, good very fine £100-150
Zeebrugge on St George’s Day April 23d 1918, bronze commemorative plaque by P. de Soete, 80 x 45mm, ‘To Six Very Gallant Gentlemen: Lt. R.D.Sandford, V.C.,R.N.; Lt. J.Howell-Price, D.S.O.,D.S.C.,R.N.R.; Sto. H.C.Bendall, C.G.M.; Ldg.Sea. W.G.Cleaver, C.G.M.,D.S.M.; Petty Officer W.Harner, C.G.M.; E.R.A. A.G.Roxburgh, C.G.M., 1918-1927’, three examples, all in their original card boxes, extremely fine (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Reading’s Viceroy Presentation Medal, silver, 50mm, obverse with arms of the Earl of Reading, the reverse with palm trees either side, Star of India to top centre, inscribed ‘Presented by the Earl of Reading, Viceroy of India to’, with raised name plaque, additionally engraved ‘M. C. Aidinyantz 1925’, nearly extremely fine £150-200
Linlithgow’s Viceroy Presentation Medal, silver, 50mm, with loop for suspension, ‘Presented by His Excellency The Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India, to Mr. Shyamlal, Elc.T.L.(L) A.I.I., Oct. 1943’, some edge bruising, otherwise very fine and rare £150-200
Second War Company Presentation Medal, marked ‘silver’, 23mm, obverse engraved ‘For courage and devotion to duty during intense aerial warfare’, additionally bearing an engraved facsimile signature (presumably the chairman of the company); the reverse with company logo, in the form of a triangle with name ‘ISMAY’, dated below ‘1940-1941’, with single loop and straight bar brooch suspension, good very fine and worthy of further research £80-100
£80–£100
The Caterpillar Club badge presented to Flight Sergeant W. A. Boyd, Royal Air Force, who was taken prisoner of war after his plane was shot down by a German night fighter on the famous Peenemunde Raid Caterpillar Club Badge, in gold, with original ruby eyes, in the form of a silk worm, the reverse inscribed ‘Sgt. W. A. Boyd’, with original pin fitting, extremely fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £420
Royal Naval Patrol Service Silver Badge, for Mine Sweeping or Anti-Submarine services during the Second World War, extremely fine £30-40
Hammer Price: £55
South Wales Borderers, 1st Battalion regimental medal, silver, 45mm, unnamed; together with a bronze shooting award, the reverse inscribed ‘1st Bn. The Welch Regiment’, good very fine (2) £20-30
Hammer Price: £35
Hampshire Regiment, Shooting Prize Medal, in 9 carat gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, the obverse in the form of regimental badge, inscribed ‘1st V.B. Hampshire Regiment’, with applied crossed rifles, the reverse plain, with double loop suspension, nearly extremely fine £20-30
Hammer Price: £80
Worshipful Company of Musicians Prize Medal, an attractive struck silver medal, 55mm, obversewith classical figure holding a harp, the reverse with arms of company and inscribed ‘Presented by the Worshipful Company of Musicians of London, Founded 1604’, engraved on the edge ‘B.H. Brown, A.R.C.M., 2nd Bn. The South Staffs. Regt.’; with its companion wearing miniature, in silver, 23mm, the two pieces contained in original Royal Mint fitted case of issue, the outer lid embossed...
Hammer Price: £90
Miscellanous Regimental Sports and Shooting Prize Medals (16), comprising, silver (5); bronze (11); Nursing, Red Cross and Police interest (7), comprising, silver (5); bronze (2); together with a Worshipful Company of Turners Medal, in silvered bronze, the reverse engraved to ‘Air Marshall Sir Charles John Thomson, K.C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C., Livery 23.7.92’; and one unidentified medal, in silver and enamels, generally very fine or better (25) £80-120
Hammer Price: £70
West Yorkshire Regiment Shooting Prize Tea Spoons (2), comprising two near identical spoons, in silver, both with hallmarks for Birmingham 1933, the stems consisting of two rifles surmounted by a shooting target, with regimental badge and scroll inscribed ‘1st West Yorkshire Regiment’, the other with Prince of Wales feathers and latin motto; together with a struck shooting prize medal, in silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1935, the obverse with West Yorkshire Regiment badge and inscribed...
£70–£90
Shooting Prize Tea Spoons (2), both in silver, the first with hallmarks for Birmingham 1924, 123mm, the stem consisting of two rifles surmounted by a figure of a kneeling soldier, with enamelled inscription ‘Cordite Factory Rifle Club’; the other with hallmarks for Birmingham Sheffield 1939, 110mm, the stem in the form of a rifle, inside of bowl engraved ‘Berks. H.G. Rifle Meeting 5BRX, 3.9.44’, very good condition (2) £60-80
£60–£80
Original Documents relating to Sergeant William McNally, V.C., M.M., Yorkshire Regiment, comprising original forwarding letter for Defence Medal to Mr. W. McNally, V.C., M.M., from the Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of Durham, dated 20 May, 1946 ; Coronation 1937, original award certificate to Mr. William McNally, V.C., M.M.; original Army Telegraph “The G.O.C. congratulates you on your being awarded the Military Medal by the Corps Commander.”; a printed...
Hammer Price: £200
An interesting selection of Original Documentation relating to Vice-Admiral J. K. im Thurn, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., Royal Navy, comprising the official commemorative album for “The World Cruise of the British Special Service Squadron 1923-1924”, bound in blue suede leather with gilt-embossed Naval crown and title; book of Certificates from Midshipman on H.M.S. Blake in 1897 to Commander in 1918; Warrants of Appointment as C.B. (Civil) 1931, C.M.G. 1924, these both with related letters and...
Hammer Price: £100
An Attractive Limited Edition Coloured Print, entitled ‘Last Flight Home’, the original by Robert Taylor, depicting three Second War British bombers returning from a raid, with farmland below, signed by the original artist, Robert Taylor, and additionally bearing the signatures of four R.A.F. Victoria Cross winners, namely Leonard Cheshire, Norman Jackson, Roderick Learoyd and Bill Reid, contained in a glazed display frame, 78cm, by 60cm, very good condition £400-500
R.A.F. Flying Log Book (2), (Air Gunner A. C. Downie, August 1944 to April 1945, two operations with No. 158 Squadron; Air Bomber R. H. Tiller, November 1944 to July 1945); together with R.C.A.F. Flying Log Book (2), (Air Gunner J. S. Walton, November to December 1944; H. T. Fisher September to November 1941), the last three all dealing with training; and two commission documents, good condition (4) £60-80
Hammer Price: £130
An Interesting Collection of German Second War Photograph Albums (12), several with patriotic designs on covers, the vast majority being of military subjects, containing several hundred snapshots, very good condition and a fascinating and unique archive (12) £200-300
Hammer Price: £340
Renamed or Otherwise Defective Medals (5), comprising, South Africa 1853; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, V.R., small letter reverse; together with a London County Council school attendance medal, generally nearly very fine or better (6) £80-120
Erased Campaign Medals (4), comprising, North West Canada 1885, no clasp; Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Transkei; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 2 clasps, Lubwa’s, Uganda 1897-98; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, very fine or better (4) £100-150
Hammer Price: £390
Copy Medals (10), including Army Gold Cross with 1 clasp, gilt metal; Prussian Pour Le Merite, silver-gilt and enamels, good quality; 3rd Reich, Knight’s Cross with oak leaves and swords; Victoria Cross (2); Queen’s Gallantry Medal; Military Medal, G.VI.R.; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; Second Award Bar for M.M. or D.C.M.; together with erased, renamed or defective medals (13), including 1914-15 Star (3); British War Medal (3); Victory Medal (5); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R.,...
Hammer Price: £230
Military or Naval General Service Medal, original clasp for Egypt, mounted on a two-clasp carriage, good very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
A Quantity of British Campaign Medal Clasp Faces, the vast majority being old tailor’s copies, including British South Africa Company 1890-97 (6); Africa General Service 1902-56 (22); Khedive’s Sudan 1910 (14); together with approximately 60 other miscellaneous clasps, generally extremely fine (lot) £80-120
A Quantity of British Campaign Medal Clasp Faces, the vast majority being old tailors copies, including, Khedive’s Sudan Medal 1910, Atwot; Miri; Lau Nuer; Atwot 1918; Garjak Nuer (2); Aliab Dinka; Nyala; Darfur 1921 (5); Africa General Service, various clasps (22) together with approximately 80 other miscellaneous clasps, generally extremely fine (lot) £100-150
A Large Quantity of Ribbon Bars and Emblems, an interesting and varied selection, generally extremely fine (lot) £100-130
Hammer Price: £170
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