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Irish Rifle Association, Prize Medal, by John Woodhouse, obv. crowned Hibernian shield with an ancient archer and rifleman to either side, scroll below reads, ‘Pro Patria et Rege’; rev. laurel wreath, ‘The Irish Rifle Association, founded 1867’ and engraved, ‘Spring Meeting 1905, Gnr. W. Whelan, City of Dublin R.G.A.’, 64mm., silver, in Woodhouse, Dublin case of issue, extremely fine £150-200
£150–£200
Irish Rifle Association, Prize Medal, by John Woodhouse, obv. crowned Hibernian shield with an ancient archer and rifleman to either side, scroll below reads, ‘Pro Patria et Rege’; rev. laurel wreath, ‘The Irish Rifle Association, founded 1867’ and engraved, ‘Won by Richard Geary, June 10th 1876’, 64mm., bronze, in damaged Woodhouse, Dublin case of issue, extremely fine £60-80
£60–£80
Army Rifle Association, The Queen’s Cup, obv. Duke of Wellington mounted on a horse; rev. ‘The Army Rifle Association, The Queen’s Cup Winners’ and engraved, ‘Sqn. Sgt. Maj. F. W. Owen, 5th Lancers, 1897’, 54mm. dia., 7mm. thick, silver; The Queen Victoria’s Cup, obv. similar to the above; rev. similar to the above except ‘The Queen Victoria’s Cup Winners’ and engraved, ‘Color Sergeant , I. of M. F. Walton, 2nd Batt. The King’s Royal Rifle Corps’, 53mm. dia., 4mm....
Hammer Price: £210
Army Rifle Association, All Comers Championship Medal (2), obv. enthroned Britannia, wreath in hand, observing a military parade, plaque at her feet engraved, ‘1894-95’; rev. oak wreath with hunting horn and crossed rifles, ‘All Comers Championship’ (G. Chamney, 1894. 95), 55mm., silver; another, similar, obv. as above but undated; rev. inscription, ‘All Comers Championship’ (this engraved) and ‘Defence not Defiance’ (F. Lloyd, 1897-98), 55mm., silver; British Armies in...
Hammer Price: £95
Army Rifle Association, Prize Medal (3), obv. lion walking left; rev. plaque engraved, ‘The 18th Hussars Cup, 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards, 1924’, additionally engraved, ‘67’, 100mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1924; another, similar, rev. laurel wreath and engraved, ‘Revolver Cup (at Home) 1937 Winner Trumpet Major F. G. Townsend’, 58mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1937, edge bruise; another, similar, rev. laurel wreath and impressed, ‘A.R.A. 1929 The Duke of...
Yeomanry Rifle Association, Prize Medal, by Vaughton, Birmingham, obv. mounted yeoman; rev. laurel wreath and engraved, ‘District Shoot 1909 won by Corpl. C. Riggs, Essex Yeomanry’, 51mm., bronze, in Wilson & Gill, London case of issue; Militia Rifle Association, for Skill at Arms, obv. diademed and cuirassed bust of King Alfred facing right, ‘Militia set in order by Alfred A.D.871’; rev. crowned and dated wreath (6046 Pte. J. Culbertson, 5th Batt. Northumberland Fus. 1907), 29mm.,...
Hammer Price: £65
Metropolitan Inter-Borough Shooting Match, obv. trophy; rev. laurel wreath and engraved, ‘1917 Shoreditch, A. Barbour’, 38mm., silver, mounted for wear; Marylebone Rifle Club, obv. coat-of-arms; rev. engraved, ‘Championship 1927-28, Class C, won by L. Hill’ oval, 32 x 24mm., silver, ring suspension; Stock Exchange Rifle Club, bust right, crossed rifles in exergue; rev.engraved, ‘C. J. Ware, Bisley, 1927’, 56mm., bronze; United Banks League, obv. musketeer; rev. wreath and...
Hammer Price: £75
Deal and District Rifle Club, obv. shield; rev. engraved, ‘Miniature Range, Monthly Challenge Medal, won by W. J. Cannon, Aug. 1904’, 39mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1903; Dover and Folkestone Rifle League, obv. shields and crossed rifles; rev. engraved, ‘Winners 1933-35 Div. 2, Dover Dragons, J. Crookenden’, 32mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1935, ring suspension; Surrey Rifle Association, obv. shield and crossed rifles; rev. engraved, ‘Stff Sgt. W. I. Bishop, 1st...
Hammer Price: £85
Bromsgrove Shooting Medal, obv. seated and robed woman supporting shield; rev. ‘Bromsgove’ and engraved, ‘Governor’s Shooting Medal, Sergt. D. A. N. Asterley, 1928’, 31mm., 9ct. gold; Barr & Stroud Rifle Club, Stroud Trophy, rev. engraved, ‘Won by A. Reid, 1915’, 28mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1914, ring suspension; Birmingham Rifle League, obv. prone rifleman; rev. wreath and engraved, ‘3rd Warwicks R.C., 1926-7, A. N. Cooke’, 32mm., silver, hallmarks for...
Hammer Price: £90
County of Lancaster Rifle Association, obv. three lions within a crowned garter; rev. engraved, ‘L.R.A. 1926 D. D. Malcolm, N.L.R.C.’, oval, 37 x 21mm., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1926; Sandhoe Rifle Club, obv. crossed rifles; rev. rose, clover and thistle (Colonel Cust, Vice President), 37mm., silver, straight bar suspension; Harrogate Civilian Rifles, obv. coat-of-arms; rev. engraved, ‘Club aggregates, 1901, J. M. R. Smetham’, oval, 41 x 24mm., gilt metal, ring suspension;...
Hammer Price: £110
Dublin Civil Services Rifle Club, obv. crowned shield superimposed on crossed rifles, flanked by sprigs of clover; rev. laurel wreath and engraved, ‘1908 2nd Best Aggregate won by W. H. Dunlop’, 44mm., silver; Irish Civil Service Rifle Club, crown with crossed rifles and pennants; rev. engraved, ‘Challenge Cup won by V. F. Banks Esq., 31st July 69, 4 June 70’, 31mm., silver, pierced with ring suspension; , good very fine and better (2) £30-50
Daily Telegraph Cup (3), obv. trophy; rev. ‘The Daily Telegraph Cup Rifle Competition between teams of the Regulars & Volunteers in the Home District’, engraved, ‘1900’ (Won by the London Scottish Rifles with 167 Points, Pte Duncan Tovey), 51mm., bronze, in damaged case of issue, slight edge bruise; another, obv. soldiers watching a rifleman shooting rifle; rev. engraved, ‘H.A.C. Pte. R. D. Cubitt, 1922’, 51mm., silver, hallmarks for London 1921; another, similar; rev. engraved,...
Hammer Price: £70
‘Country Life’ Competition for Marksmanship (3), obv. riflemen shooting; rev. oak wreath and engraved, ‘“Country Life” Public Schools O.T.C. Compton 1918’ (Cadet M. MacTaggart, University College School), 38mm., silver; another similar, rev. inscription within oak wreath, ‘Country Life Competition Class “B” Cup’ and engraved, ‘1923’ (Cadet Coy. Sgt. Maj. G. E. C. Rossall, (Team Leader) Lancaster Royal Grammar School); another, obv. riflemen shooting; rev. ‘Country...
Hammer Price: £60
Public Schools Veterans Challenge Trophy, by Elkington, London, obv. engraved, ‘Won by Eton 1908 C. L. Longstaff’; rev. engraved with name, rank and scores of the winning team, including, ‘(Capt) C. L. Longstaff’, 57mm., silver; Charterhouse Shooting Medal, obv. shield, enclosed by a garter bearing the school motto; rev. crossed rifles and oak wreath, ‘For the Best Aggregate Score in Matches’ (Won by Corpl. R. O. G. Masefield, 1920), 53mm., silver, Ffennell Competition Medal for...
National Small Bore Rifle Association (5), including: Prize Medal, obv. ancient muskateer, rev. engraved, ‘The Lord Forteviot, Montrose 1951’, 32mm., silver, ring suspension; Pair to A. Johnston: The Scottish Cup, to ‘A. Johnston, 1950’, 35mm., silver; N.S.R.A. Diamond Jubilee 1901-61, ‘A. Johnston, Edinburgh & Midlothian’, 37mm., silver; Local N.S.R.A. associations and leagues (6) - four enamelled, including Garrison & District Small Bore Rifle League, by Fattorini, Birmingham,...
Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs (14), all named, six enamelled, including: Mackworth Praed Challenge Cup, obv. trophy; rev. ‘Won by C. Smith, 1928’ (name and date engraved), 35mm., silver, in case of issue; ‘Daily Record’ Cup, obv. wreath and crossed rifles with shield bearing Scottish lion; rev. trophy and engraved, ‘J. R. McColl, 1934-35’, 33mm., silver; together with two other medals named to the same recipient; other medals (2), including Wilts County Miniature Rifle...
Miscellaneous Shooting medals (13), including: Clay Pigeon Shooting Association, rev. engraved, ‘Gunmakers Cup Event 1950, Winners, Treherbert Gun Club (S. C. Miles & W. T. Jones)’, 39mm., silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1950, ring suspension; Frankfort Shield Medal, obv. coat-of-arms; rev. ‘The Lads Drill Association to the Winning team Frankfort Shield’ and engraved, ‘King Edward VI School, Saffron Walden, E. M. Sant’, 40mm., silver, ring suspension; M.R.C. Viscount Portman...
Miscellaneous Shooting medals (5), including: British Rifle, Gun & Revolver Club Valparaiso, obv. crossed rifles, target and shield; rev. laurel wreath, ‘Won by F. W. Vale, of the Valparaiso Club [ ] points, 1913’ (name, place and year engraved), 32mm., silver and gold, mounted as worn; Shooting Medal, obv. crossed rifles and wreath; rev. impressed, ‘British Commonwealth Rifle Club, Eric Fraser Memorial, 1951, won by F. E. Clarke’, 32mm., silver-gilt, ring suspension; ‘B.V.R.’...
Hammer Price: £40
Scottish Rifle Association, obv. Scottish lion, crown above; rev. engraved, ‘Wellfield Cup 1937, winners ‘B’ Sqdn. Ayrshire Yeomanry, Sgt. J. Henderson’, shield-shaped, 31 x 20mm., silver, hallmarks for Edinburgh 1936, ring suspension; The Mortimer Medal Edinburgh, obv. castle with crossed rifles; rev. engraved, ‘G. Alexander, 1941’, oval, 33 x 24mm., silver, ring suspension; Midlothian Association of Miniature Rifle Clubs, obv. two shields and crossed rifles; rev. impressed,...
A mounted group of six miniature dress medals, Royal Victorian Order, 4th+ Class, silver-gilt and enamel; France, Legion of Honour, 3rd Republic, 4th Class, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Belgium, Order of Leopold, 4th Class, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon; Portugal, Order of Villa Vicosa, gold and enamel, gilt slip-bar on ribbon; Hesse-Darmstadt, Order of Philip, 2nd type, Knight’s 1st Class, gold and enamel, enamel damage and repair; Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, gold and...
Hammer Price: £280
A mounted group of six miniature dress medals, Order of St, Michael & St, George, silver-gilt and enamel, some enamel damage; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf, mounted for display A mounted group of nine miniature dress medals, Order of the British Empire, O.B.E.,...
Six mounted groups of miniature dress medals, including - Pair: Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp; Khedive’s Star 1882; Four: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901; 1914-15 Star trio; Pair: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvall, Wittebergen; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, good very fine and better (16) £30-40
Hammer Price: £120
Victoria Cross; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R.; Meritorious Service Medal, V.R.; Order of St. John, Serving Brother, enamelled, in fitted case; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Lucknow, brooch fitted to backstrap; other miniatures (3); cloth badge, very fine and better (9) £40-50
Order of the Bath, Military Division, ring suspension, gold and enamel; Order of St. Michael & St. George (2), gold and enamel, ring suspension, enamel damage to ‘St. George’ centre; another, silver-gilt and enamel; Royal Victorian Order (2), 4th+ Class, silver-gilt and enamel; another, 5th Class, enaemelled; Distinguished Service Order (2), G.V.R., gold and enamel; another, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel, both with top bars; Order of the British Empire (3), 1st type,...
Hammer Price: £160
Order of the Bath (2), Military Division, gold and enamel, straight bar suspension, silver-gilt buckle on ribbon; another, Civil Division, gold, ring suspension, in Spink, London leather case for a single miniature, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £140
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 24 clasps, Cape Colony, Natal, Rhodesia, Defence of Mafeking, Defence of Kimberley, Talana, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belmont, Modder River, Tugela Heights, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Driefontein, Wepener, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal, Johannesburg, Laing’s Nek, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Belfast, silver, good very fine £180-220
Denmark, Order of the Dannebrog, Christian X, gold and enamel; Belgium, Order of Leopold, with swords, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of the Crown, 4th Class, enamelled; France, Legion of Honour, 4th Republic, 2nd Class, silver-gilt and enamel; Croix de Guerre, W.W.1; Tunisia, Order of Nichan Iftikhar, 4th Class, enamelled; Vatican, Order of St. Gregory, enamelled; Order of the Holy Sepulchre, enamelled; Stick-pin: Prussia, Hohenzollern House Order, with swords, enamelled, minor enamel...
Hammer Price: £150
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (R. James, Carpr., Pandora) edge bruise, good very fine and rare £2200-2500
Hammer Price: £2,700
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, Chapel Stall Plate, ‘William Augustus Montague Esquire, Post Captain in the Royal Navy, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. Nominated 8th Decr. 1815’, 190 x 113mm., brass, very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £350
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, Chapel Stall Plate, ‘Robert Bloye Esquire, Post Captain in the Royal Navy, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Nominated 4th June 1815’, 192x 114mm., brass, good very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £480
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted badge of a Companion, inscribed ‘Alexander Cameron Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and Major in the 95th Regiment of Foot, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Nominated 4th June 1815’, 190mm. by 115mm., good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £650
Portrait Miniature of Ensign William Leeke, 52nd Foot, oval glazed miniature, water-colour on ivory, within a metal frame, 97 x 81mm., set within a rectangular wooden plaque, with an old label on the reverse, inscribed in ink, ‘Ensign William Leeke, 52nd Light Infantry who carried the Colours at the Battle of Waterloo’; the plaque set within a modern protective folder, good condition Leeke, Rev. William, The History of Lord Seaton’s Regiment ... at the Battle of Waterloo ...,...
Hammer Price: £3,000
13th Light Dragoons Military Merit Medal, a cast silver kidney-shaped award, obv., a high relief trophy of arms, with ‘Lt. 13 Ds.’ engraved in the upper field, rev., engraved inscription, ‘peninsula / waterloo’ between two sprays of leaves, and ‘for / Military Merit / Awarded / Corpl. Thos. McQualter’, the figures of ‘18’ and ‘16’ flanking the word ‘Awarded’, 34mm. by 58mm., wire loop suspension, generally very fine and excessively rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £680
Wooden Box, circular, approx. 101mm. dia. and 30mm. height, with slip-on lid, interior with label reading, ‘Part of the Northumberland 74 in which ship Capt. Langhorne was a midshipman in the action off St. Domingo, Feby 6th 1806’, minor scatch marks, good condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
Indian Mutiny Relic, comprising a lead musket ball, with silver fittings to allow it to be worn as a watch fob, the silver bands around the ball inscribed ‘Found in front of the Motee Mahal Palaca, Lucknow 20th Feby. 1897’, good condition £50-80
Greenwich Hospital School Prize Medal, bust of Nelson left, by Halfhide, ‘Palmam Qvi Mervit Ferat’ around; reverse: inscription in raised letters (name and year engraved), ‘Greenwich Hospital Nautical School for Nautical Science and Good Conduct’ [to] James G. Fowling, 1861’, 35mm., silver, pierced with plain silver ring suspension, good very fine £120-140
University College, London, Medallion awarded to Dr L. S. Jameson of ‘The Jameson Raid’ fame University College, London, a silver award medal, after W. Wyon, obv. Minerva seated left, holding scroll and wreath; rev. wreath of palm and laurel and engraved, ‘Awarded to L. S. Jameson, Medicine, 1874-5, Third Prize’, 38mm., silver, ref. unmounted as issued, Ref: cf. Eimer 1198 rev., good very fine £160-200
Important primary source archive material of naval and Boer War interest, formerly used as a research resource by Gerald Sharp, son of Midshipman C. R. Sharp, for his book The Siege of Ladysmith, published by Macdonald & Jane’s, 1976, a copy of which accompanies this lot (a) Midshipman C. Reynolds Sharp’s large format Defence of Ladysmith Diary, titled by the author ‘H.M.S. Powerful, Naval Brigade Journal of The Siege of Ladysmith 1899-1900’, hard covers under contemporary cloth...
Hammer Price: £7,500
Primary source archive material relating to Field Marshal Sir George White, V.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I, G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O (1835-1912) (a) Contemporary documents relating to Field Marshal Sir George White’s equestrian statue in Portland Place, London, which for many years was the focus of wreath laying ceremonies on Ladysmith Day (28th February) by veterans, comprising: (i) The public and private subscription archive contained in a handsome contemporary leather bound, gilt...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Indian Shooting and Sports Medals (9), including: North India Rifle Association (3), obv. tiger, edge crudely inscribed, ‘Sub. Mohd. Khan, 20 Infy.’, 55mm., silver; another, 35mm., silver; another, bronze, these unnamed; Shooting Medal, obv. elephant, rev. wreath and engraved, ‘S.C.R.A. Second, The O’Moore Creagh Cup 1932-33’, 39mm., bronze; 2nd Indian Division Baluchistan District Medal, rev. engraved, ‘Indian Inter-unit tug of war, Winners, 1937’, 32mm., bronze; Royal...
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