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23 September 2005
The Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander James Long, Royal Navy, who in February 1799 took part in the severe broadside-to-broadside engagement between the Sybille and the superior French frigate La Forte, which had been harassing British shipping in the Bay of Bengal Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Sybille 28 Feby. 1799 (J. Long, Lieut. R.N.) minor rim bruises, otherwise nearly extremely fine £10000-12000
Hammer Price: £13,000
The Second Mahratta War medal to Private Michael Jordan, 19th Light Dragoons, wounded at Assye Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Assye (M. Jordan, 19th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine, a rare single clasp especially to a casualty £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £4,800
The 74th Regimental medal awarded to Sergeant John Morgan, 74th Foot, ‘wounded at the battle of Assaye and the capture of Cuidad Rodrigo - his conduct on the field was marked with bravery’ 74th Foot Regimental Medal 1814, silver, 1st Class for 11 actions, both sides with struck ‘74th’ and laurel wreath tied with ribbon at the bottom, the obverse centre engraved with six Indian honours for Assaye, Amednagur, Argum, Gilegur, Shandoor, and Gulnah; the reverse centre engraved with...
Hammer Price: £2,500
The Second Mahratta War medal to Sowar Durmajee Row, 4th Madras Light Cavalry Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Assye (Durmajee Row 4th Light Cavy) long hyphen reverse, locally impressed naming, very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,300
The Second Mahratta War medal to Lieutenant Henry Harvey, 12th Madras N.I., wounded at the battle of Assye Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Assye (Lieut. H. Harvey, 12th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £5,000
The Second Mahratta War medal to Corporal John Anderson, 8th Light Dragoons Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Laswarree, Capture of Deig (John Anderson, 8th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Second Mahratta War medal to Private Samuel Brown, 27th Light Dragoons Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree (S. Brown, 27th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, extremely fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £5,200
The unique Seringapatam and Second Mahratta War group to Lieutenant-General Sir John Rose, K.C.B., Bengal Army, severely wounded at the capture of Agra and Hero of the Defence of Delhi, one of only five recipients of this clasp (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) K.C.B., a superb breast star by Storr & Mortimer, silver with appliqé centre in gold and enamels, circa 1820, the reverse centre plate inscribed Storr & Mortimer, London, fitted with gold pin for wearing (b)...
Hammer Price: £25,000
The rare 4-clasp Second Mahratta War medal to Private George Gardiner, 76th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 4 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree, Battle of Deig (G. Gardiner, 76th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £10,000
The unique Army of India medals to Drummer William Colston, 2/15th and 31st Bengal Native Infantry, later Fife Major in his regiment and Key Sergeant at Allahabad, the only recipient of a 7-clasp medal (a) Army of India 1799-1826, 7 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig, Nepaul, Bhurtpoor (Drummer W. Colston, 2nd Battn. 15th N.I.) long hyphen reverse, locally impressed naming (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 7 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi,...
The Nepaul War medal to Major-General H. F. Caley, 1st Grenadier Battalion Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. H. F. Caley, 1st Grenr. Bn.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming, fitted with silver ribbon brooch, edge bruise at 6 o’clock, otherwise nearly extremely fine £900-1200
Hammer Price: £1,500
The Nepaul War medal to Sergeant W. M. Hamilton, Bengal Sappers & Miners Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Serj. W. M. Hamilton, Saprs.) short hyphen reverse, officially engraved naming, good very fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,000
The Third Mahratta War medal for the battle of Kirkee to Lieutenant-Colonel James Morison, 2nd Madras Light Cavalry, captured the day following the action at Kirkee and imprisoned for five months in Wasota Fort Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee (Cornet J. Morison, 2nd Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, rim nicks and bruises, otherwise very fine £10000-12000
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Third Mahratta War medal for the Defence of Corygaum to Private Fukeerjee Maharick, 1st Bombay Native Infantry Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Kirkee and Poona, Corygaum (Private Fukeerjee Maharick, 2nd Bn. 1st Rt. N.I.) long hyphen reverse, locally impressed naming, good very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Third Mahratta War medal for the capture of Poona to Private George Evans, 65th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Poona (G. Evans, 65th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, sometime cleaned and lacquered, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
The Egypt 1801 campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. Milnes, C.B., for service with the 10th Foot, who later fought with the 65th Foot against the Joasmi pirates in the Persian Gulf 1809-10, and commanded the Left Wing of the Poona Division at the battle and capture of Poona in 1817 Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (C. J. Milnes, C.B. Capt. 10th Foot) very fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,800
The Third Mahratta War medal for the Defence of Corygaum to Physician General John Wylie, C.B., Indian Medical Service, who led the Sepoys to charges with the bayonet in the closing stages of the desperate action and was one of only four European recipients of this clasp Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Poona, Corygaum (Asst. Surgn. John Wylie, M.D. Arty.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, suspension refixed, edge bruising and surface wear, otherwise about nearly very...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The Third Mahratta War medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Lloyd, Commanding the Resident’s Escort at Seetabuldee, when he was wounded four times, twice severely, during the epic eighteen-hour action (a) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Seetabuldee & Nagpore (Captn. Wm. Lloyd, Residents Escort) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming (b) Independent Order of Oddfellows (Manchester Union), Gold Jewel, the obverse central medallion engraved with the arms of the Order,...
Hammer Price: £12,000
The Burmese and Opium War campaign pair to Lieutenant Robert Ware, 38th and 49th Regiments (a) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Lieut. R. Ware, 38th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming (b) China 1842 (Robert Ware, Paymaster, 49th Regiment Foot) both fitted with silver ribbon buckles, minor handling marks, otherwise toned, extremely fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Burmese War medal to Major-General A. B. Dyce, Madras N.I. and Brigade Major in the Arracan Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Lieut. A. B. Dyce, Brig. Major) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,250
The campaign pair for the captures of Java and Bhurtpoor to Private John Leaver, 59th Foot, who was wounded in Java (a) Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (John Leaver, 59th Foot) (b) Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (J. Leaver, 59th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine £1800-2200
The siege of Bhurtpoor campaign medal to Major G. A. Barbor, 8th Light Cavalry, who personally captured the usurper chieftan Doojan Sal at Bhurtpoor Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. G. A. Barbor, 8th Lt. Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, very fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,000
The 1st Class badge of the Order of British India awarded to Subadar Major Shaik Muddar, 25th Bombay Infantry Order of British India 1837, 1st Class, gold and enamels, the reverse attractively engraved in running script ‘Subhedar Major Shaik Muddar, 25th Bombay Native Infantry 1st Jan. 1877’, complete with full neck cravat and gold ribbon fitments, extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,600
The 1st Class badge of the Order of British India awarded to Subadar Syed Imam Bahadoor, Bombay Sappers & Miners Order of British India 1837, 1st Class, gold and enamels, the reverse attractively engraved within a circlet ‘Subadar Syed Imam Bahadoor Bombay Sappers & Miners’, extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £650
The campaign pair to Colonel N. C. Macleod, Bengal Engineers, one of the ‘explosion party’ at the blowing of the Cabul Gate at the fortress of Ghuznee in July 1839 (a) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. Col. N. C. McLeod, Bengal Engrs.) nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,200
The First China War medal to Captain H. Stewart, 2nd Madras N.I. China 1842 (H. Stewart, Br. Captain, 2nd Madras Nat. Infantry) very fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £750
The First China War medal to Lieutenant Charles Kensington, 14th Madras N.I. China 1842 (C. Kensington, Lieut. 14th Madras Nat. Infantry) nearly very fine £450-500
Hammer Price: £600
The First China War medal to Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Hadfield, 37th Madras N.I. China 1842 (A. J. Hadfield, Br. Major, 37th Madras Nat. Infantry) good very fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,100
The First China War medal to Commander T. E. Rogers, Bombay Marine, thanked by Government and presented with a 100 guinea sword for his services in command of the Atalanta in China China 1842 (T. E. Rogers, Commander H.E.I.C.S. Atalanta) nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,900
The Candahar campaign medal to Gunner Thomas Norton, Bengal Foot Artillery Candahar 1842 (Gunner Thomas Norton, 4th Compy. 2nd Battn. Bengal Foot Arty.) fitted with silver clip and straight bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Candahar campaign medal to Sowar Meer Ally, 1st Irregular Cavalry Candahar 1842 (Sowar Meer Ally, 1st Irregr. Cavy.) fitted with original steel clip and straight bar suspension, lacquered, otherwise good very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £520
The Ghuznee Cabul campaign medal to Gunner John Walsh, 1st Troop Bombay Horse Artillery Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Gunner John Walsh, 1st Troop Horse Brigade Bombay Arty.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, good very fine £350-450
Hammer Price: £700
The unique Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie group of three to Major Thomas Studdert, Bombay Engineers, Executive Engineer at Kelat-i-Ghilzai, one of eight British officers present at the defence of that place in May 1842, and the only Engineer officer to receive the medal for Hyderabad 1843 (a) Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie 1842 (Lieutt. T. Studdert, Bombay Engineers) fitted with contemporary hinged silver bar suspension (b) Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Lieutt. T. Studdert, Bombay Engineers) fitted...
The Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie medal to Gunner John Moy, 4th Comp. 2nd Batt. Bengal Artillery Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie 1842 (Gunner John Moy, 4th Compy. 2nd Batt. Arty.) fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, a little rubbing and edge bruising, otherwise very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,000
The Cabul campaign medal to Captain Joseph Greenwood, 31st Regiment, author of ‘Narrative of the late Victorious Campaign in Afghanistan’ Cabul 1842 (Lieut. J. Greenwood, 31st Regt.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,300
The Cabul and Defence of Jellalabad campaign medals to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Cunningham, Madras Infantry and Broadfoot’s Sappers, who won distinction as field-engineer in the defence of Jellalabad (a) Cabul 1842 (Lieut: Francis Cunningham, 23rd Madras Light Inf: Broadfoot’s Sappers) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension (b) Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Flying Victory (Lieut: Francis Cunningham, 23rd Madras Light Inf: Broadfoot’s...
The Defence of Jellalabad medals to Lieutenant-General G. G. C. Stapylton, 13th Light Infantry, believed to have been the last survivor of the ‘Illustrious Garrison’ at Jellalabad (a) Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown (Lt. G. G. C. Stapylton, 13th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with steel clip and bar suspension (b) Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Flying Victory (Lieut. G: G: C: Stapylton 13th Regt.) officially impressed naming, fitted with straight silver bar...
Hammer Price: £4,500
The Scinde C.B. group of three to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Delamain, C.B., commanding the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge in gold and enamels, unmarked but of good quality unofficial manufacture, slightly smaller than standard, with gold swivel-ring suspension but lacking ribbon buckle (b) Ghuznee Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued (c) Hyderabad 1843 (Captn. C. H. Delamain, 3rd Lt. Cavy.) contemporary engraved naming,...
The Gwalior campaign star to Major G. L. Christie, 2nd in Command of the 3rd Foot at the battle of Punniar Punniar Star 1843 (Major G. L. Christie, H.M. 3rd Regt.) fitted with a contemporary silver ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
The Punniar star to Private Thomas Shea, H.M.’s 40th Foot Punniar Star 1843 (Private Thomas Shea, H.M. 40th Regt.) fitted with original brass hook suspension, nearly extremely fine £400-450
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