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23 September 2005
The Maharajpoor star to Private John Bird, H.M.’s 40th Foot Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private John Bird, H.M. 40th Regt.) fitted with contemporary ‘clasped hand’ silver bar suspension as sometimes found to this regiment, very fine £400-450
Hammer Price: £460
The important family group to Lieutenant-Colonel J. G. W. Curtis, C.B., Indian Army, and his wife Mary Grace who was one of the four ladies present at the battle of Maharajpoor and who received a special Gold Star from Lord Ellenborough (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, makers mark IE, with original wide swivel-ring suspension, ribbon buckle and suspension brooch (b) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed and...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The Sutlej campaign medal to Captain J. E. Codd, 3rd Light Dragoons, killed in action at the battle of Ferozeshuhur Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 1 clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Lieut. J: E: Codd 3rd Lt. Dragns.) dark toned, nearly extremely fine £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £4,800
The First Afghan War C.B. group of three to Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Taylor, C.B., K.H., who served with the 89th Foot at Chrystler’s Farm, was severely wounded at Lundy’s Lane in 1814, slightly wounded in Burma in 1824, Commanded the 9th (Norfolk) Regiment in Afghanistan and at Moodkee, after which he succeeded to the command of McCaskill’s Brigade and was killed in action at Ferozeshuhur (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge in 22 carat gold and...
Hammer Price: £7,800
The Gwalior and Sutlej campaign pair to Major C. E. Mills, Bengal Horse Artillery, Orderley Officer to Sir Henry Hardinge and later his A.D.C. (a) Maharajpoor Star 1843 (1st Lieutt. & Brevt. Capt. C. E. Mills, 2d Troop 3d Brigade Horse Artillery) fitted with original brass hook suspension (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Capt. C: E: Mills Artillery) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,500
The Sutlej campaign medal to Captain J. D. Cunningham, Bengal Engineers, ‘Historian of the Sikhs’ Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Lieut. J: D: Cunningham Engineers) very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Cabul and Sutlej campaign pair to Sergeant James Hipwell, 31st Regiment, severely wounded at Sobraon (a) Cabul 1842 (No. 1428 James Hipwell, Pt. HMs. 31st Regt.) correctly engraved in the regimental style with additional eight-point stars before and after the naming, fitted with original steel clip and wide bar suspension (b) Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Serjt. James Hipwell 31st Regt.) contact marks, otherwise very fine £1200-1500
The Sutlej campaign medal to Sergeant-Major John Cantwell, 50th Regiment, killed in action at Sobraon at the moment of victory having captured a Sikh standard Sutlej 1845-46, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Color Serjt. John Cantwell 50th Regt.) very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,000
The Punjab campaign medal to Private David Evans, 14th Light Dragoons, one of only four men of the regiment to be killed at Chilianwala Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (David Evans, 14th Lt. Dragns.) brilliant extremely fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £1,600
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Miller, 10th Foot Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Major Thos. Miller, 10th Foot) contact marks, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Brookes, who was killed in action whilst commanding the 24th Foot at the battle of Chilianwala in 1849, a veteran of the Peninsula Wars during which he was wounded on three occasions whilst serving with the 9th Foot Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (Lieut. Col. R. Brookes, 24th Foot) together with a fine portrait miniature of the recipient as a Major in the 69th Foot by James Warren Childe, circa 1826, on paper, 8x6 cm, in a...
The Punjab campaign medal to Private Benjamin Hutton, 29th Foot Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Benjn. Hutton, 29th Foot) nearly very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £390
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry V. Brooke, C.B., Commanding the 32nd Foot Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan,Goojerat (Lt. Col. H. V. Brooke, C.B. 32nd Foot) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1500-2000
The Punjab campaign medal to Private William Fenner, 61st Foot, wounded at Chilianwala Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Wm. Fenner, 61st Foot) nearly very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £600
The Punjab campaign medal to Major C. F. Bruère, 13th Bengal N.I., an original defender who was wounded at Chinhut and subsequently killed in action at Lucknow Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Goojerat (Captn. C. F. Bruere, 13th Bengal N.I.) very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,000
The Punjab campaign medal to Major-General J. S. Hodgson, who raised the 1st Sikh Local Infantry, the first Sikh regiment to be embodied in the British service, which he commanded throughout the second Sikh War, and afterwards formed the famous Punjab Frontier Force, of which he became the first Commandant Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Major J. S. Hodgson, Commg. 1st Regt. Sikh Local Infy.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, some light contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Prendergast, 8th Madras Light Cavalry, Persian Interpreter to the Commander-in-Chief during the second Sikh War, who later raised the 3rd Punjab Cavalry Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Lieut. W. G. Prendergast, 8th Lt. Cavy. Persian Intr. to C. in [C]) final part of naming obscured by suspension claw, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £920
The Punjab campaign medal to Lieutenant Wilmot Christopher, Indian Navy, mortally wounded during the siege of Mooltan Punjab 1848-49, 1 claps, Mooltan (Lieut. W. Christopher, Ind. Flot.) officially impressed naming, small collector’s number impressed by claw, edge nicks, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £2,100
The Punjab campaign medal to Lascar Golaknath, Indus Flotilla Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Lascar Golaknath, Ind. Flot.) officially impressed naming, edge nicks and contact marks, otherwise about very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £520
The Cabul and Punjab campaign medals to General H. C. Van Cortlandt, C.B., employed in the military service of Ranjit Singh - ‘The Lion of the Punjab’ - from 1832, and in the British Service following the annexation of the Punjab at the conclusion of the second Sikh War (a) Cabul 1842 (H. C. Van Cortlandt) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with steel clip and silver bar suspension (b) Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Mr. H. C. Van Cortlandt, Irr. Auxy. Force) officially...
Hammer Price: £2,700
A fine silver striking of the unique Gold Medal presented by the East India Company to Lieutenant and Brevet Major Herbert Edwardes, C.B., for his services in the Punjab in 1848 Honourable East India Company’s Edwardes Medal 1848, by W. Wyon R.A., obv. diademed bust of Queen Victoria left; rev. inscription, ‘From the East India Company to Lieut. & Brevt. Major H. B. Edwardes C.B., for his services in the Punjab A.D. MDCCCXLVIII’, a fine silver striking of the unique gold medal,...
The North West Frontier campaign medal to Private Robert Waterfield, 32nd Light Infantry, whose account of his military service in India was published as The Memoirs of Private Waterfield India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (2295 Pte. Robt. Waterfield, 32nd Foot) toned, nearly extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Persian War C.B. group to Lieutenant-General Thomas Tapp, Poonah Irregular Horse, late Bombay European Regiment, who was severely wounded in capturing a gun at Mooltan, and later commanded the Poonah Horse in their famous charge at Khooshab in Persia (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1858, complete with gold swivel-ring suspension and ribbon buckle (b) Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Captn....
Hammer Price: £6,500
The Waterloo medal awarded to the Hon. George Anson for services as a 17 year old Ensign in the Scots Guards, who rose to become a General and Commander-in-Chief of the forces in India at the outbreak of the Mutiny in 1857 Waterloo 1815 (Ensign Hon. Geo. Anson, 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Guards) fitted with silver clip and steel ring suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, therefore good fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £11,500
The Indian Mutiny medal to General Sir Thomas Reed, G.C.B., 62nd Foot, a veteran of Waterloo who became Provisional Commander-in-Chief in Bengal following the deaths of Generals Anson and Barnard, and was later Colonel of the 44th (Essex) Regiment Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Majr. Genl. T. Reed, C.B. Actg. Provl. C. in C. in Bengal) nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Indian Mutiny medal to Colour-Sergeant John Johnson, 32nd Light Infantry, the senior N.C.O. of his regiment massacred at Cawnpore Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Colr. Serjt. J. Johnson, 32nd L.I.) extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,500
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain John Moore, 32nd Light Infantry, the senior officer of his regiment massacred at Cawnpore Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. J. Moore, 32nd L.I.) small edge bruise and a little polished, otherwise very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £6,000
The Indian Mutiny medal to Colonel Sir William Jones, G.C.B., who commanded the 61st Regiment at Delhi and was later Colonel of the Duke of Cornwal’s Light Infantry Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Col & Lieut.-Col. W. Jones, C.B. 61st Regt.) good very fine £1500-2000
The Indian Mutiny medal to General Sir Charles Gough, V.C., G.C.B., for services with Hodson’s Horse Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Captn. C. I. S. Gough, 1st Regt. Hodson’s Horse) nearly extremely fine £12000-15000
Hammer Price: £10,000
The outstanding C.I.E., O.B.I., and 1st Class Order of Merit group of four awarded to Risaldar-Major Maun Singh, Sardar Bahadur, a ‘grand old Sikh’ who, in June 1857, raised the first risala of horse for Lieutenant William Hodson, thereafter known as Hodson’s Horse, and who witnessed the controversial assasination of the two Delhi princes by Hodson (a) The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., 1st type breast badge with INDIA on petals, gold and enamels, complete with...
Hammer Price: £60,000
The Sutlej and Indian Mutiny medals to Captain C. W. Radcliffe, 7th Bengal Light Cavalry, hero of Chinhut when in command of the Volunteer Light Cavalry, later mortally wounded during the siege of Lucknow (a) Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Lieut. C. W. Radcliffe, 7th Regt. L.C.) (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Captain C. W. Radcliffe, 7th Bengal Light Cav.) naming officially impressed in a slightly later style, the first very fine, the last nearly extremely...
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain A. P. Simons, Bengal Artillery, in command of the Indian Artillery at Lucknow, who ‘distinguished himself at Chinhut where he received the two wounds which ended in his death’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Capt. A. P. Simons, 8th Bn. Bengal Art.) dark toned, extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Indian Mutiny medal to Captain J. S. Shepherd, 2nd Oudh Irregular Cavalry, shot dead by one of our sentries at the Slaughterhouse Post during the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Lieut. J. S. Shepherd, 2nd Oudh. Irreg. Cavy.) toned, extremely fine £2500-3000
The campaign and long service group of four to Private Joseph Ellicock, 32nd Light Infantry, an original defender and personal orderly to Brigadier Inglis at Lucknow (a) Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Joseph Ellicock, 32nd Foot) (b) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (1873 J. Ellicock, H.Ms 32nd Regt.) (c) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (J. Ellicock, 32nd L.I.) (d) Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1873 J....
Hammer Price: £3,100
The campaign group of three to Colonel Wellesley Campbell, Bengal Army, an original defender at Lucknow, later 14th Ferozepore Sikhs (a) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Ensn. W. Campbell, 71st Regt. N.I.) (b) India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (Major W. Campbell, 14th Bengal N.I.) (c) Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Major W. Campbell, 14th Ben. N.I.) suspension claw repaired on the first, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or...
The Indian Mutiny medal to Lieutenant C. H. Mecham for services as Adjutant of the 7th Oudh Irregular Infantry, an original defender at Lucknow who survived the explosion of the only mine set off during the siege, and served afterwards with Hodson's Horse, a talented amateur artist responsible for Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Lieut. C. H. Meeham, 7th Oudh Irreg. Inf.) note spelling of surname, suspension claw slack,...
Hammer Price: £7,200
The Indian Mutiny medal to Martin Richard Gubbins, Financial Commissioner and manager of the Intelligence Department at Lucknow throughout the siege, author of ‘Mutinies in Oudh’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Martin Rd. Gubbins, Civil Service) good very fine £2500-3000
A bronze example of the rare medal instituted by Martin Gubbins in 1857 for faithful services at Lucknow Gubbins Medal 1857, bronze issue, ‘Presented by Martin Gubbins B.C.S. 1857’, the reverse inscribed ‘In Testimony of Most Faithful Service - Lucknow’, an unnamed example in its B. Wyon fitted case, nearly extremely fine and very rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £280
A silver example of the rare medal instituted by Martin Gubbins in 1857 for faithful services at Lucknow Gubbins Medal 1857, silver issue, ‘Presented by Martin Gubbins B.C.S. 1857’, the reverse inscribed ‘In Testimony of Most Faithful Service - Lucknow’, unnamed, fitted with ring suspension, nearly extremely fine and very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £330
The Indian Mutiny C.B. group to Major J. W. Carnegie, Provost Marshal of Lucknow and in charge of the Intelligence Department throughout the defence (a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Civil) C.B., breast badge in 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1859, complete with swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle (b) Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Capt. J. W. Carnegie, Provost Marshal); together with a second officially impressed medal in the rank of...
Hammer Price: £3,800
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