A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps

30 March 2011

Lot No 292

Waterloo 1815 (Vet. Surgeon Hogrefe (sic), 2nd Reg. Light Drag. K.G.L.) the ‘f’ in surname...

30 March 2011

Lot No 293

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Vet. Surgn. F. Bailey, 9th Lancers) very fine £300-350

30 March 2011

Lot No 294

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Vety. Surgn. R. F. Frost, Army Vet. Dept.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £300-350

30 March 2011

Lot No 295

Abyssinia 1867 (Vety. Surgn. J. H. Kettle, British Army) suspension refixed, suspension ring...

30 March 2011

Lot No 296

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Vet. Sur. F. Plomley, I/C. R.H.A.) very fine £400-500

30 March 2011

Lot No 297

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Vety. Ltt. H. B. Knight, Army Vety. Deptt.) clasps in that order, edge bruise, very fine £250-300

30 March 2011

Lot No 298

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Civ. Condr. J. J. Doubleday, A.V.D.) edge bruising, good very fine £120-160

30 March 2011

Lot No 299

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (G. W. Freer); together with Royal Agricultural...

30 March 2011

Lot No 300

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Civ. Far. W. L. Johnson, A.S.C.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-100

30 March 2011

Lot No 301

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Civ. Clerk A. Valentine, A.V.D.) good very fine £80-100

30 March 2011

Lot No 302

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Lieut. H. C. Wilkie, 3rd N.Z. Contgt. 1900) engraved in upright capitals, erasure before ‘Lieut.’, good very fine £300-350

30 March 2011

Lot No 303

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Civ. Vet. Surg. C. Dyson, A.V.D.) some fine scratches to obverse, nearly very fine £200-250

30 March 2011

Lot No 304

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (C.V.S. B....

30 March 2011

Lot No 305

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Natal, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (860 Tpr. T. Issitt, Imp. Lt. Horse) minor edge bruise, very fine, unusual clasp combination £350-400

30 March 2011

Lot No 306

Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Capt. O. A. O’Neill, Natal Vet Corps) extremely fine £250-300

30 March 2011

Lot No 307

Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Capt. Chas Tyler, Natal Vet. Corps) good very fine £250-300

30 March 2011

Lot No 308

1914-15 Star (S/Sjt. J. T. Burrows, S.A. Vetry C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Pte. H. Cockett, S.A.V.C.); Silver War Badge (498881) extremely fine (3) £60-80

30 March 2011

Lot No 309

Veterinary Medical Association Medal, obverse: a snake wound around the trunk of a tree; reverse: engraved, ‘Veterinary Medical Association. Awarded to Mr William Litt for his Thesis on the Teeth of Animals. Session 1839-40. Instituted 1836’, 63mm., silver, with ornamented border, hallmarked, with loop...

30 March 2011

Lot No 310

Pair: Veterinary Surgeon T. Hurford, 12th Royal Lancers Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol...

30 March 2011

Lot No 311

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel J. Anderson, Army Veterinary Department New Zealand 1845-66, reverse...

30 March 2011

Lot No 312

Seven: Veterinary Major H. T. W. Mann, Army Veterinary Department Egypt and Sudan 1882-89,...

30 March 2011

Lot No 313

Pair: Veterinary Surgeon C. H. Betser, Army Veterinary Department Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Vet. Surgn., A. Vet. Dept.); Khedive’s Star, 1884-6, unnamed, second with contact marks, very fine and better (2) £400-500

30 March 2011

Lot No 314

Three: Colonel T. G. Peacocke, Army Veterinary Department India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Vety. Ltt. Army Vety. Deptt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Col.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed, very fine and better (3) £450-550

30 March 2011

Lot No 315

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. Edwards, Army Veterinary Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (Vet. Capt., A.V.D.); 1914 Star, (Major, A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.) good very fine and better (4) £360-400

30 March 2011

Lot No 316

Six: Major H. C. Welch, Army Veterinary Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps,...

30 March 2011

Lot No 317

Pair: Civilian Veterinary Surgeon E. Fern, Army Veterinary Department, late Kaffrarian Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Capt., Kaffn. Rif.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (C.V.S., A.V.D.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £550-650

30 March 2011

Lot No 318

Seven: Captain C. C. La Roux, Indian and Malay Corps, late Heidelberg Commando and South African Veterinary Corps, died on 4 February 1944 1914-15 Star (Pte., Heidelberg Cdo.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte., S.A.V.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War and Africa Service Medals, these officially...

30 March 2011

Lot No 319

Five: Private J. H. Miller, Technical Service Corps, late South African Veterinary Corps and South African Service Corps 1914-15 Star (Pte., S.A. Vetry. C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Dvr., S.A.S.C.); War and Africa Service Medals, these officially named (172085 J. H. Miller) mounted for display,...

30 March 2011

Lot No 320

Three: Staff Sergeant H. E. Brown, South African Native Labour Corps, late South African Veterinary Corps 1914-15 Star (Sjt., S.A. Vetry. C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (S/Sjt., S.A.N.L.C.) minor contact marks very fine (3) £50-70

30 March 2011

Lot No 321

Pair: Corporal L. S. Hulley, 2nd South African Horse, late South African Veterinary Corps 1914-15 Star (Cpl., S.A. Vetry. C.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (Cpl., 2nd S.A.H.) Pair: Syce Basant, Field Veterinary Section 1914-15 Star (No.11 Syce Basant, 6 Fd. Vet. Sec.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (11 Syce Basant II 6 Fd....

30 March 2011

Lot No 322

Seven: Colonel P. E. Woodland, Royal Army Veterinary Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt., R.A.V.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War and India Service Medals; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, mounted for display, good very fine and better (7)...

30 March 2011

Lot No 323

Four: Corporal M. J. Grobler, South African Veterinary Corps, late 1st South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl., 1st S.A.I.); War and Africa Service Medals, these officially named (37254 M. J. Grobler) mounted for display, fine and better (4) £40-60

30 March 2011

Lot No 324

A Great War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. Fail, Royal Army Veterinary...