The Carol Benton Collection of Miniature Medals

23 June 2005

Lot No 624

North West Canada 1885 (4), no clasp (2) - one with edge bruising; 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (2), very fine and better (4) £100-140

23 June 2005

Lot No 625

Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1886-1897, silver, good very fine

23 June 2005

Lot No 626

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97 (3), reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp; another, reverse Matabeleland 1896, no clasp; another, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896; Ashanti Star 1896 (2); East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98, good very fine and better (6) £120-160

23 June 2005

Lot No 627

India General Service 1895-1902 (8), 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895; another, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-8; another, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-8, Tirah 1897-98; another similar, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-8, Tirah 1897-8; another, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-8, Tirah 1897-8;...

23 June 2005

Lot No 628

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (10), 1 clasp, Def. of Ladysmith; another, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, edge engraved, ‘10317 Pte. J. C. J. Packer, 56 Coy. 15th Imp. Yeo.’, medal separated from suspension; another, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; another, 4...

23 June 2005

Lot No 629

Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902; King’s South Africa 1900-02 (2), 2 clasps; Transport 1899-1902 (2), no clasp; another, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902; China 1900, 1 clasp, Rel. of Pekin, generally good very fine (6) £70-90

23 June 2005

Lot No 630

Ashanti 1900, no clasp; Africa General Service 1902-56 (7), 1 clasp, Nandi 1905-06; another, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906; another, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10; another, 1 clasp, East Africa 1914-15; another, 1 clasp, Jubaland 1917-18; another, 2 clasps, Uganda 1900, Nandi 1905-06; another, 5 clasps, Aro 1901-1902, S....

23 June 2005

Lot No 631

20th Century Campaign Medals (25), including, Tibet 1903-04, no clasp; India General Service 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908; another, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48; General Service 1918-62 (2), 2 clasps, S. Persia,...

23 June 2005

Lot No 632

Polar 1906-, E.VII.R., 4 clasps, Antarctic 1902-04, Antarctic 1907-09, Antarctic 1910-13,...

23 June 2005

Lot No 633

Empress of India 1877, 17mm. dia., 2mm. thick, silver, with mount and ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £80-120

23 June 2005

Lot No 634

Coronation 1902 (4), silver; another, bronze; another, Metropolitan Police, bronze; another, Mayor’s and Provost’s issue, silver; Delhi Durbar 1903 (3), silver, ring suspension (2), one with silver buckle on ribbon; another, with straight bar suspension; Coronation 1911 (2), silver; another, County & Borough...

23 June 2005

Lot No 635

Army Meritorious Service Medal (2), G.V.R.; another, E.II.R.; Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., V.R.; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R.; Army L.S.& G.C. (4); V.R.; E.VII.R., G.V.R., 1st/2nd issue; G.VI.R., 1st issue; Volunteer Decoration (5), V.R. (4) - one engraved on reverse, ‘Colonel S. F. Pilkington, V.D., 13th...

23 June 2005

Lot No 636

Royal Humane Society Medal (2), bronze, successful, bronze buckle on ribbon; another, bronze, unsuccessful, bronze buckle on ribbon; Royal National Lifeboat Institution Medal, V.R., silver; Union of South Africa Medal 1910 (2), silver nearly very fine and better (5) £40-60

23 June 2005

Lot No 637

France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, 21mm. dia., silver and enamel, St. Helena Medal; France, Dunkirk Veteran’s Medal; Germany, Campaign Medal 1870-71, bronze; Ireland, Service Medal 1917-21, 1 clasp, Comrac, complete with brooch bar; Jamaica, Independence 1962; Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, silver;...