A Collection of Medals for the Ashanti 1895-96 Expedition

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 754

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1891-2 (3608 Pte. J. Williams, 2/W.I. Rgt.), slack suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine £160-180

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 755

Ashanti Star 1896, the reverse of the arms engraved, ‘3458 Pte. J. Davies, 2 W. Yorks R.’, good very fine £250-300

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 756

Ashanti Star 1896, the reverse of the arms engraved, ‘25297 Lce. Cpl. J. Anderson, R.E.’, very fine £250-300

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 757

Ashanti Star 1896, lower reverse centre engraved, ‘J. Kelly’, very fine £160-180

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 758

Pair: Captain & Quarter-Master W. Cox, Army Ordnance Department South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (Condr., Ord. Store Dept.); Ashanti Star 1896, edge bruise and light contact marks to first, otherwise very fine or better and a rare combination of awards (2) £700-900

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 759

Pair: Private L. Bennett, 2nd West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1891-2 (3512 Pte., 2/W.I. Rgt.); Ashanti Star 1896, generally very fine or better and rare (2) £500-600

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 760

Three: Captain J. M. Middlemist, Deputy Inspector-General of the Gold Coast Constabulary, late Seaforth Highlanders, who, having assumed military command at Kumassi, died of injuries sustained in the famous defence of that place in 1900 Ashanti Star 1896; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Capt. &...

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 761

Pair: Private F. A. Gidlow, West Yorkshire Regiment Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (2531 Pte., W. Yorkshire Regt.), surname spelt ‘Gedlow’, the first good very fine, the second with contact marks, edge bruising and polished, nearly very fine (2) £350-400

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 762

Pair: Sergeant G. Barnett, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith (4277 Sgt., K.R.R.C.), extremely fine and scarce (2) £500-600

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 763

Pair: Private J. Allen (alias McLauchlin), Leinster Regiment Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (2176 Pte., Leins. Regt.), generally good very fine and scarce (2) £400-500

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 764

Three: Quarter-Master & Hon. Major J. Duggan, Army Service Corps Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lt. & Q. Mr., A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. & Qr. Mr., A.S.C.), the second with repaired and re-riveted...

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 765

Three: Corporal E. Thompson, Army Ordnance Corps Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2545 Serjt., A.O.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2343 Corpl., A.O.C.), contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise...

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 766

Three: Private A. Burton, West Yorkshire Regiment Ashanti Star 1896, the reverse regimentally engraved, ‘2695 Pte. A. Burton, 2 W. Yorks. R.’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2695 Pte., W. York. Regt.); King’s...

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 767

Eight: Major R. H. Green, Royal Army Medical Corps Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (8286 S. Major, R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (8286 Serjt.-Maj., R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp...

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 768

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. G. Vesey, Royal Engineers Ashanti Star 1896; 1914 Star (Major, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.), generally good very fine and scarce (4) £500-600

25 & 26 June 2008

Lot No 769

The important Ashanti 1895-96 expedition K.C.B., Southern Nigeria 1892 operations K.C.M.G. group of eleven awarded to Major-General Sir Francis Scott, Inspector-General of the Gold Coast Constabulary, who, command of two important expeditions aside, had earlier seen extensive action with the 42nd Highlanders and...