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2 July 2003
Royal Visit to South Africa 1947, oval silver badge, one or two severe contact marks and edge bruises, otherwise about very fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £40
Large Bronze Specimen of the Ashanti 1900 Medal, an interesting high relief striking, unsigned, 102mm diam., extremely fine and most attractive £200-300
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Royal Geographical Society, David Livingstone’s Bearers’ Reward, silver medal, 1874, by Wyon, bust of Livingstone three-quarters right, with ‘David Livingstone. Born 1813. Died, Ilala, 1873’ around, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by the Royal Geographical Society of London 1874’, 37mm. (Hassen Wadi Safar, Faithful to the End), original silver claw and ring suspension, minor official correction to ‘Hassen’, minor scuffs and surface scratches, nearly extremely fine and rare ...
Hammer Price: £2,700
Emin Relief Expedition Star 1887-89, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1889-90), two arm points slightly bruised, otherwise extremely fine and rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £800
Sudan, Defence Force General Service Medal 1933, unnamed, extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £210
Uganda, Cross of Valour, in the form of the Victoria Cross, but the obverse bearing a bust of Idi Amin and the legend ‘For God and My Country’, and the reverse with central Arms of Uganda and the legend ‘For Supreme Valour’ below, original Spink & Son wearing pin, extremely fine and rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £200
Zanzibar, Order of the Brilliant Star, breast star, 89mm. diam., silver, with gold and green enamel centre bearing the tughra of the Sultan, with tughra also at centre of reverse backplate, enamel damage to white central band, very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £220
Sultan of Zanzibar’s Medal 1896, unnamed, extremely fine and scarce £100-120
Hammer Price: £280
Rhodesia, General Service Medal (R4827 W.O. 2 Turgwi); Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980, officially numbered ‘54732’ extremely fine (2) £15-20
Hammer Price: £15
Five: Lance-Sergeant S. J. Young, South African Colonial Forces South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Pte., Sansom’s Horse); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Transkei (Gunr., King W’Town Vol. Arty.), and privately engraved on the edge ‘1880-81’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (563 Pte., Frontier Lt. Horse); Colonial Forces Auxiliary Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue (L. Ser., Kaff. Rfls.); Coronation 1911, privately engraved ‘3108 Sgt....
Hammer Price: £600
Pair: Lieutenant A. Steward, Bulawayo Field Force, late Cape Mounted Rifles, the Pioneer Column, Salisbury Horse and Bulawayo Mounted Police Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 2 clasps, Transkei, Basutoland (Pte., C.M. Rifn.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Troop Sergt. Major, Salisbury Horse), together with lid of card box of issue for the second, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-450
Hammer Price: £980
Three: Private P. Pote, Cape Police Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (990 Pte., C. Pce.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (990 Pte., P.D. 1); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (990 Pte., C.P. Dist. 1) nearly extremely fine (3) £160-180
Hammer Price: £250
Four: Effendi Fergalla, East African Rifles, late King’s African Rifles East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu August 1893 (Ferjalla Effendi, 3rd Battn. K.A. Rifles), locally impressed naming in large capitals; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, 1898 (Farjalla); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (Effendi Fergalla, E. Afr. Rif.); Sultan of Zanzibar’s Medal 1896 (Ferjalla Effendi, 3rd Battn. K.A. Rifles), locally impressed naming in large capitals, the...
Four: Petty Officer 1st Class H. R. Locke, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Witu August 1893, Juba River 1893 (A.B., H.M.S. Blanche); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Doris); British War Medal 1914-20 (132587 C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Actg. Ch. P.O., H.M.S. Isis) the third officially re-impressed, edge bruising and contact marks, very fine or better and rare (4) £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £2,600
Four: Sub. Commissioner K. MacDougall, Colonial Service, East Africa East and West Africa 1887-1900, edge impressed Mwele 1895-6, 1 clasp, Juba River 1893 (K. MacDougall, Dist. Officer); East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, 1898 (K. McDougall, Ogaden Expedition); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (Kenneth MacDougall, H.M. Sub. Commissioner); Imperial British East Africa Company’s Medal (K. MacDougall), mounted as worn, the first with refixed suspension claw, some...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Five: Petty Officer J. H. Dennison, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (A.B., H.M.S. Alecto); 1914-15 Star (125055 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (125055 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Firequeen) the third officially re-impressed, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (5) £180-220
Hammer Price: £390
Pair: Major E. E. Craster, Royal Engineers, late Principal Medical Officer, Niger Protectorate East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Niger 1897 (E. E. Craster, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.); Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1886-97, silver issue (Dr. E. E. Craster) one or two edge scratches, generally extremely fine and rare (2) £2200-2500
Hammer Price: £3,700
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. G. Sharp, Royal Munster Fusiliers, late Leinster Regiment and Indian Army, and onetime attached East African Regiment and King’s African Rifles India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-95 (Lieut., 20th Bl. Infy.); Central Africa 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (Lieut., Lein. Regt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1901, Somaliland 1902-04 (Capt., Somali Levy) the first with refixed suspension claw and...
Three: Sergeant Modota, King’s African Rifles Central Africa 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (59 Cpl., 2nd B.C.A. Rif.); Ashanti 1900 (59 Cpl., 2nd C. Africa Regt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (59 Sjt., 2nd K.A. Rif.) contact wear, edge bruising and polished, generally good fine and rare (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £900
Pair: Sergeant G. S. Osborne, Royal Artillery, attached Uganda Rifles East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (Srgt., Uganda Rif.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Lango 1901 (Serjt., Uganda Rifles) single initial ‘G.’ on the second, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally about very fine and rare (2) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,200
Five: Private Robbi Surur, King’s African Rifles East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (No. 543 Rabbi Surur, Pte., 3 K.A.R.), locally impressed naming in large capitals; Africa General Service 1902-56, 6 clasps, Jubaland, Nandi 1905-06, East Africa 1902, East Africa 1905, East Africa 1906, Somaliland 1908-10 (No. 543 Pte. Rabbi Surur, 3 K.A.R.), locally impressed naming in large capitals; 1914-15 Star (543 Pte. Robbi Surur); British War and Victory Medals (543 Pte....
Pair: Rifleman Muhammad Husain, 104th Wellesley’s Rifles, late 4th Bombay Rifles East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, 1898 (943 Pte. Mahommad Husen, 4/Bom. Rif. ); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (943 Rfln. Muhammad Husain, 104th Wellesley’s Rfls.) the last with officially corrected unit, minor contact marks and one or two edge bruises, very fine and better (2) £250-300
Hammer Price: £420
Three: Captain L. H. D.’O Moule, East Lancashire Regiment, attached Southern Nigeria Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., E. Lanc. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt., E. Lanc. Rgt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, S. Nigeria 1902-03 (Lieut., S.N. Regt.) minor contact marks and one or two edge bruises, very fine and better, scarce (3) £400-500
Pair: Sergeant Instructor S. G. Wallingford, School of Musketry, onetime attached Uganda Rifles Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Uganda 1900 (8937 Serjt., Uganda Rif.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (637 Sjt. Instr., School of Mskty.), together with related Army Rifle Association Methuen Cup Medal 1895, with Bars for ‘1904’, ‘1905’, ‘1907’ and ‘1908’, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Ninnes, Hythe case of issue, the first with minor official correction, contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £550
Pair: W. C. Syer, Colonial Service, Nigeria and latterly British Resident of that country at the time of the 1918 operations Africa General Service 1902-56, [E.VII.R.], 3 clasps, Aro 1901-1902, S. Nigeria 1903-04, S. Nigeria 1904 (Ast. Dist. Commr. W. C. Syer, Aro. F.F.); Africa General Service 1902-56 [G.V.R.], 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (W. C. Syer) one or two edge bruises, otherwise generally good very fine and a most unusual ‘double issue’ (2) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £880
Pair: Havildar Allah Dad, 27th Punjabis Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, S. Nigeria 1905 (4269 Sepoy Alahdad, 27/Punjabis); British War Medal 1914-20 (4269 Havr. Allah Dad, 27 Pjbis.) edge bruising and polished, good fine (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Three: Acting Lance-Corporal Alijabu Abdullah, King’s African Rifles Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, East Africa 1913, East Africa 1914 (3577 Pte. Alijabu Abdulla, 4/K.A.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (3577 Pte. Ali, 4/K.A.R.); King’s African Rifles L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (A.L. Cpl. Alijabu Abdullah, 4-K.A.R.) the last officially corrected in places, contact marks, edge bruising and polished, otherwise generally good fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £520
Three: Private Rajab Feraj, King’s African Rifles Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland 1917-18 (2683 Pte. Rajab Feroze, 5/K.A.R.); British War and Victory Medals (2683 Pte. Rajab Feraj, 3/K.A.R.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, polished, about very fine or better (3) £180-220
Hammer Price: £230
Four: Captain J. Forbes, East African Medical Service 1914-15 Star (Capt., E. Afr. M.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, East Africa 1918 (Capt., E. Afr. M.S.) good very fine and better (4) £350-400
Hammer Price: £1,250
Three: Acting Stoker 1st Class G. A. Milledge, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J. 48593 O. Sig., R.N.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (SS. 123534 Act. Sto. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Ark Royal) contact marks and edge bruising, generally about very fine or better (3) £160-180
Hammer Price: £410
Three: Corporal H. M. McGowan, Royal Air Force Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (340341 Cpl., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, good very fine or better and rare (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £580
Five: Sergeant Mutisya Maingi, King’s African Rifles 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (N. 15733 Sgt. Mutisya Maingi, K.A.R.); King’s African Rifles L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (N. 15733 Effendi M. Maingi, K.A.R.), mounted as worn, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally about very fine, the last extremely rare (5) £400-500
Hammer Price: £450
Three: Sergeant A. M. Bray, Royal Artillery General Service 1962, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (24094796 Gnr., R.A.); Rhodesia Medal 1980 (24094796 Sgt., R.A.); Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980, officially numbered ‘13631’ one or two edge bruises, generally good very fine and scarce (3) £350-400
Hammer Price: £460
A rare Benin River 1894 operations D.S.O. pair awarded to Lieutenant J. D. Hickley, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (Lieut., R.N., H.M.S. Phoebe) extremely fine (2) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £14,000
An important Uganda 1897-98 operations C.M.G. group of three awarded to Dr. R. U. Moffat, Principal Medical Officer of the Protectorate The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, converted from breast wear, silver-gilt and enamels; Central Africa 1891-98, no clasp, ring suspension (R. U. Moffat, M.D.), refixed suspension claw / ring and contemporary re-engraved naming in large capitals; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (Dr. R. U. Moffat, C.M.G.)...
Hammer Price: £1,350
The outstanding Boer War C.B., Great War C.B.E., Nandi 1895-96 operations D.S.O. group of fifteen awarded to Brigadier-General G. G. Cunningham, Derbyshire Regiment, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and onetime attached Uganda Rifles and West African Rifles, whose extensive campaigning in Africa led to numerous wounds, ‘mentions’ and a quite unique combination of medals and clasps The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military), Companion’s neck badge, converted from...
Hammer Price: £8,500
The unique and highly important Ashanti C.M.G., Dawkita 1897 D.S.O. group of six awarded to Commander F. B. Henderson, Royal Navy: the extraordinary defence of Dawkita, over four days and nights, with 40-odd men pitched against an army of Sofas 7000 strong, stands out as one of the great epics of Empire, so too Henderson’s extraordinary bravery in giving himself up to the enemy to parley for the freedom of his men - he refused to kneel before the Samory and his elders, even having been...
Hammer Price: £32,000
The extremely rare and highly important K.C.M.G., C.B. group of eight awarded to Sir Frederick Jackson, arguably the founding father of Uganda, where he was ultimately Governor and Commander-in-Chief from 1911-18: as a young pioneer in 1889, against strong international competition, he led the Imperial East Africa Company’s expedition to Uganda, re-establishing the power of King Mwanga, who signed in the following year a treaty placing his territories under the Company’s influence The...
Hammer Price: £6,800
The mounted group of seven dress miniatures worn by Sir Frederick Jackson, K.C.M.G., C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Uganda, 1911-17, Order of St. Michael and St. George, gold and enamel, with gold buckle on riband; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 2 clasps, Lubwa’s, Uganda 1897-98; Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Uganda 1900, Nandi 1905-06; Imperial British East Africa Company’s Medal, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; Belgian Order of Leopold I, 2nd class, gold and...
Hammer Price: £400
An extremely rare Uganda Rebellion 1897-98 C.M.G., Great War Egypt operations C.B.E., East Africa operations D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Colonel J. Ainsworth, an early settler who served for many years in the Imperial British East Africa Company and as a Senior Officer and Administrator in the East Africa Protectorate The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with usual swivel-ring suspension and riband buckle; The Order of the...
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