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Edward Prince of Wales, Welcome Home 1922, silver medal by F. Bowcher for Spink & Son, 34mm x 50mm including integral suspension loop, the rim stamped ‘silver’, very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £250
Edward Prince of Wales, Welcome Home 1922, bronze medal by F. Bowcher for Spink & Son, 34mm x 50mm including integral suspension loop; together with bronze-gilt medal commemorating the Prince of Wales’ visit to New York City, 19th November 1919, 35mm, with rings for suspension, gilding a little worn on the last, nearly very fine, the first nearly extremely fine (2) £50-60
Hammer Price: £170
Lord Dufferin’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1884, silver shooting prize medal, 51mm, the edge inscribed ‘Won by Jessie Mead, 6th Dragoon Guards’, contained in its Wyon presentation case, two edge bruises, otherwise nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £260
Lord Dufferin’s Viceroy Presentation Medal, silver pattern, unsigned, 51mm, the reverse border circlet inscribed ‘Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1894’, contained in its Wyon presentation case, test scratches in reverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £310
Marquess of Lansdowne’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1888, silver, 51mm, unnamed, contained in its Wyon presentation case, extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
Marquess of Lansdowne’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1888, bronze shooting prize medal, 51mm, the edge inscribed ‘No. 2245 Lance Duffadar Ram Chand, 7th B.C. 2nd Prize Native Cavalry B.P.R.A. Meerut 1893-94’, fitted with bronze claw and scroll suspension, nearly very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £210
Earl of Elgin’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1894, silver shooting prize medal, 51mm, the edge inscribed ‘Won by Sergt. N. Burton-Jones, St Joseph’s Co. 2/C.V.R. Mat[ch] 1894-95’, small partial erasure and signs of suspension mounting, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £180
Lord Curzon’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1899, gold shooting prize medal, 51mm, 103gms, the edge inscribed ‘Won by Captain A. B. Ennis, B.P.R.A. 1901’, in its fitted Wyon case of issue, test scratch in obverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,500
Lord Hardinge’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1910, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Babu Brij Kishore, Oct. 1913’, and on the edge ‘For Distinguished Services in Bikaner State’, fitted with claw and small ring suspension, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £290
Lord Hardinge’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1910, bronze, 51mm, unnamed, nearly extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £200
Lord Chelmsford’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1916, bronze, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Kashi Ram 1917’, fitted with claw and small ring suspension, nearly very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £320
Earl of Reading’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1921, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Kamwar Rup Narayan Dube of Indore’, and on the edge ‘Mayo College 1923 Head of Diploma Class’, fitted with claw and ring suspension, extremely fine £100-150
Lord Irwin’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1926, silver, 50mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘A. S. Lall’, and on the edge ‘Provincial Essay Prize 1929’, lacking suspension, some surface corrosion, otherwise nearly very fine £60-80
Lord Irwin’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1926, bronze, 50mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Constable Kapura 1931’, fitted with claw and ring suspension, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £60-80
Earl of Willingdon’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1931, silver, 51mm, unnamed, fitted with claw and ring suspension, good very fine £60-80
Marquess of Linlithgow’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1936, bronze, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Wali Muhammad’, fitted with claw and ring suspension, good very fine £60-80
Earl Mountbatten’s Governor General Presentation Medal 1947, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Carpenter Roor Singh’, fitted with claw and ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £300
A rare group of three Viceroy presentation medals to Heera Singh, C.I.E., Rana of Dhami in the Punjab Earl of Minto’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1905, silver, 52mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Rana Heera Singh of Dhami’, fitted with claw and ring suspension; Lord Hardinge’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1910, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘The Rana of Dhami’, fitted with claw and ring suspension; Lord Chelmsford’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1916, silver,...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A pair of Viceroy presentation medals to Durga Dass, Electrician Earl of Willingdon’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1931, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the edge ‘Durga Das, Electrician’, fitted with claw and ring suspension; Marquess of Linlithgow’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1936, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse scroll ‘Durga Dass, Electric Mistry’, fitted with claw and ring suspension, good very fine (2) £250-300
Hammer Price: £360
A pair of Viceroy presentation medals to Daftary Lachmi Singh, including the very rare Wavell medal Earl of Willingdon’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1931, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the edge ‘Lachmi Singh, Daftary, 1936’, fitted with claw and ring suspension; Field Marshal Viscount Wavell’s Viceroy Presentation Medal 1943, silver, 51mm, inscribed on the reverse ‘Lachmi Singh, Daftari’, fitted with claw and ring suspension, very fine and very rare (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Lord Frederick Fitz-Clarence’s Shooting Badge for Native Soldiers of the Bombay Army 1852-54, silver badge in the form of a native soldier kneeling with raised rifle, 36mm x 40mm, the reverse impressed ‘Given by Lord F. Fitzclarence’, with small ring suspension, very fine and rare £80-120
Bombay Volunteer Rifle Associtaion 1876, silver, 45mm, obv: diademed head of Queen Victoria, legend around ‘Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India; rev: legend ‘Bombay Volunteer Rifle Association Estabd. 1876’, in centre a wreath with space within for award details, unnamed; Rifle Association of Western India 1862, silver, 36mm, obv: lion seated before palm tree, ‘Ready and True’ in exergue; rev: crossed rifles within victor’s wreath, crown above, legend around...
Hammer Price: £40
Rifle Association of Northern India 1863, bronze, 55mm, obv: tiger walking left, date 1863 in exergue; rev: legend ‘Rifle Association of Northern India’, in centre a wreath with space within for award details, unnamed; N.I.R.A. Bengal Presidency Rifle Association, silver, 55mm, lioness walking left on plinth inscribed ‘N.I.R.A. 1863-86’; rev: inscribed on central tablet ‘Corpl. Reagin K.O.S.B.’ and on the edge ‘Regimental Medal 1893’; N.I.R.A. Army Rifle Association India,...
Hammer Price: £75
Lord Napier of Magdala, Best Shot amongst the Native Troops in India, silver, 47mm, unnamed; together with a similar medal, Best Shot Native Troops Bengal Presidency, unnamed and fitted with ring suspension, nearly very fine, the first good very fine (2) £40-50
Calcutta International Exhibition 1883-84, silver, 51mm, the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. B. N. Nightingale, Champion Marksman’, in fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Calcutta International Exhibition 1883-84, silver, 51mm, the reverse inscribed ‘Lord Wm. L. de la P. Beresford, V.C.’, good very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £1,500
Burma Rifle Association 1892, silver, 36mm, obv: peacock in full display, ‘Burma Rifle Association’ around; rev: kneeling soldier with raised rifle, ‘Founded 1892’ in the exergue, unnamed, fitted with ring suspension, good very fine £40-50
Earl of Minto’s Shooting Medal, bronze, 52mm, obv: similar to Minto’s Viceroy presentation medal; rev: target board superimposed on crossed rifles with crown above and legend around ‘Presented by the Earl of Minto Viceroy of India’, unnamed, nearly very fine £40-50
Delhi Coronation Durbar 1911, Durbar Tournament, Hockey, silver 44mm, obv: crowned and robed bust of King George left; rev: within wreath three tablets inscribed ‘Durbar Tournament Hockey’, inscription ‘Delhi Coronation Durbar 1911’ around, named on the edge ‘Sy. Sher Jang’, fitted with claw and ring suspension, nearly very fine £40-50
Hammer Price: £340
Completion of New Delhi 1931, silver, 50mm, obv: royal arms of King George V; rev: identical to Viceroy medals of Hardinge, Chelmsford, etc., but with inscription ‘Completion of New Delhi February 1931 Presented to’, the scroll below inscribed ‘Lala Har Gopal’, fitted with claw and ring suspension, good very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £240
Governor of Bengal’s Presentation Medal, 1st type pre-1944, silver, 57mm, the reverse inscribed to ‘Babu Kamala Kanta Ganguli 1943’, for Loyal Service, nearly extremely fine and rare £80-120
Hammer Price: £2,600
Government of India Horse Show, silver, 57mm, the reverse centre inscribed ‘Mule Breeding 1954-55’ and named on the edge ‘Shri Bachan Singh of Butala’, with large ring suspension, minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine and a handsome medal £60-80
Hammer Price: £100
Maharaja’s College Sewaie Jeypore, Northbrook Medal, silver, 57mm, the reverse inscribed ‘Awarded to Baijnath Misra B.A. 1892’, very fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £160
The President’s Medal 1947, silver, 50mm, ring suspension, unnamed, very fine and rare £80-120
Bombay Yacht Club Life Saving Medal 1849, silver, 64mm, lion walking left before palm tree, after Flaxman’s classic design, the reverse with 12-line inscription in an archaic Mahratti script which translates: ‘To Sinwar Koli. This seal has been issued by the Yacht Club, Bombay (owned by white sahebs who used to enjoy the sea air by sailing in boats) because, in 1849 [Hindu calendar Sakha 1771] in the rainy season, their boat named Wave capsized in which he and two Europeans were sailing....
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Defence of the British Legation, Addis Ababa 1936, large silver medal, 53 mm, the obverse with struck inscription ‘Presented to the British Legation Guard by the British Communities at Addis Ababa to commemorate services rendered 2nd to 6th May 1936’, the reverse with struck Arabic inscription and additionally engraved with recipient’s details ‘7592 L/D Bakhshish Singh’, with ring for suspension, good very fine and very rare £900-1200
Hammer Price: £900
The Right Honourable Sir Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., I.S.O., Privy Counsellor, Viceroy of India 1910-16 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, sash badge, silver-gilt, hallmarked 1906, and breast star in silver, gilt, gold and enamel, complete in Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue with full dress sash, extremely fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,600
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, G.C.S.I., Knight Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 102mm x 58mm, the central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria set within an openwork and ornamental oval border of gold bearing the motto of the Order ‘Heaven’s Light Our Guide’, surmounted by, and pendant from, a five-pointed star with large gold suspension loop, the whole badge being lavishly set with diamonds; and breast star, 90mm, the body worked entirely...
Hammer Price: £36,000
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising silver-gilt collar chain formed of 26 alternating links of crowned lions of England, Maltese crosses in white enamel, cyphers ‘SM’ and ‘SG’, and two pairs of winged lions each bearing a book and seven arrows, one pair surmounted by Royal crown and swivel-ring suspension, one white enamel panel of one Maltese cross lacking; sash badge, 85mm x 125mm, silver-gilt, gold...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, G.C.I.E., Knight Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 87mm x 60mm, gold and enamels; and breast star, 91mm, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, complete with full dress sash, some very minor enamel damage to badge, otherwise extremely fine and rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,700
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