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An extremely rare Ashantee 1873-74 operations C.M.G. pair awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. T. Helden, Leinster Regiment, late 22nd Regiment and 3rd West India Regiment, who as C.O. of a detachment of Houssas was severely wounded with Commodore Commerell’s River Prah force in August 1873 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamel, with usual swivel-ring and bar suspension and riband buckle; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Pair: Private W. Lane, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (883 Pte., 2 Bn. 23 R.W. Fus., 1873-74); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (883 Pte., 2-23rd Foot) edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £410
Pair: Sergeant-Major G. Munro, Seaforth Highlanders, late 42nd Highlanders, who was brought to notice for his ‘conspicuous courage and discipline throughout the war on the Gold Coast’ Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (2047 Pte., 42nd Highds., 1873-4); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1891, Hazara 1888 (2338 Sergt. -Major, 2d Bn. Sea. Highrs.) edge bruising and light contact marks, generally very fine and an extremely rare combination (2) £450-550
Hammer Price: £920
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Duncan, Royal Artillery, who was wounded during an Ashanti attack on the town of Fommanah, which post he commanded, in February 1874, services that won him a ‘mention’ and the Brevet of Major Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Capt. & Bt. Major, B By. 4th Bde. R.A., 1873-74); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Major, R.A.); Spanish Medal for Campaigns in Africa , dated 1860, silver, the first with officially corrected unit and date, generally good...
Hammer Price: £2,300
Six: Colonel A. M. Harington, Egyptian Army and Gendarmerie, late Rifle Brigade, who fought with distinction at the capture of Ordahsu in February 1874 and who captured an Ashantee Prince at Coomassie who was carrying a bag of gold dust valued at £500 Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lt., 2nd Bn. Rifle Bde., 1873-4); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1884 (Lt. Col., Egyptn. Army); Turkish Order of Osmanieh, 3rd class neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and...
Hammer Price: £2,100
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Capt. F. Shearman, 1st W.I. Regt., 1873-4) one or two edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £240-280
Hammer Price: £270
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Capt. E. M. Forbes, 2nd W.I. Regt., 1873-4) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £390
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (1947 2nd Corpl. T. Butler, A.H.C., 1873-4) light contact marks and edge nicks, very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £190
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Chapln. to the Forces Revd. R. C. Browne, 1873-4) edge bruising and cleaned, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £450
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Col. Foster Foster, Magistrate, Cape Coast Castle, 73-74) edge nicks, otherwise good very fine and an extremely rare Special Service Officer’s award £300-350
Hammer Price: £680
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Percival Hughes) a later impressed issue, nearly extremely fine and rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £160
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (J. Gank, A.B., H.M.S. Active, 73-74) initial and surname officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £320
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (2389 Pte. J. Rowlands, 2 Bn. 23 R.W. Fus., 1873-4) suspension claw refixed, severe edge bruising, about very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £280
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie ([1072 2nd Class S.S.] R. J. Lapham, A.S.C., 1873-4) number and rank erased, otherwise good very fine and rare £150-200
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Capt. F. L. B. Butler, 1st W.I. Regt., 1873-4) extremely fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £840
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Capt. Baker, Commr. of Armed Police, Cape Coast Castle, 73-74) very fine and a rare award to a Special Service Officer £350-400
Hammer Price: £550
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (King George) lightly and crudely engraved naming, edge bruising, very fine and interesting £80-120
Hammer Price: £140
Ashantee 1873-74, 2 clasps, 1893-94, Sierra Leone1898-99 (809 Pte. W. Gale, 1st W.I. Regt., 1873-4) edge bruising, cleaned and lacquered, otherwise very fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £170
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