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Shooting Prize Medals (3): The first silver, hallmarks Sheffield 1897, by Walker and Hall Ltd., 46mm x 53mm, ornately engraved to reverse ‘1st. N.T.V.A. Roy Cup Winner 1897. Band Sergeant. J. Dodds.’ circular in form with top small ring suspension; the second a Works Band Prize Medal, silver with applied unmarked rose gold shield bearing monogram ‘JD’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1905, 40mm x 59mm, engraved to reverse ‘Palmer’s Works Band. Presented to J. Dodds. In Honour of Winning...
£70–£90
A Victoria Cross Recipient’s Silver Sports Trophy. A Georgian octagonal shaped silver cup, 160mm high x 85mm in diameter, hallmarks for London 1789 but given as an award at various times, first competed for as a House Sports Challenge Cup at Eton College in 1901, and jointly won in 1907 by Neville Bowes Elliott-Cooper, who was awarded the Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, and Military Cross whilst serving with the Royal Fusiliers during the Great War; advanced...
£80–£100
4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) Photograph Frame. A brass photograph frame, 360mm x 280mm in total, the aperture 130mm x 170mm, surmounted with the Regimental badge of the Duke of Cambridge’s own Middlesex Regiment, 4th battalion below, with 19 attached Battle Honours, comprising Mysore, Seringapatam, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Peninsula, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, New Zealand, South Africa 1879, El Bodon, Relief of...
£60–£80
An official group photograph of the Officers of the 9th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade, taken by Messrs Gale & Polden at Aldershot in 1915, annotated below, depicting the 32 Officers of the Battalion shortly before they embarked for France, mounted for display in a glazed frame, very good condition £40-£50
£40–£50
A Napoleonic period letter signed by Commander J. B. Umfreville, Royal Navy. A three-sided letter written on a single page of foolscap from the then Lieutenant John Brand Umfreville, Royal Navy, to his sister, dated 4 July 1813, discussing a forthcoming expedition to Norway or Sweden and apologising for not having time to see her when he was in England. He also discusses contemporary events, such as Wellington’s defeat of the French at Vittoria, small area of the letter torn from when the...
A ‘Nelson’s Navy’ letter written by Admiral R. D. Thomas, Royal Navy. A personal, contemporary copy of a four-sided letter written by Admiral Richard Darton Thomas to the Duke of Northumberland, dated 30 November 1852, outlining Thomas' statement of services, including his having served in the company of Lords Nelson and Collingwood, and seeking the duke's patronage for the Admiral's Good Service Pension and Command of Devonport; together with a copy of the Duke of Northumberland's...
A German Second World War Bestowal Document to the Chief Paymaster of the German Occupying Forces in Jersey. An original A5-sized Bestowal Document for the War Merit Cross First Class with Swords, named to Obsezahlmeister d. R. Walter Mispel, Befh. Jersey, and dated 20 April 1944, good condition £400-£500
£400–£500
A German Second World War Army Wehrpass and Soldbuch to a Member of the Channel Islands’ Occupying Force. A 2nd pattern Wehrpass, issued 7 February 1940 to Private Ewald Wiegert, 11th Grenadier Regiment, who served on the Eastern Front in 1943; and subsequently in Alderney during the German Occupation of the Channel Islands from 25 January to 25 April 1945, complete with a photograph of the recipient; together with the recipient’s Soldbuch, again complete with a photograph of the...
£160–£200
Specimen Medal: Cabul 1842, with swivel scroll bar suspension, minor edge nicks, good very fine £200-£300
£200–£300
Copy Medals: The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., Knight Companion’s Star, 90mm, base metal and enamel, with large hook suspension; together with accompanying blue velvet embroidered Garter, fitted with rectangular gilt-metal buckle, 605mm overall; The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, K.T., Knight’s sash badge, 115mm x 91mm, uniface gilt metal, all probably theatrical pieces, generally fine (3) £80-£100
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Copy Medal: Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, a good Museum-quality copy, small abrasion to lower arm of cross, otherwise nearly extremely fine £60-£80
Copy Medal: Military Cross, G.V.R., struck on a very thin flan, good very fine Renamed and Defective Medals (2): Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3599 L.Cpl. A. Mc.Lean. Cam. Highrs.) renamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3599 L.Cpl. A. Mc.Lean. Cam. Highrs.) renamed; generally very fine (3) £80-£100
Renamed and Defective Medals (3): Waterloo 1815, planchet only, heavily worn and naming virtually illegible, poor; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Tofrek, Suakin 1885, the last two claps both tailor’s copies (5883 Cpl. J. Thompson. Scots. Gds.) renamed, very fine; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (354 Sply: Offcr: H. Makin. St. John Amb: Bde:) this last a cast copy, fair to fine (3) ...
£100–£140
Renamed and Defective Medals (2): Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Sg- J. Elliott Att Egyptian Artillery) recently renamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 3 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum, Sudan 1897 (A/QMS J. Elliott 2 F.B. E.A.) recently renamed; minor scratches to obverse of first, generally very fine (2) £60-£80
Renamed and Defective Medals (2): Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), no clasp (Agent A. E. Caplen. F.I.D.) planchet only, and remnants of brooch mounting to obverse; 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (3479 Lc. Cpl. T. E. Walker 1st. Vol. Batt. R.A.M.C.) renamed, with contemporary top silver brooch bar, edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £60-£80
A D.S.M. group of seven miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Warrant Officer J. R. Woollard, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., Field Marshal’s [sic] bust obverse; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R.; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., mounted for display, very fine, the DSM a scarce miniature ‘mule’ ...
An unattributed group of six miniature dress medals The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, about extremely fine (6) £100-£140
An unattributed group of three miniature dress medals 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn, good very fine Great War Clasp: 5th. Aug. - 22nd. Nov. 1914 clasp to the 1914 Star; together with one later slide clasp; and 11 good quality copy clasps, good very fine (lot) £60-£80
Australia, Order of Australia, Member’s (A.M.) breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed ‘Peter Craig Farrell’; together with the related miniature award, lapel badge and riband bar, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £400-£500
A superb Imperial Chinese Order of the Double Dragon China, Empire, Order of the Double Dragon, 2nd type, Third Class, First Grade neck badge, 98mm including ‘yun tou’ cloud suspension x 90mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, the central medallion comprising a translucent blue ‘sapphire’ at centre surrounded by a five petal flower pattern, a middle band with Manchu and Chinese inscriptions either side, and an outer band with ascending gold dragons to the left and right, with a...
£2,400–£2,800
Germany, Frankfurt, Campaign Medal for Volunteers 1813-14, silver, fitted with a later style small ring suspension, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £260-£300
£260–£300
Germany, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 2nd type, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 87mm including crown suspension x 57mm, gold and enamel, with neck riband, in embossed fitted case of issue, extremely fine £1,000-£1,400
£1,000–£1,400
Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed, in original fitted case of issue, edge wear and contact marks, nearly very fine £60-£80
Russia, Empire, Medal of the Order of St. George, 4th Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘No 1029043’, lacking ring suspension, nearly very fine £60-£80
An unattributed Soviet Union group of nine Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Patriotic War, Second Class breast badge, 3rd ‘1985’ type, silver, gold, and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘6414587’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and screw-back suspension; Order of the Red Star, 2nd type breast badge, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘1024647’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and screw-back suspension, Commemorative Medal for the 20th Anniversary...
A West Virginia ‘Honorably Discharged’ Civil War Medal awarded to Private D. Barry, 7th Cavalry Volunteers West Virginia, Civil War Service Medal 1861-65, bronze (David Barry, Co. B 7th Reg Cav Vols.) impressed naming, complete with ‘Honorably Discharged’ top brooch bar with ribbon, in original named card box of issue, slight repair to pin-fitting, good very fine £300-£400
£300–£400
An exceptionally rare Zanzibar Order of the Brilliant Star First Class Set of Insignia. Zanzibar, Sultanate, Order of the Brilliant Star, Hamad bin Thuwaini (1893-96) issue, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 92mm including wreath suspension x 61mm, silver-gilt and enamel, the central medallion the painted portrait of Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini on gold, unmarked, minor white enamel restoration to tips of points, and green enamel restoration to top of wreath by suspension;...
£3,000–£4,000
The Naval General Service Medal Roll 1793-1840. Compiled by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, standard edition, privately printed, 403pp, bound in cloth covers, good condition Naval Medals 1793-1856. Compiled by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, privately printed, London, 1988, xvi, 542pp, original blue boards in slip case, very good condition Naval Medals 1857-1880. Compiled by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, privately printed, London, 1994, xxii, 435pp, original blue boards in slip case,...
The Distinguished Service Cross 1901-1938 Compiled by W. H. Fevyer, published by the London Stamp Exchange, 1991, 91pp., hardback, with plastic dust jacket, very good condition The Distinguished Service Medal 1914-1920. Compiled by W. H. Fevyer, published by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1982, 121pp., hardback, with dust jacket, very good condition The Distinguished Flying Medal 1918-1982. Compiled by I. T. Tavender, published by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1990, 623pp., hardback, with dust...
A Naval Biographical Dictionary, comprising the life and services of every living officer in Her Majesty’s Navy from the rank of Admiral to that of Lieutenant. Compiled by William R. O’Byrne, originally published by John Murray, London, 1849, this edition reprinted by Vintage Naval Library, 1997, 1400pp., hardback, with dust jacket, good condition and a most useful reference The Naval Who’s Who 1917. Reprinted by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1981, 344pp., hardback, with plastic dust...
History of the Indian Navy 1613-1863. By Charles Rathbone Low, originally published by Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1877, two volumes, Vol. I, 541pp.; Vol. II, 596pp., this edition reprinted by Vintage Naval Library, 1990, hardback, with slip case, extremely good condition Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the age of Steam 1824-1962. Compiled by Charles Hocking, published by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, London, 1969, two volumes, Vol. I, 438pp.; Vol. II, 341pp., hardback, good...
The S.A.S. and L.R.D.G. Roll of Honour 1941-47. Compiled by Ex-Lance-Corporal X, Q.G.M., published 2016, being a thorough analysis of all 374 individuals of both the Special Air Service and the Long Range Desert Group killed during the Second World War, three volumes, with additional User Guide, this set being no. 271 of a limited edition of 750, Vol. I, 141pp.; Vol. II, 227pp.; Vol. III, 339pp., with numerous photographs, hardback, in slip case, new unused condition £50-£70
£50–£70
A Bronze Bust of Lord Nelson. A very fine quality detailed bust, signed ‘Fredericks’ on black figured marble plinth. 13ins high, showing Nelson in uniform with his awards, inscribed ‘Nelson’ on lower front, excellent condition £260-£300
A Trafalgar Period Spanish Navy Pistol, c.1805. A rare surviving example, Miquet lock, maker marked ‘ISAST’ & ‘DVI’. Large ‘R’ stamped in stock behind the lock. Overall length 49cm, barrel 23.5cm. Steel ramrod, & belthook on left side, good working order and condition, and whereas French Trafalgar period Navy pistols do occasionally appear for sale, Spanish arms of any sort from that period are virtually unknown to have survived £800-£1,000
£800–£1,000
A French Napoleonic M.1807 Lancer Head. A good example that retains the full lance head and some of the pole, about 35ins long, probably cut to be able to bring back as a souvenir. The wood shaft also retains almost all of its original black or dark blue painted finish, good condition £300-£400
A French Napoleonic M.1812 Cuirassier’s Breastplate. A most interesting example, in excavated condition and found some years ago near to Waterloo, that has been hit by a large cannonball on its left lower edge around the wearer’s navel, which has twisted that area totally out of shape, and has also bent the entire breastplate, indicating the force of the hit, relic condition £1,000-£1,400
A French Napoleonic Grenadier’s Cartridge Pouch and Crossbelt. A good example, the white wide 6.5cm buff leather crossbelt, with black leather cartridge box, 23cm x 15cm, the front pocket for extra flints, wood block inside drilled to take 23 paper cartridges, with large brass flaming grenade Grenadier’s badge on front, overall good condition £400-£500
A French Waterloo Period Imperial Guard Cuirassier’s Belt Buckle. A good example, 65mm x 55mm, the brass buckle with large embossed Guard eagle on the front, good condition £260-£300
Waterloo Relics. A French Imperial Guard Infantry Officer’s brass button, bearing a Guard large eagle clutching lightning bolts, dark, uncleaned patina; together with a Prussian Artillery man’s cartouche pouch cast brass large badge, oval exploding shell with flames 3 sides and large ‘FWR’ raised monogram in centre, excavated, with some earth still on back, reasonable condition (2) £300-£400
French Grape Shot from Waterloo. Mounted on a square piece of wood, 120mm x 130mm, with an old paper label attached, reading ‘Grape Shot Found On Field of Waterloo’, with a small brass statue of Napoleon in uniform behind the grape shot, the shot deeply pitted, otherwise good condition £120-£160
£120–£160
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