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Militaria in association with the Tank Museum

Auction date Saturday 6 November 2021 11:30 - 16:30 GMT

Viewing at The Tank Museum, BH6 4EJ

Viewing: 

3rd - 5th November, 10am - 5pm

The morning of the auction, 10am - 11:30am

Contact our Head of Sale Julian Smith with any enquiries at julian.smith@dukes-auctions.com or on 01305 265080

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Total lots: 399

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
169 1914/15 TRIO TO 2ND LIEUTENANT HEMBROW SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
1914/15 Star - Correctly impressed - 3117 Pte C J Hembrow Sea Highrs
Pair correctly impressed - 2. Lieut C J Hembrow ( BWM officially renamed)
Condition VF+

Cyril James Hembrow was born in Ashford…
£100 - £150 £90 View
170 VICTORY MEDAL TO 17092 PTE G LAWRENCE R FUS, LATER SERVED IN THE TANK CORPS.
Condition VF

George Lawrence was entitled to a Great War pair. He first served with the Royal Fusiliers before transferring to the Machine Gun Corps (80463). George went on to serve in the Tank…
£10 - £20 £30 View
171 CASUALTY 1914/15 TRIO TO 465 PTE J W ELLWOOD DURH L I
Correctly impressed
Condition = NEF

John William Ellwood was born in Frosterly, Durham, in 1882. He worked in the local quarry and was a member of the Territorial Army, serving with the 1st 6th Bn…
£100 - £150 £100 View
172 VICTORY MEDAL TO SENIOR PETTY OFFICER BILES – KIA ON HMS BULWARK.
Victory Medal - 310314 J C Biles SPO RN
With Anchor brooch in HMS Bulwark tobacco tine.
Condition GVF.
John Charles Biles was a Kitchen Attendant from Southampton. He joined the Royal Navy in 1906.…
£40 - £60 £130 View
173 A COLLECTION OF GREAT WAR MEDALS
Pair to 305165 PNR C J Smith RE with badges and two photographs.
GVF
Mercantile Marine Medal to William F Soper
GVF
Pair to 34755 Pte W C Thorne R War R
With base metal coronation medal
Condition…
£80 - £120 £80 View
174 CASUALTY 1914/15 STAR TO SJT THORNE WILTS REGT. DCM & BAR.
1914/15 Star -13568 SJT C Thorne Wilts R
Condition VF ( some light pitting to the naming)
Charles Thorne was born in Tipton; he resided and enlisted in Swindon. In civilian life, he had worked as a…
£100 - £150 £420 View
175 FRAMED PAIR & PLAQUE TO 2ND LIEUTENANT GEORGE LESLIE REID OF THE 7TH DRAGOON GUARDS
Pair correctly impressed - 2. Lieut G L Reid
Memorial Plaque - George Leslie Reid.
In contemporary frame made by Jarrold & Co of 18 Sloane Street, South West London.
Condition EF+

George…
£300 - £500 £460 View
176 BATTLE OF JUTLAND GROUPING TO SEAMAN KNIGHT RN
1914/15 Star J.30883 C H Knight Boy 1 RN
Pair J.30883 C H Knight AB RN
GV LSGC J.30883 C H Knight AB HMS Iron Duke.
Swing mounted as worn NVF (Polished)
With six postcards; Jutland Commemorative…
£80 - £100 £240 View
177 A GREAT WAR 'MID' 1914/15 TRIO TO COMMANDER KOE ROYAL NAVY
1914/15 Star - correctly impressed - Lt Commr W P Koe RN
Pair Commr W P Koe RN ( MID attached to BWM)

Condition GVF

Walter Pulteney Koe was born on September 22nd 1877, in Hampton Wick, Middlesex.…
£120 - £160 £280 View
178 BWM TO COMMANDER CARVILL ROYAL NAVY, RECOMMENDED FOR THE OBE FOR BRAVERY.
Committed suicide at Euston Station in 1927.
Correctly impressed - Commr. F. I. Carvill. R.N.
Condition NGVF (edge bruise above and below surname. Naming unaffected)

Francis Ignatius Carvill was…
£60 - £80 £100 View
179 A MERCANTILE MARINE CASUALTY GROUP.
Mercantile Marine Medal - William T Greenfield
BWM - William T Greenfield
Memorial Plaque in envelope William Thomas Greenfield
Condition NEF

William Thomas Greenfield was born in Thornaby in 1864.…
£80 - £150 - View
180 BWM & NAVAL LSGC TO PETTY OFFICER EDMONDS RN
BWM - K.5038 C Edmonds SPO RN
GV LSGC K.5038 C Edmonds SPO RN HMS Weymouth
Entitled to a 1914/15 trio.
Condition EF
Charles Edmonds was born in Dover in 1891. By trade, he was a Piano Frame Maker.…
£80 - £120 £70 View
181 1914/15 TRIO TO THOMAS SMITH AB RN - POW IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA
1914/15 Trio J.15582 T. Smith A.B.R.N
Condition VF

An extremely rare trio with an interesting story. Thomas Smith was born in West Ham, London, in 1895. Smith joined the Royal Navy in May 1913,…
£100 - £200 £600 View
182 1914/15 TRIO TO PTE H CROSSLEY MANCHESTER REGT. 21ST BATTALION, THE PALS.
1914/15 - 18560 Pte H Crossley Manch R ( early replacement 1929)
Pair - 18560 Pte H Crossley Manch R
Condition NEF

Harry Crossley was a member of the 21st Bn ( Pals) A Company Platoon No4. He was…
£40 - £60 £60 View
183 GREAT WAR PAIR TO CAPT SAFFERY EAST SURREY REGIMENT
Correctly impressed - Capt C F Saffery
Condition VF.

Cecil Francis Saffery was born in Paddington, London, in 1891. At the time of the 1911 census, he was living at 10 Clifton Gardens, Maida Vale,…
£60 - £80 £40 View
184 GREAT WAR PAIR TO PTE HUME ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS. POW
Correctly impressed - 24986 Pte T Hume R Inns Fus
Condition GVF
Entitled to a 14/15 Star.

Thomas landed in France on December 9th 1915. He was taken prisoner of war at St Quentin on March 21st…
£20 - £40 £70 View
185 CASUALTY PAIR TO PTE BEESON RIFLE BRIGADE.
Correctly impressed Z-2137 Pte A Beeson RIF Brig.
With pocket prayer book. Cap badge and button
Condition NEF.
Entitled to a 1914/15 Star.

Albert Beeson was born in Colchester in 1895. He served…
£50 - £70 - View
186 A SMALL LOT OF MIXED MEDALS
1914/15 Star and BWM to 116928 PNR J Greason RE. Condition VF+
Victory Medal to 201850 Pte F Botting Hamps R. Condition GVF
Victory Medal to SE-2557 Pte T Warren AVC. Condition VF ( total loss of…
£100 - £150 £90 View
187 A COLLECTION OF VICTORY MEDALS & BADGES
Victory medal to 13586 SJT B Collins MGC
Condition GVF
With a photograph of the recipient and a collection of machine gun corps badges and buttons.

Condition GVF

17068 Pte C Clements S Wales Bord.…
£50 - £80 £60 View
188 WW2 CASUALTY GROUP TO TROOPER MACLEAN RTR - BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN
in box of issue addressed to Mr A Maclean, 34 High Road, Woodford Green, Essex.
Condolence Slip - Trooper I D Maclean ( we do not believe this is original )
1939/45 Star
Africa Star (8th Army Bar)…
£50 - £100 - View
189 WW2 MID GROUP TO TROOPER SMITH 7TH ROYAL TANK REGT
7896132 Tpr R Smith' C' Squadron RTR.

With a photograph album featuring the Middle East and Egypt, hotographs of comrades etc.

1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence and War with MID. Swing…
£100 - £150 £130 View
190 THE OUTSTANDING ADVANCE INTO GERMANY MC GROUP TO MAJOR H M WILSON NORFOLK REGIMENT.
GVI Military Cross engraved 1945
1939/45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal
General Service Medal, Palestine 1945-48 & S.E. Asia 1945 -46. Correctly impressed Major. H. M.…
£2,000 - £3,000 £4,000 View
191 A GROUP ATTRIBUTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL HENRYK LUCJAN SPALTENSTEIN POLISH ARTILLERY
Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari (for the 1939-1945 war No. 12299,
Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (May 3, 1966, for merits in the state service and dedicated work for…
£600 - £800 £1,200 View
192 A COLLECTION OF SECOND WORLD WAR MEDALS.
A mixture of originals and copies. (15 in total)
£30 - £60 £70 View

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