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Auction date Friday 18 November 2022 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Auction: 

Friday 18th November at 10.30am

To include

The Colin Leak Collection of Royal Mint Coins


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Total lots: 392

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN CRIMEAN WAR CHAPLINS CROSS
Lot 261 Unsold
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN CRIMEAN WAR CHAPLINS CROSS
The obverse has the cyphers of Emperors Nicholas I and Alexander II dated 1853-1854-1855-1856.

The reverse has the following inscription 'НА ТЯ ГОСРОДИ УПОВАХОМЪ, ДА НЕ ПОСТЬІДИМСЯ ВО ВЕКИ’. Which translates to 'We have set our hopes in Thee O Lord, let us never be ashamed'

The cross is cast in Cooper.

Condition VF+
Estimate: £120 - £160
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CRIMEAN WAR MINIATURE MEDALS ON GILT GOLD CHAIN
Lot 262 Sold
CRIMEAN WAR MINIATURE MEDALS ON GILT GOLD CHAIN
Legion of Honour, 2nd republic, Order of the Osmanieh and Order of Medjidie 5th Class. The miniature medals are suspended from a gilt gold chain
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £140
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TURKISH CRIMEA ISSUE TO LIEUT F G TEALE LTC TURKISH CONTINGENT
Lot 263 Sold
TURKISH CRIMEA ISSUE TO LIEUT F G TEALE LTC TURKISH CONTINGENT
Private purchase medal.
Contemporarily engraved 'Lieut F G Teale LTC Turkish Crimea'

Condition = NGVF
Frederick George Teale was born in St Clements London on 6th January 1827. He owned a house…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £120 - £140
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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL BRONZE MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE RUSSIAN VICTORY OVER TURKEY 1877/88
Lot 264 Sold
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL BRONZE MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE RUSSIAN VICTORY OVER TURKEY 1877/88
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
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VICTORIAN ARMY LSGC
Lot 265 Sold
VICTORIAN ARMY LSGC
Correctly impressed 257 Pte M Stemp 96th Foot.

Condition VF

Maurice Stemp was born in Crawley in 1839. he attested on the 24th of February 1858, joining the 96th Foot (West Suffolk).

During the course of his service, he served just under two years in the Cape of Good Hope and over four years in the East Indies. Having risen to the rank of Corporal, he was stripped of his rank for being AWOL for one day from 17th to 18th August 1867. He was never promoted again but was awarded the LSGC.
Stemp was discharged on 20th February at Manchester in 1879. He died in 1883.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £120
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187 AFGHANISTAN MEDAL TO PTE ALLEN 1/17TH REGIMENT
Lot 266 Sold
187 AFGHANISTAN MEDAL TO PTE ALLEN 1/17TH REGIMENT
No bar, correctly engraved 27B/1691 Pte D H Allen 1/17th Regt.

Condition VF

David Henry Allen was born in Sparkebrook, Birmingham, in 1859. He attested on the 5th of June at Loughborough.

He saw service in the Afghanistan campaign from the 20th of January 1879 to the 16th of August 1879. The medal is confirmed on the rolls and in his papers.

Allen was discharged in 1882.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £120
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QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL TO 9262 PTE C GILBY CLDSTM GDS / DIED BLOEMFONTEIN 16TH APRIL 1900
Lot 267 Sold
QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL TO 9262 PTE C GILBY CLDSTM GDS / DIED BLOEMFONTEIN 16TH APRIL 1900
QSA; Cape Colony and Driefontein. With ghost dates. Correctly impressed - 9262 Pte C Gilby Cldstm GDS

Medal and bars confirmed.
Condition GVF

Gilby was a member of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. He has awarded the Queens South Africa medal with bars Cape Colony and Driefontein. He sadly died of Enteric Fever at Bloemfontein on 16th April 1900. He was laid to rest in Maitland Cemetery.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £120 - £140
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18 November 2022
CAMPAIGN PAIR TO A DANIELS BORDER REGIMENT
Lot 268 Sold
CAMPAIGN PAIR TO A DANIELS BORDER REGIMENT
Indian General Service Medal, Waziristan 1894-5. Correctly engraved 2542 Pte A Daniels 2/Bn Border Regt.

Queens South Africa Medal; Cape Colony; Orange Free State; Transvaal and South Africa 1901. Correctly impressed 2542 Pte A Daniels 1: Bord Regt.

Condition GVF+ (South Africa 1901 bar is loose)
Alfred Daniels was born in Rotherhithe, London, Surrey in 1869. He attested on 18th July 1888 at…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £240 - £280
18 November 2022
18 November 2022
AFGHANISTAN MEDAL TO 1609 PTE J HAMILTON 1/5TH FUSRS
Lot 269 Sold
AFGHANISTAN MEDAL TO 1609 PTE J HAMILTON 1/5TH FUSRS
Correctly engraved - 1609 Pte J Hamilton 1/5th Fusrs
Condition NVF (edge bruise over 'il' in surname, claw to reverse has a fracture.)

John Hamilton was born in Govan, Glasgow, in 1848. He attested on 8th February 1867 at Glasgow.

Hamilton served in Afghanistan from 3rd December 1878 until 8th June 1879 and again from Christmas Eve 1879 until 20th June 1880. His service papers and roll confirm his entitlement to the medal.

He was discharged on 22nd September 1886 due to Lumbago at Belfast.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £120
18 November 2022
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A CAMPAIGN GROUP OF FIVE
Lot 270 Sold
A CAMPAIGN GROUP OF FIVE
IGS Punjab Frontier 1897 - 98 engraved 4852 Pte * ******** 2d Bn K O York Lt Infy (attempted erasure of naming)
QSA, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, renamed in an unofficial style 2820 Bandsman A Walker 2nd Koyli
KSA, 1901 and 1902, renamed in an unofficial style 2820 Bandsman A Walker 2nd Koyli
1914/15 Star 1287 C S MJR A Walker N Staff R (officially impressed replacement)
British War Medal - 1287 W O Cl 2 A Walker N Staff R
Victory Medal - 1287 W O Cl 2 A Walker N Staff R

Condition VF
With Boer War chocolate tin. Arthur Walker served during the Great War, landing in France in March…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £100 - £200
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18 November 2022
QUEENS SUDAN PAIR
Lot 271 Sold
QUEENS SUDAN PAIR
Queens Sudan medal 1896-98. Unnamed
Khedives Sudan medal, clasp Khartoum. Unnamed

Condition GVF
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £250 - £350
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KHEDIVE SUDAN MEDAL
Lot 272 Unsold
KHEDIVE SUDAN MEDAL
2nd Type, unnamed as issued.

Condition NEF
Estimate: £180 - £220
18 November 2022
18 November 2022
KHEDIVE SUDAN MEDAL
Lot 273 Unsold
KHEDIVE SUDAN MEDAL
2nd Type, unnamed as issued

Condition NEF
Estimate: £180 - £220
18 November 2022
18 November 2022
KHEDIVE SUDAN MEDAL
Lot 274 Unsold
KHEDIVE SUDAN MEDAL
2nd Type, unnamed as issued

Condition VF
Estimate: £180 - £220
18 November 2022
18 November 2022
SUDAN DEFENCE FORCE GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL
Lot 275 Sold
SUDAN DEFENCE FORCE GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL
engraved in Arabic on edge to the recipient

Condition GVF
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £180 - £220
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18 November 2022
KHEDIVES SUDAN MEDAL, CLASP HAFIR
Lot 276 Sold
KHEDIVES SUDAN MEDAL, CLASP HAFIR
unnamed example

Condition GVF
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £120
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18 November 2022
KHEDIVES SUDAN MEDAL
Lot 277 Sold
KHEDIVES SUDAN MEDAL
no clasp, unnamed example

Condition GVF
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £60 - £80
18 November 2022
18 November 2022
CAMPAIGN GROUP TO CPL LAVELLE 63 REGT / MANCHESTERS
Lot 278 Sold
CAMPAIGN GROUP TO CPL LAVELLE 63 REGT / MANCHESTERS
Afghanistan Medal no bar - correctly engraved to 1692 Cpl Wm Lavelle 63rd Regt
Egypt Medal no bar - correctly engraved to 1692 Pte W Lavelle 1/ Manch R. ( contacting to Manch)
1882 Khedives Star - reverse contemporarily engraved - 1692 Pte W Lavelle 1/ Manch R

Condition VF ( usual contacting marks due to the star)

Afghanistan Medal and Egypt Medal are confirmed on the rolls.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £220 - £240
18 November 2022
18 November 2022
GROUP OF 3 AWARDED TO REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR J PEDLEY 4TH ROYAL IRISH DRAGOON GUARDS
Lot 279 Sold
GROUP OF 3 AWARDED TO REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR J PEDLEY 4TH ROYAL IRISH DRAGOON GUARDS
Egypt Medal, Tel-El-Kebir correctly engraved 893. Tp: Sgt. Maj: J. Pedley ... Gds (please note the service number)

3rd Issue Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Correctly engraved 895 Tp: Sgt. Maj: J. Pedley. 4th. Dn. GDS.

Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘T.S. Major J. Pedley. R.I.D.G. 895

Condition GF (edge bruising to Egypt and contacting from the star)
Hammered for £700 at Noonan's on 29th June 2022, so after fees, the group cost just over £900.…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £240 - £280
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18 November 2022
CAMPAIGN PAIR TO 2845 PTE A JACKSON NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGT
Lot 280 Sold
CAMPAIGN PAIR TO 2845 PTE A JACKSON NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGT
India General Service Medal, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98. Correctly engraved 2845 Lc Corpl A Jackson 1st Northampton Regt.

Queens South Africa Medal; Belmont; Modder River; Orange Free State; South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Correctly impressed 2845 Pte A Jackson Nthptn Regt.

Condition VF (contacting and edge bruising, naming not affected. 1901 bar not connected to OFS on QSA)
Alfred Jackson was born in Middleton, Kettering, Northamptonshire in 1872. He attested at…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £320 - £360
18 November 2022
18 November 2022
BOER WAR PAIR TO 6238 PTE W HARRIS EAST YORKS
Lot 281 Sold
BOER WAR PAIR TO 6238 PTE W HARRIS EAST YORKS
Queens South Africa Medal, bars Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. Ghost dates present. Correctly impressed 6238 Pte W Harris E Yorkshire Regt

Kings South Africa Medal, South Africa 1901 and 1902 bars. Correctly impressed 6238 Pte W Harris E York Regt.

Condition VF (edge bruise above surname on KSA)

Walter Harris was born Coalville, Leicestershire he served in the Boer War and was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal with bars Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal,
along with the Kings South Africa Medal, with South Africa 1901 and 1902 bars.  He was discharged…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £140 - £160
18 November 2022
18 November 2022
QSA / KSA PAIR TO PTE J VAUSE SOUTH LANC REGT / WOUNDED AT PIETER'S HILL 27TH FEBRUARY 1900
Lot 282 Sold
QSA / KSA PAIR TO PTE J VAUSE SOUTH LANC REGT / WOUNDED AT PIETER'S HILL 27TH FEBRUARY 1900
Queens South Africa Medal; Tugela Heights; Orange Free State; Relief of Ladysmith; Transvaal and Laings Nek. Correctly impressed 5685 Corpl J Vause S Lanc Regt

Kings South Africa Medal; South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Correctly impressed 5685 Pte J Vause S Lanc Regt.

Condition VF (suspenders slightly loose)
John Vause was born in Wednes, Lancashire, in 1874; he attested at Warrington on 29th September…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £220 - £240
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COLLECTION OF DORSET ATTENDANCE MEDALS FROM 1900
Lot 283 Sold
COLLECTION OF DORSET ATTENDANCE MEDALS FROM 1900
plus Great War medals
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
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18 November 2022
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN MEDAL FOR THE CAMPAIGN IN CHINA 1900-1901
Lot 284 Unsold
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN MEDAL FOR THE CAMPAIGN IN CHINA 1900-1901
A silver example looks to have a period repair to the suspender ring. The ribbon is a replacement.

Condition around VF, some edge bruising, and light polishing to the obverse.
Estimate: £200 - £300
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Total lots: 392

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