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Auction date Thursday 9 November 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

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Head of Sale:

Adam Chapman

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
49	A 1939 IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS three-piece construction, maker marked '26' for B.H.Mayer, to the reverse, the pin and catch are present with the pin bearing the '26' mark, some rust is coming through on the core	£100 - £200	£130	View
50	A 1939 IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS three-piece construction, this example has no makers mark, very little loss of paint to the core, the frame is a little lifted at 9 o'clock in the centre, 15.39g	£100 - £200	£140	View
51	A 1939 IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS L/57 three-piece construction, pin and catch present to the reverse, which is stamped L/57 for Boerger & Co Berlin, an early pinback example for this maker	£150 - £250	£320	View
52	A FIELD CONVERSION KNIGHTS CROSS 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class, three-piece construction, suspension loop twisted and a Knights Cross '800' marked loop attached, this looks to be a contemporary field conversion cross	£80 - £150	£240	View
53	TWO 1939 IRON CROSSES 2ND CLASS an unmarked example with paint loss to the obverse and reverse and replacement ring; the other unmarked example with some bubbling of the core on the reverse around '1813' at 6 o'clock (2)	£100 - £200	£150	View
54	THREE 1957 CROSSES two 1st Class unmarked examples; together with a War Merit Cross 1st Class unmarked, all are 1957 examples (3)	£80 - £150	£140	View
55	THREE 1957 IRON CROSSES 2ND CLASS the first two are not maker-marked; the third maker marked 'F' to the ring; together with a 1957 version of a 1939 Spange (3)	£50 - £80	£100	View
56	A 1957 GERMAN CROSS IN GOLD multi-piece construction with four rivets to the reverse, we believe the maker to be Steinhauer and Luck, excellent condition	£120 - £150	-	View
57	A 1957 GERMAN CROSS IN SILVER multi-piece construction with four rivets to the reverse, we believe the maker to be Steinhauer and Luck, excellent condition	£100 - £150	£140	View
58	A COLLECTION OF GERMAN MEDALS a Mecklenburg-Schwerin Militärverdienstkreuz 2, Klasse 1914, the obverse centre has been painted black; together with a Hindenburg Cross with swords; a Hindenburg cross without swords; a Hindenburg…	£50 - £80	£60	View
59	TWO THIRD REICH CROSSES a 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class, no makers mark, and a War Merit Cross 2nd Class without swords	£50 - £80	£80	View
60	THREE WAR MERIT CROSSES 1st class with swords, with marker mark of '3' for Wilhelm Deumer, Ludenscheid stamped onto the reverse of the cross, most of the original finish has been lost from this late-war example. The pin…	£80 - £150	£80	View
61	A COLLECTION OF IMPERIAL GERMAN BADGES enamel Iron Cross embossed 'Wir Mussen Singen 1914', with a wearing pin to the reverse, maker marked ' Gesetz Geschutzt'; together with an Iron Cross 1st Class on silver oak leaf wreath, a high…	£40 - £60	£80	View
62	THREE THIRD REICH STICK PINS an Iron Cross and Silver Wound Badge; together with a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class with spange, 2nd Class with spange; and a 1939 Iron Cross 1st Class and 1914 2nd Class with spange (3)	£40 - £60	£50	View
63	GERMAN WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF 1870-1871 for non-combatants, condition GVF	£50 - £100	-	View
64	1815 PRUSSIAN NON-COMBATANTS CAMPAIGN MEDAL FROM WATERLOO the obverse and reverse have rust showing through	£50 - £100	£50	View
65	A THREE BAR INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL TO A BUGLER KHAZANA/DOGRAS India General Service Medal 1908-35, Afghanistan NWF 1919, Mashud 1919-20, and Waziristan 1919-21, correctly impressed 772 Buglr. Khazana, 2/41/ Dogras, condition GVF (slight edge bruising)	£50 - £100	£160	View
66	A THREE BAR INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL TO SEPOY MASINGH CORPS OF GUIDES INFANTRY India General Service Medal 1895-1902, relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, and Malakand 1897, correctly engraved '3895 Sepoy Masingh I A Corps of Guides Infy', condition GVF (attempted…	£100 - £150	£180	View
67	AN INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL CLASP PERAK TO McCARTHY OF HMS CHARYBDIS India General Service Medal 1854 -95, Perak, correctly engraved D. McCarthy (2), A.B. H.M.S." Charybdis, condition GVF, two D McCarthy's served on Charybdis and were awarded the medal with clasp…	£150 - £200	-	View
68	AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE SOMALILAND 1902-04 TO SEPOY SINGH 25TH PUNJABIS Africa General Service Medal, Somaliland 1902-04, correctly impressed 2092 Sepoy Sohan Singh 25th Punjabis, condition GVF	£50 - £100	£100	View
69	AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE JIBBALLI TO SEPOY RAMA 27TH PUNJABIS Africa General Service Medal, Jibballi, correctly impressed 4160 Sepoy Rama 27th Punjabis, condition NVF	£20 - £40	£120	View
70	INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL 'CENTRAL INDIA' TO CONNELLY 71ST HIGHRS Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-59, Central India, correctly impressed Edwd Connelly, 71st Highd L.I., condition VF, medal and clasp confirmed on the roll, listed on the muster as Conley	£180 - £250	£200	View
71	AN AFGHANISTAN MEDAL TO PTE BARNES 1/17TH REGT Afghanistan 1878-80, clasp, Ali Musjid, correctly engraved 27B/145 Pte J Barnes 1/17th Regt. Condition G.V.F. (edge bruise under last two letters of surname, pawn brokers mark near suspender)	£100 - £150	£130	View
72	INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, HAZARA 1891 TO PTE HILL R W FUS India General Service 1854-95, Hazara 1891, correctly engraved 1566 Pte H Hill 1st Bn R W Fus. Condition G.V.F. (edge bruising, which doesn't affect the naming) Hill was born in 1864, he enlisted…	£80 - £150	£110	View
73	A QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL TO PTE SOUTHWORTH MANCHESTER REGIMENT QSA 1899-1902, three bars, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and South Africa 1902, correctly impressed 7926 Pte W Southworth Manch Regt. Condition V.F. (edge bruise) William Edward South Worth was…	£50 - £100	£80	View
74	KINGS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL TO SERGEANT HEWITT THE QUEENS Kings South Africa Medal 1901 to 1902, with bars South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Correctly impressed 986 Serjt J Hewitt The Queens Condition VF	£40 - £80	£50	View
75	A SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1879 TO L/CPL MOUNT 94TH FOOT South Arica medal 1877-79, clasp 1879, engraved 2301 Lce Cpl G. Mount, 94th Foot Condition GVF Roll states 'No trace of issue. Discharged by own purchase.'	£200 - £400	£600	View
76	EGYPT MEDAL TO PTE G ALLEN DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY No bar Egypt Medal, correctly engraved 1734 Pte G Allen 2/Durh LI Condition NVF (contacting obverse, reverse and over 2/)	£80 - £150	£80	View
77	QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL TO 43689 TPR W MACKENZIE S A LT HORSE QSA, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, unofficial rivet between Transvaal and 01 bars, with ghost dates. Correctly impressed - 43689 TPR W Mackenzie…	£50 - £100	£100	View
78	ABYSSINIA MEDAL TO C BENNETT, A COOK ON HMS ARGUS the medal is named to C Bennett W R Cook HMS Argus and is confirmed on the roll,1 of 177 issued to the ship, condition GVF	£80 - £150	£240	View
79	A PRUSSIAN NAPOLEONIC WAR 1813-14 MEDAL awarded to Prussian veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, condition VF	£50 - £100	£60	View
80	A SCARCE OFFICIALLY IMPRESSED BALTIC MEDAL AND LSGC TO J EDDY SAPPERS AND MINERS Baltic Medal 1854-54, officially impressed J. Eddy. Rl Sappers & Miners, with silver buckle suspension; together with a Long Service Good Conduct Medal, correctly impressed 276 Serjt John Eddy RE…	£600 - £800	£2,600	View
81	CRIMEAN MEDAL PAIR TO J WHITESIDE 77TH FOOT Crimea medal claps Inkermann and Sebastopol, impressed to James Whiteside 77 Foot. Turkish Crimea Medal, Sardinian issue with replacement suspender Condition G.F. (heavy contacting to Crimea medal,…	£80 - £150	£170	View
82	A SUTLEJ & PUNJAB MEDAL PAIR TO LIEUT A HAWTREY 9TH LANCERS Sutlej Medal 1845-46, Sobraon 1846, correctly impressed Lieut Alexr Hawtrey 9th Lancers Punjab Medal 1848-49, Chilianwala & Goojerat, correctly impressed Lieut. A. Hawtrey. 9th Lancers …	£1,000 - £2,000	£1,400	View
83	EGYPT MEDAL PAIR TO SGT PROSSER KOSB Egypt medal 1882-89, Tel-El - Kebir, skimmed and unofficially engraved 8000 Segt I Prosser KOSB 1882 Khedives Star, engraved to the reverse 8000 Segt I Prosser KOSB Both were engraved at the same…	£40 - £80	£150	View
84	A COLLECTION OF INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MEDALS including a Waziristan 1921-24, correctly impressed 708 B Sep. Banta Singh, 1-15 Punjab R.; together with a North West Frontier 1935, correctly impressed 5621 Sepoy Ujgar Singh 1-14 Punjab R.; and a…	£80 - £150	£280	View
85	THREE CAMPAIGN MEDALS a Tibet Medal 1903 -4, correctly engraved 3267 Sepoy Pathana 40th Pathans, condition fine; an IGS Waziristan 1919-21, correctly impressed 1880 SR Banka Singh 16 Cavy, condition VF; and a WW1 British…	£80 - £150	£340	View
86	THREE IMPERIAL GERMAN MEDALS including an Ernst Ludwig Großherzog von Hessen Medal in silver, condition VF (some loss of silver finish), a 1848-1849 Hohenzollern Commemorative Medal, and a Franco Prussian War Commemorative Medal	£50 - £100	£35	View
87	A SET OF THREE DUTCH GREAT WAR MEDALS to include the Honorary Medal for Charitable Assistance, engraved on the reverse L.C.A. Gastmann; a Long Service Cross; and a War Mobilisation Medal, swing mounted as worn, condition GVF, sold with a…	£100 - £200	£470	View
88	THE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT GROUPING TO MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD EDWIN ASERAPPA Engineer in Chief of the Indian Army and part of the recce for the Everest expedition in 1953	£1,200 - £1,500	£1,200	View
89	AN AFGHANISTAN MEDAL ALI MUSJID TO CAPTAIN F E LINDOE 81ST FOOT Afghanistan 1878 -80, clasp Ali Musjid, correctly engraved Capt F E Lindoe 81st Foot Condition NGEF With the original postage envelope addressed to the recipient when he resided at the Naval and…	£400 - £600	£500	View
90	A GROUPING OF WORLD MEDALS including a Crimea Medal, Balaklava and a copy Sebastopol bar, the medal is skimmed and in fine condition, a Third Reich War Merit Cross 2nd Class with swords, GV ISM correctly impressed Thomas John…	£40 - £80	£80	View
91	A COLLECTION OF GERMAN STICK PINS AND MINI MEDALS mainly 1957 examples, but with some Third Reich Medal ribbons	£40 - £80	£120	View
92	A COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN MEDALS mostly reproduction British medals including two Aircrew Europe Stars; a selection of Russian awards; and some British cap badges	£50 - £100	£90	View
93	ORDER OF ORANGE-NASSAU COMMANDER'S CROSS in case of issue, condition EF	£1,000 - £1,200	-	View
94	A PRINCELY REUSS HONOR CROSS 3RD CLASS condition EF	£200 - £300	£240	View
95	A PERUVIAN ORDER OF THE SUN Grand Officers Star, in original case of issue, condition EF	£100 - £200	£80	View
96	CANADA: SECOND OVERSEAS CONTINGENT 1914 MEDAL the wearing pin missing from the reverse	£20 - £40	£15	View

Total lots: 274

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