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

Adam Chapman

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 274

A 1939 IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS
Lot 49 Sold
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
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A 1939 IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS
Lot 50 Sold
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
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A 1939 IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS L/57
Lot 51 Sold
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
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A FIELD CONVERSION KNIGHTS CROSS
Lot 52 Sold
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
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £80 - £150
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
TWO 1939 IRON CROSSES 2ND CLASS
Lot 53 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
THREE 1957 CROSSES
Lot 54 Sold
THREE 1957 CROSSES
two 1st Class unmarked examples; together with a War Merit Cross 1st Class unmarked, all are 1957 examples (3)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
THREE 1957 IRON CROSSES 2ND CLASS
Lot 55 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £80
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A 1957 GERMAN CROSS
Lot 56 Unsold
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
Estimate: £120 - £150
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A 1957 GERMAN CROSS IN SILVER
Lot 57 Sold
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
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF GERMAN MEDALS
Lot 58 Sold
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 Cross without swords for next of kin; a Merit Cross for War Aid; and a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class, heavily rusted (6)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £80
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
TWO THIRD REICH CROSSES
Lot 59 Sold
TWO THIRD REICH CROSSES
a 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class, no makers mark, and a War Merit Cross 2nd Class without swords
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £80
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
THREE WAR MERIT CROSSES
Lot 60 Sold
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 and catch are present on the reverse, 19.2g; together with a 2nd Class with swords, with a maker mark of '6' on the ring, 24.2g; and a War Merit Medal with a replacement ring, 12.7g (3)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A COLLECTION OF IMPERIAL GERMAN BADGES
Lot 61 Sold
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-quality piece that a veteran likely wore; a miniature 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class on a fob clasp; and a Veterans Ribbon Bow, possibly worn by a fallen soldier's female next of kin (4)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £40 - £60
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
THREE THIRD REICH STICK PINS
Lot 62 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £60
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A GERMAN WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF 1870-1871
Lot 63 Unsold
GERMAN WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF 1870-1871
for non-combatants, condition GVF
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
1815 PRUSSIAN NON-COMBATANTS CAMPAIGN MEDAL FROM WATERLOO
Lot 64 Sold
1815 PRUSSIAN NON-COMBATANTS CAMPAIGN MEDAL FROM WATERLOO
the obverse and reverse have rust showing through
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A THREE BAR INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL TO A BUGLER KHAZANA/DOGRAS
Lot 65 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
A THREE BAR INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL TO SEPOY MASINGH CORPS OF GUIDES INFANTRY
Lot 66 Sold
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 erasure of two letters of surname)
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
AN INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL CLASP PERAK TO McCARTHY OF HMS CHARYBDIS
Lot 67 Unsold
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 Perak, this explains why (2) has been engraved on the medal in correspondence with the roll, McCarthy was later transferred to HMS Cormorant, 257 Perak Clasp for HMS Charybdis
Estimate: £150 - £200
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE SOMALILAND 1902-04 TO SEPOY SINGH 25TH PUNJABIS
Lot 68 Sold
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
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE JIBBALLI TO SEPOY RAMA 27TH PUNJABIS
Lot 69 Sold
AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE JIBBALLI TO SEPOY RAMA 27TH PUNJABIS
Africa General Service Medal, Jibballi, correctly impressed 4160 Sepoy Rama 27th Punjabis, condition NVF
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £20 - £40
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL 'CENTRAL INDIA' TO CONNELLY 71ST HIGHRS
Lot 70 Sold
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
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £180 - £250
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
AN AFGHANISTAN MEDAL TO PTE BARNES 1/17TH REGT
Lot 71 Sold
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)
John Barnes attested for the Leicestershire regiment on 7th January 1874, he saw service in…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 November 2023
9 November 2023
INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, HAZARA 1891 TO PTE HILL R W FUS
Lot 72 Sold
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 on 25th August, 1886, joining the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He served in the Hazara 1891 Expedition with the 1st Bn and was awarded the IGS.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £80 - £150
9 November 2023
9 November 2023

Total lots: 274

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