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Medals and Militaria

Auction date Thursday 9 May 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Helen Abraham


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Thursday 9th May at 10.30am


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Total lots: 150

Lot 1 Sold
A WORLD WAR I MEDAL GROUP TO PRIVATE SEYMOUR
no. 34426; together with compasses, police whistle and a large sepia photograph framed and glazed (a lot)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 2 Sold
A GREAT WAR GROUP OF THREE TO DECK HAND J. COWRIE, ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE
including 1914-15 Star (D.A. 4829. J. COWRIE, D.H., R.N.R.), British War and Victory Medals (4829 A. J. COWRIE. D.H. R.N.R.); Memorial Plaque (James Cowrie); together with information folder (2)
 James Cowrie was a twenty-two year old Scottish deckhand on board Frigate Bird, a herring fishing…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 3 Unsold
A GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS TO COMMANDER P.H. MILLAR, ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE
1914-15 Star (Commr. P.H. Millar. R.N.R); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. P.H. Millar. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, E.VII.R. with corresponding miniatures which include a Sea Gallantry Medal
Paul Holland Millar was born on 15th July 1866 in Hackney, London to Scottish parents James Hill…
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 4 Sold
A SET OF GREAT WAR MINIATURE MEDALS
swing mounted as worn, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Territorial Force War Medal, Defence Medal and G.V. Officers Territorial Decoration, housed in a case by the Goldsmith & Silversmith Company; together with a silver hallmarked cigarette case, engraved G.G.W From R.K.H, the inside engraved with S.S. Alaunia 1914, Cawnpore 1915, Nowshera, Peshawar and Gharial 1916, Muttra 1917 (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 5 Sold
SEVEN MEDALS INCLUDING ONE WITH SUEZ BAR
two stamped 'ACT. SQN. LDR. A C. NEILL RAF', including one for Air Efficiency, and another The Defence Medal (7)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 6 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MEDALS AWARDED TO P.E.TR. STODDART BORDR
no. 3593281; The Silver Award for Service Secretary to E.H. Coombes, 1969; Distinguished Service ACC Medal 5 years' service, inscribed EH Coombes MBE 1966; and a Radnor Lodge no. 88 medal (a lot)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 7 Sold
A WWII WAR GROUP OF FIVE MEDALS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
to Flying Officer N.G.P. Munnery:
1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence Medal Canadian issue; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with maple leaf clasp and Bomber clasp; War Medal 1939-45 Canadian issue; together with his 'ROYAL AIR FORCE SIGHT LOG BOOK' and a letter dated 4 January 1945 declaring his death on March 31st 1944; a photograph of him in his flying attire and a World Medal 1939-45 to his wife (8)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 8 Sold
A PAIR OF MEDALS TO SERGEANT E.L. CURTIS, ROYAL TANK REGIMENT
India General Service 1936-39, 1 bar, North West Frontier 1936-37 (7872547 Cpl. E.L. Curtis R. Tank R.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, G.VI.R. (7872547 Sgt. E.L. Curtis R. Tank. R); with War Office Despatch (now framed) 'for gallant and distinguished services in the Field' signed Winston Churchill, dated 1st March 1919 (3)
Edward Leonard Curtis was born in 1906, he enlisted in the Royal Tank Corps in Dorset in 1921 at…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 9 Sold
A SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1877-79
the clasp - 1879, to 'SHAH' A BURROUGHS P.O. 1st CL. H.M.S'
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 10 Sold
A GERMAN WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF 1870-1871
for non-combatants, condition GVF
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 11 Sold
A GERMAN EMPIRE. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA MEDAL FOR NON-COMBATANTS, (1904-1906)
German Empire. Southwest Africa Medal for non-combatants, silvered steel, signed ‘Schulz’; Südwestafrika-Denkmünze für Nichtkämpfer, Stahl versilbert, Stempelschneider ‘Schulz’), 1904-1906;

The medal was instituted on 19 March 1907 with versions for combatants and non-combatants and was awarded for participation in the crushing of the uprisings of the Herero and Nama against German colonial rule between 1904 and 1908.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 12 Sold
AN 1813 IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS
three-piece construction, with eight loops to the reverse to affix it to a uniform, the cross is without maker marks, we believe this to be a later issue circa 1840 as it very high quality, 16.70g
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 13 Sold
1813 IRON CROSS 1ST CLASS
three-piece construction, no makers mark to the reverse, with pin and catch, 13.03g
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 14 Sold
AN 1813 IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS
three-piece construction, the ring has no maker's mark and has a slight split in it, slight signs of rust in the core to the obverse and reverse, 17.17g
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 15 Unsold
AN 1813 IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS
three-piece construction, the ring has no maker's mark, the reverse looks to have been repainted, 13.30g
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 16 Sold
AN 1813 IRON CROSS 2ND CLASS
three-piece construction, the ring has no maker's mark, the frames are starting to lift, with some damage to the points at 3 and 6 o'clock, 18.83g
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 17 Sold
THREE GERMAN IRON CROSSES
all marked 1914 (3)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 18 Sold
THREE GERMAN IRON CROSSES
all marked 1939 (3)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 19 Sold
THREE GERMAN IRON CROSSES
all marked 1939, one with complete pin attached and another with round plate and screw mechanism (3)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 20 Sold
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
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 21 Sold
AN ORDER OF THE BRILLIANT STAR
Republic of China, awarded 17th September 1988 to Albert Allen Sealey, numbered 719, comprising a large medal with sash and ribbon, 9cm wide, a medium medal, 7.3cm wide, and a small medal, 2cm wide, all in silver gilt with red, white, cyan blue and navy blue enamels, inscribed with Chinese characters to the reverse; together with a further badge, cased
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 22 Sold
A MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE
neck badge in case with issue, with Jubilee 1935 medal and Coronation 1937 medal; and a group of five miniatures to include a C.M.G., and an Allied Forces Sports Council (6)
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 23 Unsold
A 'ROYAL ORDER OF THE BUFFALO' MEDAL
inscribed "Hope to Prosper", no. 115, in the original box; and a King George VI Queen Elizabeth medal issued for the 1937 Coronation, in the original box (2)
Estimate: £30 - £50
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 24 Sold
A FRENCH NATIONAL LEGION ORDER OF HONOUR ENAMEL MEDAL FOR AN OFFICER
dated 1870, with red silk ribbon and rosette
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 25 Sold
QUEEN VICTORIA (1837-1901) DIAMOND JUBILEE SILVER MEDAL
c.55mm diameter; two Antonio Canoba bronze medals 1892-1865, dated 1827; and various other medals (8)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 26 Unsold
TWO ROYAL MINT LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS
including one for the police and one for the Civil Defence (2)
Estimate: £30 - £60
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 27 Sold
AN ASSORTED COLLECTION OF BUFFALO AND ANCIENT ORDER OF FORRESTERS BADGES AND MEDALS
19th and 20th century (a lot)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £60
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 28 Sold
A ROYAL MINT 1969 PRINCE CHARLES INVESTITURE SILVER MEDAL
5.5cm dia., in the original box; a Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition 1887 silver medal, in the original box; a 19th century Highgate School copper medal; a 1900 medal awarded to a pupil for examination success; and a 1932 'Charles Kemmerer 1913-1932' gilt medallion (5)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 29 Sold
A CAERNARVONSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SILVER MEDAL
inscribed "Class 34 1899 Best Ram"; and other 19th and 20th century assorted medals and medallions (a lot)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 30 Sold
A LATE 18TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL BY T. KETLAND & CO.
with four-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, the breech engraved 'London' along the top flat, martial trophy within border engraved flat bevelled lock with roller, plain butt, vacant shield-shaped escutcheon, trigger-guard with acorn finial and engraved with a flower-head on the bow, brass ramrod-pipes, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, Tower private proof marks, 23cm barrel
Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 30a Sold
FREEMAN OF LONDON: AN 18TH CENTURY BLUNDERBUSS
with flintlock action, the shaped iron plate with engraved makers name and spade-shaped cartouche, the walnut stock repaired and hewn down to reveal the brass work, the 13” barrel with proof marks, with ramrod, 36cm long

Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 30b Sold
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY KETLAND BLUNDERBUSS
with percussion action, the walnut stock with brass mounts and strawberry finial engraved with a longboat cartouche, 15” barrel, with proof marks, with brass ramrod, 80cm long

Note: The buyer must be over the age of 18. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 31 Sold
A RARE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BRUNSWICK PERCUSSION RIFLE
with full walnut stock, brass trigger guard, steel ramrod and brass butt plate, stamped PJ Malherbe CIE/ALIEGE Imperial Crest no. 567, stamped to the brass butt plate, with fitted bayonet, 118cm long

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 32 Unsold
A .41 MARLIN 1871 MODEL RIM-FIRE RIFLE
No. 230813, 69cm barrel

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 33 Unsold
A SHORT LAND PATTERN FLINTLOCK SERVICE MUSKET
early 19th century, with sighted barrel, border engraved rounded lock with 'GR' crowned and 'TOWER' across the tail, three-quarter stock (minor old bruising) with apron around the barrel tang, regulation brass mounts, steel ramrod

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Estimate: £1,800 - £2,500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 34 Sold
A SINGLE BARREL MILITARY PERCUSSION GUN
with full walnut stock, steel trigger guard, stamped to the stock "MI 1866"

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 35 Unsold
A .22 BSA AIR SPORTER MK II AIR RIFLE, NO. GE1492
the barrel action stamped 'B.S.A GUNS LTD. ENGLAND', barrel length 28.5", with vinyl case and pellets (3)

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 36 Unsold
A BELGIAN PERCUSSION SERVICE PISTOL
with walnut stock, brass trigger guard and brass butt plate, stamped number to the stock "2401", 54cm long; and a 10 bore percussion double barrelled duck gun (2)

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Estimate: £50 - £100
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 37 Unsold
AN 1805 PATTERN NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD
early 19th century, with tapering fullered blade, the forte on both sides etched and gilt against a blued ground, including a crowned naval trophy and royal arms and mottoes on one side and a fouled anchor with crown above on the other, regulation gilt stirrup hilt with langets, each engraved with a fouled anchor, lobed rear quillon, pommel cast and chased as a lion-mask and extending to form a faceted back-piece, and ribbed ivory grip bound with copper wire, 81.5cm blade
Ivory Submission Reference: W3GTTSA4Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on…
Estimate: £500 - £700
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 38 Unsold
A DOCKYARD BATTALION SWORD
mid-19th century, by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (un-numbered suggesting pre-1854), with tapering fullered blade, the forte on both sides etched and gilt against a blued ground, one side etched with a crown over foliate "VR" to one side and the other with a crowned fouled anchor and "ROYAL DOCKYARD BATTN.'', the gilt hilt with folding guard and lion's head pommel, wire bound dark fishskin grip, 82cm blade
Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on an edged weapon you are declaring…
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 39 Sold
A 1897 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD BY HENRY WILKINSON, PALL MALL, LONDON
serial No. 60917, the bright steel blade etched with maker's details, royal warrant arms, crowned 'GVR' cypher, with regulation nickel-plated pierced hilt, plain pommel and chequered back-piece, wire-bound chequered fishskin grips, in its leather-covered scabbard, 82cm (2)

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on an edged weapon you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £100 - £200
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 40 Sold
A GEORGIAN OFFICERS SPADROON
with characteristic steel stirrup hilt with flattened pommel, reeded ivory grip (some losses), the forte with blue and gilt decoration (rust patination), and with partial scabbard with the locket engraved 'BLAND St. James's', 81cm blade

Ivory Submission Reference: PYABPZM2
Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on an edged weapon you are declaring…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 41 Sold
AN 1831 PATTERN GENERAL OFFICER'S MAMELUKE-HILTED SABRE TO EDWARD SYDNEY HERBERT
by 'HENRY WILKINSON PALL MALL LONDON', serial number 44353, the curved blade etched with scrolling foliage, a crowned 'GVR' cypher and the initials 'E.S.H', regulation hilt with gilt guard cast and chased with foliage centred on a crossed sword and baton, ivory grips, in steel scabbard, 80cm blade; together with a pocket book of 'COMMON PRAYER' with 'E.S. Herbert... Sept. 1895' and pages thereafter listing campaigns in his hand, and 'CHURCH SERVICES...', 'from his affectionate uncle..1875' (3)
Ivory Submission Reference: DN57WHSRBritish Army Career:1887 Commissioned in the Black Watch (Royal…
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 42 Sold
A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK
late 18th century, the blade of flattened diamond section, etched on both sides of the forte with the sun and moon and the sword of Damocles on one side, and martial trophies and a Turk's head to the other, the hilt with flat oval guard and lobed quillons and terminating with ivory grip of octagonal section with button on the pommel, 32cm blade

Ivory Submission Reference: K8Z46K4A
Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on an edged weapon you are declaring…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 43 Sold
A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK
late 18th or early 19th century, the blade of flat diamond section, retaining faint traces of etching, the hilt with gilt brass cross-guard decorated with foliage, with turned ivory grip, in its gilt mounted black leather scabbard with two suspension rings, 23cm blade

Ivory Submission Reference: 9X29TYRZ

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on an edged weapon you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 44 Sold
A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK
early 19th century, the blade of flattened diamond shape, the gilt brass hilt with inverted cup guard with scalloped edge and 'greek key' band, terminating with turned ivory ribbed grip and pommel, in its brass scabbard with two suspension loops, 14cm blade

Ivory Submission Reference: 46N6WNX2

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on an edged weapon you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 45 Sold
A GEORGIAN NAVAL DIRK
late 19th century, with flat diamond section blade, the forte on both sides etched and gilt against a blued ground including a naval trophy and elaborate scrolling, the hilt with cross-shaped quillons with foliate terminals, the grip of ivory, in its basket weave scabbard with two suspension rings, 23cm blade

Ivory Submission Reference: BHJ5XF49

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on an edged weapon you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024
Lot 46 Unsold
A BRITISH WWI PATTERN BAYONET WITH HOOKED QUILLON
probably made by Enfield, stamped 'GR R 710' for the Gloucester Regiment and rack number, (heavily rust patinated), 42cm blade

Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on an edged weapon you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Estimate: £200 - £400
9 May 2024
9 May 2024

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