Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 21st April 2011 Time: 10:00AM
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Wednesday 20th April 10am to 5pm
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Auction Lots - Page 9
403
Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (1863 Sergt. T. Coghlan. C.&T.C.), minor edge bruising, therefore very fine £80-100
404
Egypt 1882-89, undated, no clasp (A.J. Walsham, A.B. H.M.S. Rambler.), good very fine £80-120
405
Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889 (2469. Pte. J. Lindop. 20th Husrs.), suspension slack, pitted from Star, very fine £300-350
406
Khedive's Star 1882, reverse contemporarily engraved '1624 Pte. W. Mosedale 2. Derby. R.', very fine £70-90
407
Khedive's Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine £50-70
408
Khedive's Star, 1882, unnamed as issued, very fine £50-70
409
Khedive's Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £50-70
410
Khedive's Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, good very fine £50-70
411
Khedive's Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, very fine £50-70
412
North West Canada 1885, no clasp (G'nr. F. Greenstock. M.G.A.), engraved in upright sans-serif capitals, good very fine £250-300
413
East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1887-8 (2862. Pte. F. Sealey. 1/W.I.Rgt.), very fine £180-220
414
East and West Africa 1887-1900, for M'wele 1895-6, no clasp (Jamdr Abdullah Shah 24th Bo. Infy.), good very fine £120-160
415
East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1900 (178 Corpl: Jinadu Lawoyin. 2nd N. Nigeria Regt.), good very fine £140-180
416
East and West Africa 1887-1900, two clasps, 1893-94, 1892 (541. Pte. W.F. Jordan. 1/W.I.Rgt.), minor edge bruising, very fine £220-260
Footnote: Clasps confirmed, additionally entitled to 'Sierra Leone 1898-99' clasp.
417
East and West Africa 1887-1900, two clasps, 1897-98, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (1943 Pte. J. Hamilton 2/W.I.R.), minor edge bruising, very fine £240-280
418
British South Africa Company's Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (T.S.M. John Lenson. B.F.F.), extremely fine £200-250
419
Central Africa 1891-98, no clasp, ring suspension, unnamed as issued, very fine £140-180
420
India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3871 Pte. R.E. Leonard 1st. Bn. Bedford Regt.), good fine £120-150
421
India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue, one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (414 Dooly Bearer Chunni Comst. Transpt. Deptt.), good very fine £90-120
422
India General Service 1895-1902, E.VII.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1901-02 (1397 Sepoy Baga Singh. 1st. Pjb: Infy:), lacquered, good very fine £70-90
423
India General Service 1895-1902, E.VII.R., bronze issue, one clasp, Waziristan 1901-02 (Syce Antoo Pte. Servant), good very fine £60-80
424
India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897 (3999 Sepoy Mussalli 22d. Pjb. Infy.), suspension slack, nearly very fine £120-160
425
India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (4918 Pte. J. Smith 2d. Bn. Ryl. Ir. Regt.), edge bruising, good very fine £130-160
Footnote: Clasp entitlement unconfirmed
426
India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2895 Dvr. J. Foster 3d. Fd. By: R.A.), pitting, good very fine £120-150
427
India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (236. Dooly Bearer. Manda. Aduee. C.T. Deptt.), nearly very fine £120-160
428
India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., three clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Waziristan 1901-02 (1767 Sepoy Khaika Din 5th Pjb. Infy), good very fine £150-200
429
Queen's Sudan 1896-98, engraved in Arabic script as to Egyptian/ Sudanese troops, very fine £80-100
430
Queen's Sudan 1896-98, bronze (Cook Popnasumy, Q.O. Mad. S. & M.), very fine £140-180
431
Khedive's Sudan 1896-98, bronze, no clasp (Syce Buchoo 1st Bo: Lcrs.), minor edge bruising, very fine £80-120
432
Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Hafir, unnamed as issued, good very fine £100-140
433
Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum (4891 Pte. G. Barnes 1st Roy. Warwick Regt.), engraved in sloping serif script, toned, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £80-100
434
East and Central Africa 1897-99, one clasp, 1898 (644. Pte. Yasin. 27/Bom: Inf.), light contact marks, very fine £250-300
435
British North Borneo Company's Medal 1897-1916, bronze issue, one clasp, Punitive Expedition, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £300-400
436
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, bronze, no clasp (686 Bhisti Islam Din, S & T. Corps.), partially officially corrected, nearly very fine £60-80
437
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (5361 Pte. J.A. Clare. Lincoln: Regt.), minor edge bruising, very fine King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Civ. Surg. W.H. Sturge.), edge bruising, good very fine (2) £80-100
438
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (3149 Pte. G. Gotts, Norfolk Regt.), good very fine £70-90
439
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (692 L. Corpl: A. Collier. Rly: Pnr: Regt.), nearly very fine £60-80
440
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (80208 Gnr: M. Aird, 64th Bty: R.F.A.), good very fine £70-90
441
Queen's Mediterranean 1899-1902 (5547 Pte. L. Luntley, W. York: Regt.), initial officially corrected, polished, therefore nearly very fine £180-220
442
St. John Ambulance Brigade Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1879. Pte. S. Lees. Oldham Corps.), good very fine £260-300
443
Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal for South Africa 1901-02, 3rd Battalion (22983 J.W. Dewhurst.), pawn broker's mark to edge at 11 o'clock, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £120-160
444
Anglo-Boere Oorlog 1899-1902 (Burg. A. Swan.), suspension claw re-pinned, edge bruise, good very fine £60-80
445
China 1900, no clasp (W. Lloyd, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Dido.), light scratch marks to rank, very fine £120-160
446
China 1900, bronze, no clasp (327 Cooly Gulam Mohamed Cooly Corps.), nearly very fine £100-130
447
The Rare China 1900 Defence of Legations Medal to Sir R.E. Bredon [K.C.M.G.], Deputy Inspector General of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service During the Boxer Rebellion, Late 97th Foot China 1900, one clasp, Defence of Legations (Dep: Insp: Genl: R.E. Bredon,), officially engraved, extremely fine, with the following documents and letters &c.: - Chancery Notification of the award of the C.M.G., dated 6.7.1903 - Grant of the Dignity of a C.M.G., named to Robert Edward Bredon, Esquire, dated 26.6.1903 - Chancery enclosure for the award of the C.M.G., dated 17.8.1903 - Chancery Notification of the award of the K.C.M.G., dated 23.6.1904 - Grant of the Dignity of a K.C.M.G., named to Robert Edward Bredon, Esquire, C.M.G., dated 24.6.1904 - Warrant dispensing with the Investiture of the K.C.M.G., named to Robert Edward Bredon, Esquire, C.M.G., dated 24.6.1904 - Chancery enclosure for the award and dispensation warrant of the K.C.M.G., dated 29.7.1904 - Letter to the recipient from the Foreign Office informing him that he is to be issued with a China Medal with clasp Defence of Legations, named to R.E. Bredon, Esq., and dated 31.12.1902 - Hand written enclosure sent with the medal, named to R.E. Bredon, Esq., and dated Peking, 12.3.1903 £5,000-7,000
Footnote: Sir Robert Edward Bredon, K.C.M.G., was born at Portadown, Ireland, in February 1846, the son of Dr. Alexander Bredon, and was educated at the Royal School, Dungannon, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he read Mathematics and Classics. He passed out in First Place from Netley for the Army Medical Staff, 1867, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment, April 1867; on retiring from the Army in 1873 he joined the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, whose Inspector-General at the time was his brother-in-law, Sir Robert Hart. He was appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Customs in 1898, and was present at the Defence of Legations in Peking at the time of the Boxer Rebellion, 20th June to 14th August 1900. He was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1903 (London Gazette 26.6.1903), and the following year was advanced to a Knight Commander of the Order (London Gazette 24.6.1904). On the retirement of Hart in 1908, he was appointed Acting Inspector-General, and in 1910 he was appointed to the Chinese Board of Customs, but retired in deference to the wishes of the British Government. He died in July 1918.
Sir Robert Bredon married Lily Virginia Banks in 1879, and they had one daughter, Juliet Bredon, the well-known author (See following Lot).
provenance: Spink, 20.11.2008
448
Medallions Awarded to Miss Juliet Bredon, Daughter of Sir Robert Bredon Peking Siege Commemoration Medal 1900, by J. Taylor Foot, bronze, 57mm, obverse showing the Chien Men engulfed in flames, with a cannon below, and the inscription 'Junii XX - Augusti XIV, A.D. MDCCCC'; reverse showing Britannia and Germania clasping hands, with a Chinese figure in the background, and the inscription 'Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. Ichabod!', the edge impressed 'Juliet Bredon', (BHM 3672), nearly extremely fine and very rare to a lady Grand Prize Medallion for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, 73mm x 65mm, bronze, the obverse showing the American Eagle, unnamed, good very fine (2) £200-300
Footnote: The Peking Siege Commemoration Medals were struck at the instigation of Mr Arthur D. Brent, an employee of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, who was himself present throughout the siege, and were presented to those who were present at the Defence of Legations, 20th June to 14th August 1900. The inscription on the reverse represents those words that appeared on the wall at Belshazzar's Feast, and were interpreted to mean 'thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting' (Daniel, Ch.5, v.26-27).
Miss Juliet Bredon was responsible for organising the Chinese exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904.
provenance: Spink, 20.11.2008
449
China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (C.W. Tubby, Ord., H.M.S. Barfleur.), nearly very fine £380-420
Footnote: 188805 Able Seaman Charles Walter Tubby, born Battersea, London, 1879; enlisted Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, 1897; served in H.M.S. Barfleur, 1.10.1898-22.1.1902, and was wounded in action at Lang-fan, whilst serving as part of Admiral E.H. Seymour's International Force, 'bullet wound to left side of neck', 19.6.1900.
450
China 1900, bronze, one clasp, Relief of Pekin, with top lugs (2047 Cooly Mohamed Din S & T. Corps.), small area of attempted erasure to unit, nearly very fine £120-160
451
Ashanti 1900, 1st high relief type, no clasp (864 Pte. Sumbuleta. 2nd C. Africa Regt.), nearly very fine £140-180
452
Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, no clasp (410 Cooly Dhanaman S.& T. Corps), nearly extremely fine £60-80
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 21st April 2011 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Tuesday 19th April 10am to 5pm
Wednesday 20th April 10am to 5pm
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