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| 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: | 25th April 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 23th April 10am to 5pm Wednesday 24th April 10am to 5pm |
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| Auction Lots - Page 12 | |||
| 551 | |||
| Royal Tournament Prize Medal, bronze, reverse engraved 'R.A.F. Halton 1927 Bayt. Combats. A.C. Brooks. Lee-on-Solent', nearly extremely fine, in Carrington, London, fitted case of issue £80-120 |
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| 552 | |||
| Royal Tournament Prize Medal, silver (Hallmarks for London 1938), reverse engraved '1939 Tug of War 110 Stone Army R.A.S.C. Feltham Sgt. A. Young', nearly extremely fine, in Mappin and Webb, London, fitted case of issue £100-150 |
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| 553 | |||
| Tyne Training Ship Wellesley Good Conduct Medal (F.F. Brockwell), minor edge bruise, very fine, scarce, with top silver riband buckle £60-80 |
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| 554 | |||
| Commemorative Medal for Service to the Cameronians Scottish Rifles 1689-1968 (Captain John A. Peebles. 5th. Btl. 30.4.1918), good very fine £50-70 Captain John Adair Peebles, of Carnoustie, Forfarshire; served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles); killed in action, 30.4.1918, and is buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium. The Cameronians were originally raised as the Cameronian Guard in April 1689, and renamed the 26th Foot in 1751. In 1881 they merged with the 90th Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), and, rather than amalgamate with another Regiment, were disbanded in May 1968. MILITARIA |
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| 555 | |||
| A Royal Artillery Officer's Dress Sword A 20th Century Royal Artillery Dress Sword, by Wilkinson, London, with etched blade and leather field service scabbard and knot, numbered '50398' £100-120 |
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| 556 | |||
| An Infantry Officer's Dress Sword An E.VII.R. Infantry Officer's Dress Sword, by Samuel Brothers, London, with etched blade and leather field service scabbard, numbered '4649' £100-120 |
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| 557 | |||
| A Naval Officer's Sword A Royal Navy Sword, unsigned, bearing foliate decoration, crowned anchor, and Royal Arms, G.V.R., regulation guilt guard with fishskin grip and spring-clip retaining mechanism, this engraved 'R.A.H. Bartley. R.N.', and sword knot, in black leather scabbard with brass fittings £120-150 |
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| 558 | |||
| A Fine Pair of Flintlock Pistols A Pair of early 19th Century 25-Bore Officer's Flintlock Pistols, by 'J. & W. Richards, Liverpool', both stocks inscribed 'Liut. Nicholson Lit. 83', percussion conversions, expertly re-converted to flintlocks by 'The Gunmakers of the Royal Armouries', replacement ramrods and crack to fore-end of one stock, together with an unrelated fitted case and various accessories (2) £2,000-2,400 Lieutenant John Nicholson was commissioned into the 83rd Regiment in February 1807 and served with the Regiment in Portugal. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Talavera, 18.7.1807, where the Regiment suffered 50% casualties including the Commanding Officer and four out of seven Lieutenants. Most of the severely wounded of the hospital at Talavera, including Lieutenant Nicholson, fell into French hands five days after the Battle. Nicholson survived the amputation of a leg, and lived to receive his Military General Service Medal. Provenance: Benn Hunter Collection, Bonhams, 24.2.2000 |
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| 559 | |||
| A Martini Henry Rifle A Martini Henry .303 Underlever Rifle, Crownded V.R. both sides of action, 'Enfield 1888' to right hand of action, in working order £200-250 Sold with a Deactivation Certificate (2006) |
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| 560 | |||
| A Brown Bess Flintlock Rifle A modern Indian copy of a 'Brown Bess' flintlock rifle, with brass furniture, in working order £100-150 Sold with a Deactivation Certificate (2002) |
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| 561 | |||
| A Percussion Military Rifle An Enfield three-band percussion military rifle, Crowned 'V.R.' to lock plate, with brass furniture, in working order £200-250 |
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| 562 | |||
| A Great War Training Rifle A metal training 'rifle' used for bayonet training, with sprung bayonet section. Very scarce. £40-80 |
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| 563 | |||
| An Early c.1816 Miniature Portrait of Field Marshal Lord Combermere A fine three-quarter length portrait miniature on ivory of General Sir Stapleton Cotton, later Field Marshal 1st Viscount Combermere, G.C.B., G.C.H., K.S.I. (1773-1865), Military Leader, Diplomat, Politician, Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, Who Served with distinction under the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula War, in full military uniform wearing his Peninsula Gold Cross, and three Stars, including the Order of the Bath, and wearing the sash of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and the Sword, c.1816, 108mm x 84mm, glazed, and set in a gilt frame £500-600 Field Marshal Combermere's Orders, Decorations, and Medals were sold at Glendinings, September 1989. |
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| 564 | |||
| The Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France A Set of 13 hand-coloured circular aquatint views of the Battles of Vimiero, Oporto, Talavera, Busaco, Albuera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pampeluna, St. Sebastian, Toulouse, and Waterloo, by Edward Orme, London, 66mm diameter, each on thin card, with an historical account of the action on the reverse, contained in a circular bronze case in form of a medallion, bust of the Duke of Wellington on obverse lid; winged muse of history seated beneath an olive tree recording on a tablet the 'Record of British Valour' on reverse lid, 'Picture Medal' inscribed below; 'The Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France from the Year 1808 to 1814 under the Command of England's Great Captain Arthur Duke of Wellington' title card on inside of both lids, traces of tabs that originally held the cards together, otherwise very fine and rare £450-550 Mr. Edward Orme, of Bond Street, London, was, after Ackermann, the most important publisher of coloured aquatint prints. British success at sea and on land was one of the staple subjects of his publishing: 'He has omitted no opportunity of bringing forward to public admiration, by the graphic art, the principal events in which our arms have triumphed both by sea and land, publishing at various periods engravings of those great exploits most calculated to impress the mind with correct ideas of the arduous struggles which have immortalised the British name.' (The History of Aquatint Engraving, by S.T. Prideaux refers). It is thought that he produced over 700 of this series. |
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| 565 | |||
| The Battles of the Duke of Wellington A Set of 14 double-sided circular cards listing the names and dates of the Battles of Roliea & Vimiera, Corunna, Oporto, Talavera, Busaco, Coimbra, Barrosa, Fuente de Honor, Almeida, Albuhera, Arroy del Molino, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajos, Almaraz, Salamanca, Madrid, Castalla, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Biddassoa, Pampeluna, Neive, Orthes, Toulouse, and Waterloo, 41mm diameter, each on thin card, contained in a circular bronze case in form of a medallion, bust of the Duke of Wellington on obverse lid; inscription on reverse lid, traces of tabs that originally held the cards together, otherwise very fine £60-80 MINIATURE AWARDS |
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| 566 | |||
| Miniature Awards: An Unattributed Great War M.C. Group of Five Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves; Territorial Force War Medal, G.V.R., very fine, mounted as worn Miniature Awards: An Unattributed Great War M.M. Group of Three Military Medal, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, very fine, mounted as worn Miniature Awards: Distinguished Service Order, E.II.R., gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division (2), Officer's (O.B.E.) Badge, silver-gilt; Member's (M.B.E.) Badge, silver; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R.; Coronation 1937; Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R.; Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C. (2), E.VII.R.; G.V.R.; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., generally very fine or better (18) £60-80 |
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| 567 | |||
| Miniature Awards: India General Service 1895-1902, V.R. (2), two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-8, Tirah 1897-8; three clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-8, Tirah 1897-8; Queen's South Africa 1899-1902 (4), no clasp (2); three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902; King's South Africa 1901-02 (2), no clasp; two clasps; Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., no clasp [sic]; General Service 1918-62 (4), G.V.R., one clasp, S. Persia; G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine; E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (2); General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern Ireland (2), generally very fine or better (15) £50-70 |
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| 568 | |||
| Miniature Awards: 1914 Star, with Bar (2); 1914-15 Star (5); British War Medal (18); Mercantile Marine War Medal; Victory Medal (14); Territorial Force War Medal (2); 1939-1945 Star (3); Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bar; Africa Star (2); France and Germany Star (2); Defence Medal (4); War Medal (4), two with M.I.D. Oak Leaf, generally nearly very fine or better (58) £50-70 END OF SALE |
| 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: | 25th April 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Tuesday 23th April 10am to 5pm Wednesday 24th April 10am to 5pm |
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