 |
||
 |
 |
 |
 |
||
|
||
|
|
|
|
||
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Militaria, Coins and Medals (Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Lawrences, Crewkerne | Location: | South Street, Crewkerne |
| Contact: | Telephone: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 270799 | ||
| Date: | 23rd May 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Monday 20th May 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 21st May 9.00 am to 7.00 pm Wednesday 22nd May 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 23rd May 8.30 am to 4.30 pm Friday 24th May 8.30 am to 10.00 am Please note that the viewing for each sale will close when |
||
| Page: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | ||
| Auction Lots - Page 7 | |||
| 339 | |||
| A ROYAL ENGINEERS 1914 STAR/BAR TRIO. 1914 Star with Aug-November bar, British War & Victory medals, named to 22926 Pnr/Spr F Tidcombe RE. £70-100 |
|||
| 340 | |||
| A 1914 ROYAL ENGINEERS STAR-BAR TRIO. A 1914 Star with Aug-November 1914 bar, British War & Victory medals named to 22266 Dvr P A Rivett RE. Percival A Rivett entered the French theatre of war on the 16/8/1914. £70-100 |
|||
| 341 | |||
| A DEVONSHIRE REGT 1914/15 TRIO. 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 11691 Pte-Sjt T H Clarke Devon.R. £60-80 |
|||
| 342 | |||
| A 1914/15 TRIO TO THE DEVONSHIRE REGT. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 10674 L.Cpl-Sjt E J Leworthy Devon R. £60-80 |
|||
| 343 | |||
| A HAMPSHIRES GT WAR TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to: 11467 Pte G J Hockham. Hamps R. £60-80 |
|||
| 344 | |||
| A GT WAR WILTSHIRE REGT TRIO. 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 13561 Pte A Walker Wilts. R. Albert Walker served with the 7th Wiltshire Regt in F & Flanders from 22/9/1915. £60-80 |
|||
| 345 | |||
| A R. WEST. KENTS GT WAR TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 335 Pte J Telford. R. W. Kent. R. £60-80 |
|||
| 346 | |||
| A GT WAR R. WEST KENTS TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to GS-2004 Pte-Sjt T J Jenkins. R. W. Kents. Thomas James Jenkins served in F & Flanders (7th Wilts) from 26/7/1915. £60-80 |
|||
| 347 | |||
| A 1st/4th R. NORFOLK REGT GT WAR TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 2190 Pte A W Bates. Norfolk Regt. Arthur W Bates served in the Balkans from 9/8/1915 with the 1/4 Norfolk Regt. Entitled to a Silver Wound Badge K/1096. Discharged 15/3/1919. £60-80 |
|||
| 348 | |||
| A CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGT GT WAR TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 1463 L.Cpl-Pte W G Miller Camb.R. William G Miller served in F & Flanders from 15/2/1915. £60-80 |
|||
| 349 | |||
| A DUKE OF LANCASTERS OWN YEOMANRY GT WAR TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 3020 Pte A B Penswick. D.O.Lanc.O.Y. £70-90 |
|||
| 350 | |||
| AN EAST LANCASHIRE REGT GT WAR TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 19720 Pte J Bullock. E. Lans. R. £50-70 |
|||
| 351 | |||
| TWO LIVERPOOL REGT GT WAR TRIO's. 1914/15 Stars, British War & Victory medals named to: 1. 9001 Pte J R Hooper L'Pool R. 2. 2458 Pte W Evans. L'Pool R. (6) £100-120 |
|||
| 352 | |||
| A ROYAL ENGINEERS MSM/LSGC/MID GROUP OF SIX MEDALS. British War & Victory medals (Oak Leaf), Defence & War medals. GV Long Service Good Conduct with Regular Army bar. Meritorius Service Medal GVI. The pair named to 30188 Spr A R Martin R.Eng. The Defence & War medals unamed as issued. The LSGC named to 1853414 Sjt A R Martin RE. The MSM named to 1853414 W.O.Cl.2. A R Martin RE. Spr. A/Cpl A R Martin LG Page 7/7/1919 8554, For those deserving of special mention, in FM Haigs Despatch 16/3/1919 £150-200 |
|||
| 353 | |||
| GT WAR MEDALS TO THE COGGIN FAMILY. 1. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 2803 Spr G Coggins R.E. 2. British War & Victory medals to 3793 Pte F J Coggins. Glouc. Regt. £60-80 |
|||
| 354 | |||
| A 6th QUEENS PAIR & SWB etc British War & Victory medals named to 40056 Pte C F Oswick Queens R. Cyril Frank Oswick was awarded his Silver Wound Badge K/1760/2-B282196, the correct number of the badge with his medals. A copy photograph of Pte Oswick wearing his badge, is present. Also a heavy silver/gilt RAOB medal (Primo) and his name and dated 1925 on the reverse. £60-80 |
|||
| 355 | |||
| A 1st BATTN SLI 1914 STAR & BWM CASUALTY PAIR. A 1914 Star and British War medal, named to 9596 Pte A Harrison Som LI. Pte Harrison was KIA 6/7/1915 serving with the 1st Battalion, aged 24. The son of Thomas and Ellen Harrison of Queens Terrace, Wiveliscombe, Somerset. He is buried in Talana Farm Cemetery in Belgium. In this 'minor' action the Battn lost 2/Lt H Webber and had 27 NCO's and men killed. Three Officers and 102 NCO's and men wounded, in the Battalion's last service in the Ypres area. £100-140 |
|||
| 356 | |||
| A SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY 1914 STAR TRIO. 1914 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 9381 Pte H Batchelor 1st Som LI. £80-120 |
|||
| 357 | |||
| A ROYAL ENGINEERS MILITARY MEDAL & TRIO. A GV Military Medal named to 62595 Spr E Willimas 123rd Field Co. R.E. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 62595 Spe E Williams RE. (4) £200-300 |
|||
| 358 | |||
| A ROYAL ENGINEERS MSM/LSGC GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS. British War & VIctory medals named to 1634 T.W.O. Cl.1. J.W. O'Hanlon RE. GV Meritorius Service Medal named to 1634 F-Of-W. Q.M.S. Sjt. J.W. O'Hanlon. E.E.S. R.E. GV Long Service Good Conduct medal named to 1634. F-Of-W. Q.M.S. Sjt. J W O'Hanlon E.E.S.R.E. Foreman Of Works, most probably in India after the war. £100-150 |
|||
| 359 | |||
| ROYAL ENGINEER GT WAR PAIRS etc British War & Victory medals, Mercantile Marine medal named to WR-554C28. Spr J F Josse. RE, Mercantile Marine medal named to John F Josse. British War & Victory medals named to 506531 Spr A J Weaver RE, also a Defence Medal. £60-80 |
|||
| 360 | |||
| A MILITARY MEDAL, STAR & WAR MEDAL 7th TF. W YORKS REGT. Military Medal GV issue named to 265771 Pte H Millson. 1/7. W.York.R.TF. A 1914/15 Star and British War medal named to 2991 Pte H Millson. W.York.R. Rifleman Harry Millson was KIA 30/4/1918 whilst serving with the 1st/7th Battalion and is buried at Grootebeek British Cemetery Belgium. The son of Elizabeth and the late William Millson of 21 Harold Avenue, Burley, Leeds. £300-350 |
|||
| 361 | |||
| AN RAF GT WAR-IGS GROUP OF THREE MEDALS. British War & Victory medals impressed to 2432 2. A.M. E Luker RAF. India General Service medal, engraved to 2432. 2. A.M. E Luker, over an erased former impressing. I G S medal slightly undersized. £70-100 |
|||
| 362 | |||
| WWII MEDALS-SPECIAL CONSTABULARY MEDAL etc. Box of issue containing 1939/45 & Africa Stars, Defence & War medals, addressed to Mr A W B Clamp (Royal Signals). Boxed Special Constabulary medal GV issue, Arthur W Clamp-Leicestershire. (Meltom Mowbry). Various related badges and identity disc, blood donor award R Artillery badges etc £50-70 |
|||
| 363 | |||
| SIX BRITISH WAR MEDALS. British War medals named to: 1. 2777 Pte S R Stevens. 2. 34870 Pte W F Vickery. 3. 265449 A. Sjt. A J VIney. 4. 203241 Pte J Bradbeer. (All Somerset Light Infantry). 5. 35406 Pte A Malcombe. Wilts. Regt. 6. 9243 Pte S Brealy. Devon.R. (6) £70-100 |
|||
| 364 | |||
| SIX LONDON REGT'S etc BWM's. British War medals named to: 1. 7069 Pte J W Kimber 19th Lond.R. (St Pancras). 2. 614468 Pte F Page 19th Lond. R. 3. 2939 Pte H V Callard. 2nd County of London Yeomanry. (Westminster Dragoons). 4. 50735 Cpl H E L Chadwick. The Queens R. 5. 44791 Pte B Day The Queens R. 6. 4278 Pte C Weatherley. 22nd London Regt. (6) £70-100 |
|||
| 365 | |||
| SINGLE BRITISH WAR MEDALS INCLUDING A LINCOLNS CASUALTY. (13) British War medals named to: 1. 268929 Pte J H Drinkwater. Labour Corps. 2. 90110 Pte W Gabriel MGC. 3. 118163 Pte T G Bennett RAMC. 4. 877 Pte R Ketley Lincoln Regt KIA on the Somme 2/7/1916. 10th Battalion. Buried at Gordon Dump Cemetery on the Somme. 5. 3633 Pte G Parcell Monmouthshire Regt. 6. 25386 Pte J C Crawford Scottish Rifles. 7. TF-240603 Cpl C H F Onley. R W Kent R. 8. 66205 2 AM W C Matthews RAF. 9. 034727 Pte D Wightman AOC. 10. WR-31665 A Q M Sjt A A Lewis. 11. 137148 Spr S J A Cressey. 12. 2005 Spr E W Penny. 13. 196432 Spr J G W Chappell. (The last four all RE) £130-160 |
|||
| 366 | |||
| VARIOUS GT WAR STARS & VICTORY MEDALS. A 1914/15 Star named to: 1. P-2204 L.Cpl W Beattie MFP. 2. 18731 Pte A Thompson ASC. (2). 3. Victory medals to 30720 Pte H Lillywhite Som LI. 4. 5980 Pte A G Dovey 21st London R. 5. 424142 Pte A E L Thorne 10th London R. 6. 19590 Pte W Delve. Devon.R. 7. 241073 A W O Cl 2. A E Lascelles. Gloster R. 8. 5034 Pte R G Turrington 2nd Dragoon Gds. (6) Total of 8 medals. £40-60 |
|||
| 367 | |||
| VARIOUS VICTORY MEDALS. (20) Victory medals named to: 1. 266437 Pte R Munn Kent Cyclist Battn. 2. 84946 Pte H G Wood MGC. 3. 70130 Cpl A Warren RA. 4. M320915 Pte L Hodkinson ASC. 5. T-260558 Dvr F Travers ASC. 6. M2-104264 Pte L A W Goddard ASC. 7. 29503 Pte G Gibbons RAMC. 8. 4789 A.WO.Cl 11 H G BEATTON RAMC. 9. 2146 Pte W H Pritchard RAMC. 10. 132632 Spr W Greet RE. 11. 96775 Spr T Butler RE. 12. 987 Dvr N Wind RE. 13. 140294 Spr I J Lloyd RE. 14. 136550 Dvr G H Steptoe RE. 15. 133508 Spr E J W Anning RE. 16. 203529 Spr J S J O'Rourke RE. 17. 160152 Spr F Prowse RE. 18. 157133 Spr R F Cooper RE. 19. WR-331326 Cpl W Laurie RE. 20. 315880 Dvr W Winchester RE. £60-80 |
|||
| 368 | |||
| A GRENADIER GUARDS CSM/UN MEDALS. Campaign Service Medal named to 24000215 Guardsman A J Bellingham Grenadier Guards. UN peacekeepers medal, the pair mounted for wear with cap badge inset (framed). £40-50 |
|||
| 369 | |||
| A WWII RAF CONDOLENCE SCROLL. A WWII Royal Air Force sent to the widow of Sergeant J F L Wilson of Castle Durham. Sjt James Ferguson Lindsay Wilson a Flight Engineer serving in 106 Sqdn RAF No 612661 was KIA aged 24 years, on the 5th March 1943. The son of James & Mary Wilson of Kirkpatrick Durham. Kirkcudbrightshire. The outer envelope is addressed to his mother Mrs M Wilson. Victoria Road, Kirkpatrick Durham. Castle Douglas. Kirkcudbrightshire. Buried in the Reichwald Forest Military Cemetery, where the largest Cemetery of UK troops etc are gathered together in Germany. The scene of intense fighting in 1945, many RAF graves were formed of Aircrew lost in intensive bombing raids earlier in the war over Germany. £40-60 |
|||
| 370 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A Victorian Sovereign dated 1898 'S' in field. £200-220 |
|||
| 371 | |||
| A USA $5 DOLLAR PIECE. An 1886 dated USA $5 gold piece. £180-220 |
|||
| 372 | |||
| COPPER COINAGE etc. An 1853 Victorian penny, George II halfpenny piece, other worn examples. An 1839 Maundy twopenny piece, 1836 William IV Groat, etc £40-60 |
|||
| 373 | |||
| A GOLD KINGS PRIZE MEDAL DARTMOUTH 1938 An 18ct Gold Kings Medal given to the top Cadet passing out of Dartmouth Naval College in 1938. Weighing 58 grams, with a 45mm diameter in a Royal mint case of issue. GVI bust with Georgivs VI. D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP on the obverse. His Majesty The King's Medal, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in floral wreath reverse. Awarded to David R L Baven 1938 engraved on the rim. S-Lt David Richard Lee Bevan was lost on HMS Neptune 19th December 1941. The son of Captain Robert Hesketh Bevan and Mrs Margaret Bevan of Heythrop, Oxfordshire, aged 20 years. Commemorated on the Plymouth Memorial HMS Neptune a Leander Class Light Cruiser that was lost near Tripoli in December 1941, whilst leading Force K. She had earlier in the war been on her way to seek and destroy the Graf Spee, arriving to late to take part in the action. On being posted to the Mediterranean in 1941, she was the first ship in that part of the world to signal 'Enemy in Sight', since the Napoleonic Wars. Part of Force K whilst pursuing an Italian Fleet, she and other ships entered a freshly laid Italian minefield. Struck by three separate mine explosions, they attempted to reverse out of the lethal minefield. A fourth mine blew apart her stern and propulsion means, some 50 odd men got off the ship. Five days later a lone survivor was rescued from the liferaft. Out of a total of 767 men, he was the only survivor. Also a cased Kings Trophy Medal NRA in bronze. See Illustration £1000-1200 |
|||
| 374 | |||
| THE MEDALS OF CAPTAIN R H BEVAN RN. A group of eleven medals awarded to Captain Robert Hesketh Bevan RN, the father of S Lt D R L Bevan RN. 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals named to Lt R H Bevan RN. 1939/45, Africa and Pacific Stars, Defence & War medals, unamed as issued. George VI Coronation medal, Greek Order of the Redeemer, Bronze Greek War Cross, with 1914-17 reverse. The group mounted for wear with his cased Stopwatch, named on the reverse. Captain R H Bevan served at Jutland during the Gt War, also on HMS Saucy between the wars he was attached to the Greek and Italian navies. During WWII he commanded HMS Leander, the leader of the Leander Light Cruiser Group. He was also the Commandant of HMS Collingwood, from 1942-45. This after a medical check found he had TB and a damaged lung. Before that he sunk after challenging, the Italian Armed Merchant Cruiser RAMB.1 in February 1941. Calling the unflagged vessel to stop, the Q Ship slowed and trained her guns on HMS Leander. After being fired on Cpt Bevan ordered his main guns to open fire, at 3000 yards. Several salvos hit and set ablaze the Italian Merchant Raider. 103 enemy crew were saved before the stern blew off the munitions loaded ship. The Captain Lt Cmmr Bozetti was sailing off the Maldives and had just began his 'Raider' mission. Later in March 1941 Leander captured the Vichy French ship Charles L.D. again in the Indian Ocean. Again in March 1941 They were part of the force that captured the German supply ship Coburg and freed the POW's from Ketty Brovik a Norwegian Tanker. A copy of a formal portrait of Captain Bevan, is with the medals which are mounted for wear. Cptn Bevan was also an ADC. His Swiss made Stopwatch is in a .925 marked silver case. S Smith & Sons of Tralfagar Square. See Illustration £500-700 |
|||
| 375 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A Victorian 'younghead' Sovereign dated 1874. £200-220 |
|||
| 376 | |||
| A QUANTITY OF GB BANKNOTES. GB Banknotes including 1955 O'Brien issues of the £1 note T63K/Y67K/HL3K (4). Beale signed £1 notes, O'Brien and portrait issues including £5. Notes with Ford/Page/Hollom signatures etc. £140-180 |
|||
| 377 | |||
| PIEDFORT COINAGE. Cased Piedfort Silver £2 dated 1996 and a Piedfort 20p piece dated 1982. £30-40 |
|||
| 378 | |||
| COPPER COINAGE. A William III 1/2d dated 1697, a George I 1/2d dated 1721, George II 1/2d dated 1738 and George IV 1827 etc. £40-60 |
|||
| 379 | |||
| AN 1839 £5 GOLD PIECE. A Victorian Una and the Lion five pound gold piece dated 1839, by William Wyon. Younghead obverse facing to the right, her hair held by two fillets with nine leaves in the rear fillet. VICTORIA D:G:BRITTANIUM REGINA F:D. Reverse has the crowned figure of the Queen as Una, holding orb and sceptre, leading the British lion with date below. DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS-MDCCCXXXIX. The edge lettering reads DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI TERTIO. (S.3851; W & R 279). Type as issued in Proof Sets, with matt images on brilliant field. Extremely Fine, but edge knock below bust, light hairlines on both sides and discolouration spot before face. Very Scarce. See Illustration £12000-15000 |
|||
| 380 | |||
| A GSM RASC GROUP OF FIVE MEDALS etc. 1939/45 , France & Germany Stars, Defence & War Medals. General Service Medal GVI bar Malaya. Mounted for wear and the latter named to T/5572286 W.O.Cl.2. J L Forbes. RASC, The matching miniature group has the head of Queen Elizabeth on the GSM. £50-70 |
|||
| 381 | |||
| A HAMPSHIRES GT WAR/IGS GROUP OF FOUR. A 1914/15 Star named to 4-2549 Pte C Blackmore. Hants R. British War & Victory medals, named to 2549 Pte C Blackmore. Hamps R. An India General Service medal 1908 with bar Afghanistan NWF 1919, named to 200548 Pte C Blackmore Hamps R. Mounted for wear. Two silver Lord Lieutenants Football Cup 1925-26 named to Cpl C J Blackmore 4th Hants. Regt, another dated 1927-28 though not named. (6) £100-150 |
|||
| 382 | |||
| AN IGS 1854 TO THE HANTS REGT. A brooch mounted India General Service medal with Burma 1889-92 bar. Named to 2503 Pte J Brewer.1st Battn Hamps Regt. Reverse and mount are unaffected, obverse has brooch mounts, either side of the Queens Head. £60-80 |
|||
| 383 | |||
| GT WAR BWM's & VICTORY MEDAL 'SINGLES'. A British War medal named to 4019 Pte W C W White. Wilts Regt. Another named to 469086 A.Sjt. S G Brewer. 64-Canadian Inf. A third partially erased to a naval recipient. J.17774 H.........AB.RN. A Victory medal named to 7868 Sjt H W Lambert Som LI. Sjt Harry Walker Lambert 1st battn SLI was KIA 4/10/1817 aged 30. The son of Hannah Lambert of 37 Darshill. Shepton Mallet. An ASC recipents Victory medal and an erased Victory medal. (6). £50-70 |
|||
| 384 | |||
| WWII MEDALS. (10) WWII medals, all unamed as issued. 1939/45 Star, Africa Star x 2, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Pacific Star, Defence, War Medal x 2, NZ Service Medal. £60-80 |
|||
| 385 | |||
| FRENCH MEDALS & OTHERS. Two Gt War period Croix De Guerres, one with the wrong ribbon., an evasion medal. Silver sports awards and an USA Korean Service medal, etc. An RAOB award in bronze with Founded 1898 and three Life Vote bars above a cross with RAOB Orphanage. The reverse named This is to certify that Sam Hill KOMPCCP is a life subscriber to the RAOB Orphange G.L.E. A Bronze International Exhibition June 10. 1893 medallion 68mm diameter. £60-80 |
|||
| 386 | |||
| CLOTH PARACHUTE BADGES etc. Two pairs of Parachutists cloth wings, a blazer badge with III below the wings KC.Three cloth QEII Para wings, Pegasus arm badge etc. A cloth German Alpine Division flower badge Edelweiss £50-70 |
|||
| 387 | |||
| FRAMED SCHOOL ATTENDANCE MEDALS & RECIPIENTS PHOTOGRAPH. Eight framed School Board for London Edward VII attendance medals. Seven in white metal or brass 1902-1908, the 1909 medal appears to be silver. Inset in the centre is a photograph of the young lady recipient, wearing all eight medals with hair tresses bound around the edge. £50-70 |
|||
| 388 | |||
| MASONIC MEDALS etc. 9ct gold Shoreditch Lodge award with gold coloured metal device below. Three further medals and various badges. Boxed silver football Mid Sussex league medals etc. £50-70 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Militaria, Coins and Medals (Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Lawrences, Crewkerne | Location: | South Street, Crewkerne |
| Contact: | Telephone: 01460 73041 Fax: 01460 270799 | ||
| Date: | 23rd May 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Monday 20th May 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 21st May 9.00 am to 7.00 pm Wednesday 22nd May 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 23rd May 8.30 am to 4.30 pm Friday 24th May 8.30 am to 10.00 am Please note that the viewing for each sale will close when |
||
| Page: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | ||