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| 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 |
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| Auction Lots - Page 8 | |||
| 389 | |||
| CASED LONG SERVICE MEDALS. A Samuel Jones & Co bronze cased 15 years service medal named to Robert Todd 1922-37. A silver cased 25 years Samuel Jones & Co award to Robert Todd for 25 years service, 1922-47. Both 42mm diameter in John Pinches cases of issue. £30-50 |
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| 390 | |||
| WORLD WAR II MEDALS. Four boxed WWII medals issued in an Air Ministry box, complete with partial issue slip. 1939/45 and Africa stars (entitled to a clasp for the latter). Defence & War medals, packets and ribbons for all four present. £30-50 |
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| 391 | |||
| GB COINAGE & WORLD BANKNOTES. GB coinage including silver and part silver issues, silver GVI coronation medallion. Empire coinage including part silver examples. UK and world banknotes etc. £100-150 |
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| 392 | |||
| A QUANTITY OF FOREIGN COINAGE. Large quantity of world coinage from the 19th & 20thC, including Italy, France, Switzerland examples etc. £100-150 |
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| 393 | |||
| CASED SILVER CHURCHILL MEDALLIONS A cased set of four Churchill Centenary medallions by Toye, Kenning & Spencer. Cased set of six Churchill Pobjoy Mint medallions, El Alamein, Normandy etc. £90-120 |
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| 394 | |||
| A HALF SOIVEREIGN An Edward VII Half Sovereign dated 1903. £100-120 |
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| 395 | |||
| A HALF SOVEREIGN. An Edward VII Half Sovereign dated 1909. £100-120 |
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| 396 | |||
| MASONIC ITEMS etc. A 9ct gold masonic pendant with E Williams 1912-13 on the reverse. A silver gilt puzzle ball, 9ct Tie pin, masonic cuff links etc £80-120 |
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| 397 | |||
| THREE GENERATIONS OF THE VIGORS FAMILY MEDALS. A three bar Queens South Africa medal, named to (Grandfather) 32646 S.Major J Vigors RFA. Bars Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. (Ghost dated reverse). British War & Victory medals named to 210788 Pnr C J Vigors RE. (Father?). Box of issue with 1939/45, Burma stars, War Medal, addressed to Capt J S Vigors. Berkshire. A related Italy Star and War Medal pair, to another family member (Unknown) £120-150 |
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| 398 | |||
| FIVE GT WAR GERMAN MEDALS. Two 2nd Class Iron Crosses dated 1914 on the obverse. An Austro-Hungarian Red Cross badge of honour, with breast mount ribbon of white with red stripes. Also a Prussian Commemorative Cross 1866 reverse. Bronzed Austrian medal of Franz Joseph Signvm Memoriae reverse £100-150 |
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| 399 | |||
| A COASTGUARD LSGC MEDAL. A Victorian narrow suspender Long Service Good Conduct medal, awarded to J Sutherland. Commd Boatn. H M Coast Guard. (A relative of the Vigors family) £40-60 |
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| 400 | |||
| AN OBE - GT WAR - IGS GROUP OF SIX TO A CAVALRY OFFICER A 2nd type Order of the British Empire (Military). A 1914/15 Star named to 15742 Pte H Witchell 11th Hrs. British War and Victory medals named to Lt H Witchell. IGS bar Afghanistan N.W.F.1919 Lt H Witchell S.T.C. Defence Medal, unamed as issued. Commissioned into the 2nd Reserve Regiment of Cavalry in 1918, he was transferred to the Indian Army shortly after. Mounted for wear with a set of mounted matching miniatures, also an OBE Case from the Royal Mint. Serving in France from 28th November 1914, commissioned in June 1917, he was transferred into the Indian Army in 1918. Harry Witchell retired from the Indian Army in 1922. In 1956 a Lt Harry Witchell 9th Cheshire (Crewe) Home Guard Battalion was awarded an OBE Military on the 31st May 1956 (Birthday Honours). His address in the Gt War was given as 58 Medlock Street. Kirkdale. Liverpool. £250-350 |
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| 401 | |||
| GOLD PROOF SET 2002. The three coin set of Two Pound, Sovereign & Half Sovereign numbered 3282 of 5000. In their original case with associated certificate, as issued for the Queens Golden Jubilee. £700-900 |
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| 402 | |||
| A GOLD SOLIDUS OF THE EMPEROR VALENS. A Gold Solidus of the Emperor Valens, of the Eastern Roman Empire. 364-378 AD. The coin is mounted in a 15ct bar brooch, with removable ring outer leaving the coin as minted. (22mm dia) The legend reads, DN VALENS. P.F.AVG obverse, RESTITVTOR . REIPVBLICAE reverse legend with RB below the standing figure Valens was a fighting Emperor who was killed in the Battle of Adrianopole, in 378 AD, leading his army of 20,000 soldiers. The survivors on the Roman side were very few in number. This coin was ploughed up in a field in Somerset in 1963. See Illustration £350-500 |
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| 403 | |||
| SILVER QEII CROWN SET etc. Cased QEII set of 30th Anniversary celebrations, cased proof crowns and year sets. UNC GB year set coinage examples, £sd part silver coinage, decimal issues etc. £120-150 |
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| 404 | |||
| A NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1909-14 BAR GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS. A Naval General Service medal with bar Persian Gulf 1909-1914, named to 238667 H. Daniels. A.B. HMS Espiegle. 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals, named to 238667 H Daniels. L.S.R.N.. HMS Espiegle was the last Royal Naval ship launched with a Ships Figurehead at the bow. Serving in the Far East and Persian Gulf prior to the Gt War. Of 1070 tons when launched in 1900 with a crew of 150 officers and men. Of the Cadmus class and originally planned to have though not fitted, sails. Six 4" guns were her main weapons, with a top speed of some 13 knots. Her Battle Honours for the Gt War are Mesopotamia 1914-1916. Henry Daniel was born in 1891 at Lewisham. London. Kent. Usual place of residence Plassy rd. Catford. Enlisted 1909 for 12 years service. entitled to NGS Persian Gulf, 1914/15 Star, Bwm & Victory Medals, Silver Wound Badge. 5 Chevrons awarded, share of Naval Prize Fund. Service in ships included four years in Espiegle 1912-16. Other ships include Duke of Edinburgh and Furious etc. Granted a hurt certificate when struck on head by Gallows Block-inflicting a 2" scalp wound. £150-200 |
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| 405 | |||
| A GT WAR 10th HUSSARS PAIR. British War & Victory medals, named to 11120 Sjt R Pittock. A copy of the letter that Master tailor Sergeant R Pittock 10th Hussars, sent to his brother Edward from Ireland in 1920. This was in connection with Edward Pittock's marriage in May of that year. £40-60 |
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| 406 | |||
| A BUFFS CASUALTY PAIR. British War & Victory medals named to G-4119 Pte R J Hukins. E.Kent.R. The Victory medal is lightly impressed unlike the BWM, being a late or replacement issue. (Not renamed). Also an impressed Victory medal named to Deal 1233 - Spr R J Hukins. R.M. (3) Reginald Joseph Hukins aged 18 years, was a casualty on the 11th September 1916, being buried at Browns Road Cemetery at Festubert. The son of Robert James and Janet Hukins of Mill Hill, Mill Rd, Upper Walmer, Deal, Kent. £60-80 |
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| 407 | |||
| A GT WAR 7th DRAGOON GUARDS/GDS & LIFE GUARDS M.G.C. TRIO. A 1914 Star, British War & Victory medals named to 7003 Pte C F Pittock 7th Dragoon Gds on the Mons star, and on the pair 7003 Sjt E F Pittock of the 7th Dragoon Guards. Sjt E F Pittock a crack shot in the Regiment is entitled to a silver wound badge. He lost an eye near Cambrai whilst serving in the Guards Machine Gun Regiment. This after being transferred from the Cavalry. He served in WWII in the Home Guard. With the medals are his marksman badges in cloth, won whilst serving in India prior to the Gt War. A copy of the form concerning the injury Sjt Pittock received is with the lot. Sjt E F Pittock late Guards Machine Gun Corps, now serving with the 1st Life Guards Machine Gun Regt. 'C' Corps. 1. Injury. Loss of Right Eye. 2. Where. In the Line near Cambrai. 3 Date. Oct 12th 1918. 4. Incurred. Was attacking with section had shot four of the enemy with his revolver. Then was hit by enemy bomb or shrapnel. Comrades either side killed. 5. No court of enquiry held. 6. Eye witnesses. MO i/c 1st Life Gds Battn MGC. Capt Anderson etc 7. Hospital. Nr Rouen 8. Commanding Officer. Col Brassey 1st L Gds, etc 9. Unit when injury received. 1st life Gds MG Regt. Dated 11/7/1919 Edwin Friend Pittock. Born Eastry near Sandwich. Kent. Attested at Canterbury 27th April 1906. Transferred to army Reserve 14/11/1913, Conduct Exemplary. 100% Temperance. Also a photocopy of The Black Horse Gazette (7th Dragoon Gds) detailing a fraught hunting trip in India in 1913. £100-150 |
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| 408 | |||
| A 9th LANCERS AFGHANISTAN TWO BAR 1878-80 PAIR. Afghanistan medal with bars Kabul to Kandahar, re-engraved in upright capitals to 1625 Sergt E Pittock. 9th Lancers. A Kabul to Kandahar Star with reverse named to 1625 Sergt E Pittock. 9th Lancers. The Afghanistan medal has broken at the claw to suspender fitting and is in need of a repair. With the medals is a copy of his Afghanistan medal and bronze star being awarded. Dated 1882 he was then at Eastry Cross Farm, Sandwich. Kent. (Late 9th Lancers) (The father of Edwin and Ralph Pittock.) £220-250 |
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| 409 | |||
| A GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL. A GSM bar Palestine 1945-48, named to 14103907 Sigmn J W Ellis.R.Sigs. £40-50 |
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| 410 | |||
| MILITARY BADGES. Guards Machine Gun (M.G) Regiment hat cap in bronze colour metal. Guards Machine Gun Regiment in white metal with date 1916. Three 10th Hussars plumed badges, two large three smaller in size. 2 x Ist Life Guard badges, also cloth and other badges including a silver Homeguard lapel badge, etc £70-100 |
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| 411 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. An Edward VII 1910 dated Sovereign in 9ct locket mount. £200-250 |
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| 412 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A George V Sovereign dated 1912. £200-220 |
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| 413 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A George V Sovereign dated 1913. £200-220 |
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| 414 | |||
| AN OFFICERS BREAST CHAIN & WHISTLE. Lions head mask and backplate (hallmarked for Birmingham 1874) with chains, whistle and holder. £80-100 |
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| 415 | |||
| A CASED BLOCKADE RUNNERS BADGE. A blue cased Nazi Blockade Runners badge, complete with stickpin. Swaged pin reverse with Fec.Otto.Placzec. Berlin. Ausf. Schwerin. Berlin, below the clasp. The stickpin has a twist design in the shank, 2599 stamped in the cardboard inside the box which has a damaged but present catch. £150-200 |
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| 416 | |||
| A CASED 1st CLASS IRON CROSS. A cased pinback 1st Class Iron Cross in box with Wilhelm Deumer. K.g. Ludensceld in the box lining. On the reverse of the Iron Cross below the clasp, is L/11 in a square. £80-120 |
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| 417 | |||
| AN IMPERIAL GERMAN KREIGSMARINE LETTER OPENER etc. An Imperial German naval officers dagger in small scale for use as a letter opener. A bosuns whistle, GB naval cloth sleeve badges in gold bullion, etc £40-60 |
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| 418 | |||
| VICTORIAN CROWNS etc George III and Victorian crown pieces, modern £5 cupro-nickel and a cased silver Crown 1977. Part silver examples including Halfcrown, Florin, Shilling pieces etc. Copper and brass issues includes threepenny pieces and pennies, also foreign coinage. £100-150 |
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| 419 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A George V Sovereign dated 1911. £200-240 |
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| 420 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A George V Sovereign dated 1912. £200-240 |
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| 421 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A Queen Elizabeth II Sovereign dated 1964. £200-230 |
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| 422 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A Queen Elizabeth II Sovereign dated 1980. £200-230 |
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| 423 | |||
| A HALF-SOVEREIGN. A Victorian Half-Sovereign dated 1897. £100-120 |
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| 424 | |||
| A HALF-SOVEREIGN. A George V Half-Sovereign dated 1914. £100-120 |
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| 425 | |||
| A PROOF HALF-SOVEREIGN. A cased Proof Half-Sovereign QEII issue dated 1980, with certificate. £100-120 |
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| 426 | |||
| A 12th LANCERS 19thC LSGC GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS. A Crimea medal with bar Sebastopol, engraved in upright capitals to Pte Stanley Dixon 12 Lans.. Indian Mutiny medal no bar, officially named to Corpl Stanley Dixon 12th Royl. Lancers. Victorian Long Service Good Conduct medal 3182 Corpl S R Dixon 7/Hussars. Turkish Crimea medal engraved to No 1275 Pte S Dixon. 12th Lancers. See Illustration £400-600 |
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| 427 | |||
| A 19thC 20th HUSSARS GROUP OF THREE MEDALS. A two bar Queens South African medal named to 3971 Pte W J Dixon 20th Hussars, Orange Free State and Transvaal bars. A Long Service Good Conduct medal named to 3971 Pte W J Dixon 20/Hus'rs. An Army Temperance medal awarded to Pte Dixon, the son of Stanley Dixon of the 12th Lancers. £150-200 |
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| 428 | |||
| A QUANTITY OF COINAGE. Base metal coinage of George III, William IV and Victoria etc. Including an 1836 Groat, also an ivory pill box with model coinage inside. £30-40 |
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| 429 | |||
| A PICKLEHAUBE PLATE etc. An Imperial German picklehaube plate in brass, with three further Saxon whitemetal badges. £100-150 |
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| 430 | |||
| AN RAMC MONS STAR & BAR GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS etc. A 1914 Star with Mons bar, named to 2000 Pte H H Constance RAMC. British War & VIctory medals named to 2000 Cpl H H Constance RAMC. Mounted for wear with a Defence medal. also a T-RAMC-Wessex shoulder title. Cloth Gt War Army Medical Service sleeve badge, identity discs and cap badge. £70-90 |
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| 431 | |||
| A CRIMEA MEDAL DISC etc. A Crimea medal disc with brooch mounts, impressed naming to Serjt John Gould. Coldstream Guards. A 1914 Xmas tin with British war & Victory medals, named to 266011 Spr F J Lyddon RE, his cap badge etc £80-100 |
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| 432 | |||
| A CHARLES II CROWN PIECE. A Charles II 1st type Crown with rose below bust dated 1662. £100-150 |
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| 433 | |||
| A CHARLES II CROWN PIECE. A Charles II Crown piece dated 1663, with Anno Regni XV edge dating. £150-200 |
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| 434 | |||
| A JAMES II CROWN PIECE. A James II Crown piece dated 1687, with Tertio in the edge lettering. £150-200 |
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| 435 | |||
| A SPANISH EMPIRE COB. A silver Cob, also an 1889 Victorian and a George V 1935 Crown, etc. £50-80 |
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| 436 | |||
| A £2 GOLD PIECE ON A 9CT CHAIN. A 1902 Edward VII Two Pound gold piece, mounted on a 16.5" 9ct Rose Gold Albert Chain. 68 grams in total. £400-500 |
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| 437 | |||
| MEDALS & RWAFF BADGES etc. A WWI British war & Victory medal pair, named to 624010 A, Cpl. T J Woolford. CAMC. Canadian Army Medical Corps, cap badges x 3, Canadian Cap Badge, RAMC cloth shoulder titles. A 1939/45 Star, Defence & War medals, mounted for wear. Officers Royal West African Frontier Force Cap and collar badges, the former stamped on the reverse J R Gaunt London. Together with RWAFF cloth shoulder tiltes. £70-100 |
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| 438 | |||
| A HALF SOVEREIGN. A George V Half Sovereign dated 1914. £90-110 |
| 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 |
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