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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 12 | |||
| 589 | |||
| A GOLD TANK CORPS BROOCH. A 9ct gold and enamel sweethearts (KC) Tank Corps brooch, in a fitted James Ogden & Sons of London labelled case. £100-150 |
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| 590 | |||
| A GOLD SCOTS GUARDS BROOCH. A 15ct gold and enamel sweethearts cased brooch, of the Scots Guards. In a fitted James Ogden & Sons of London labelled case. £150-200 |
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| 591 | |||
| VICTORIAN COINAGE etc Victorian Crowns of 1887, brooch mounted and traces of gilding, also 1896. A worn George III Crown dated 1819. Halfcrowns, Florin, Shilling and Sixpence also 3d pieces etc £60-80 |
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| 592 | |||
| SILVER COINAGE. A Victorian 1893 Crown and Godless Florin MDCCCLVI. An 1889 One Rupee piece, various silver and part silver Florins, Shillings and sixpences A Maria Theresa Thaler etc £40-60 |
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| 593 | |||
| CASED SILVER MEDALLIONS. (24) Silver HM medallions from the Royal Mint, The New Elizabethan Age, 43 grams each in weight approximately. £350-500 |
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| 594 | |||
| THREE BYZANTIUM COINS. Three folis base bronze coins of the Byzantium empire. A 38mm folis of the Emperor Julian I, Leon Folis 27mm diameter and another. (3). £50-70 |
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| 595 | |||
| RAF SWEETHEARTS BROOCH etc. A silver & enamel sweethearts brooch on original card. Silver ARP badge, the Quiver order of Honourable Service enamel badge. SLI & RCOS cap badges, etc. £40-60 |
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| 596 | |||
| A SILVER MAP OF GREAT BRITAIN. A framed HM silver map of Gt Britian with shields of the historic counties, highlighted in 24 ct gold. One of 3000 produced, complete with certificate of issue. Approximately 27" high and a 20" wide frame. £100-200 |
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| 597 | |||
| A HALF SOVEREIGN. A cased 1980 Half Sovereign, complete with certificate. £90-110 |
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| 598 | |||
| A HALF SOVEREIGN. A cased 1980 Half Sovereign, complete with certificate. £90-110 |
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| 599 | |||
| TWO CASED SILVER MEDALLIONS. A cased Silver Jubilee medallion Vivat Regina (57mm) 88 grams. The second a 300 year tri-centenary celebration of the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. (63mm) 148 grams. £70-100 |
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| 600 | |||
| PIEDFORT PIECES. Cased Piedfort Tercentenary of Rights £2 pieces x 2, dated 1989 in case of issue. Cased 1990 Piedfort 5p piece. Cased Piedfort £1 piece dated 1993 & 1988. A cased Piedfort 20p piece, dated 1982. (6) £80-120 |
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| 601 | |||
| CASED SILVER PROOF COINAGE. (6) Cased Silver Proof pieces including 2 x QEII Crowns, 2 x Silver Proof £1 pieces. Cased 1990 5p and 1992 10p dual sets. £70-90 |
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| 602 | |||
| SILVER PROOF & PIEDFORT COINAGE. 4 x £1 Piedfort pieces dated 1997/98/99/2000. 5 x 50p pieces dated 1997/98 x 2/2000 x 2. £1 Silver proof pieces dated 1998/1999/2000, £2 S/proof pieces dated 1997/1999, also S/p £5 pieces x 5. A £2 Britannia proof and US Dollar (proof) £200-250 |
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| 603 | |||
| AN GERMAN GORGET & WOUND BADGE. An old Comrades Gorget from the Saxon Town of Uelsen on the borders with the Netherlands. Aluminium base with gilt flags and enamel Nazi badge, inset in a red shield. Engraved above 'Kameradschaft ehem 77er Uelsen', with a related wound badge. £200-250 |
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| 604 | |||
| GT WAR PAIR etc. British War & Victory medals named to 88218 Gnr T Murray RA, matching miniatures. Special Constabulary GVI named to Reginald Lovell. 1939/45 Star, unamed as issued. £40-60 |
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| 605 | |||
| TWO GREAT WAR BROTHERS MEDALS 1/4th SLI & WILTS/MFP. Gt War British War & Victory Medals named to 4422 Pte E G Lapham Somerset Light Infantry. 201675 Pte Edgar George Lapham 1st/4th SLI died in Mesopotamia 29/06/18. Cloford. Somerset. His brothers pair named to 19296 Pte P J Lapham Wilts Regt and (Military Foot Police). Also a GV Special Constabulary medal named to Percy J Lapham. His notebook and whistles also Truncheon are with the medals. Postcards that Percy wrote home from F& Flanders to his sweetheart are also with the group. A typed letter from Detective Sergeant J Scott MFP states, I respectively beg to inform you that on Sunday 20th April 1919 the below named prisoners escaped from escort whilst being conveyed from No 1 Military Prison to No 2 Military Prison in a lorry. Knowing them to be most dangerous criminals I immediately circulated their descriptions and made search and enquiry for them. On Monday 21-4-19 at 12:30 hrs I was proceeding along Boulevard Gambetta in a motor car accompanied by Prob Detective L. Cpl Lapham, when I met all the above named men together going in the direction of Darnstal. On seeing me all ran away, Lapham and I immediately gave chase in the car and overtook Pride & Burrows. I held them up with my revolver while Lapham secured them. 'Abridged copy of the much fuller letter'. £100-150 |
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| 606 | |||
| AN EDWARD VII LSGC TO THE SLI. An Edward VII Long Service Good Conduct Medal named to 2644 Pte J Parsons Somerset Light Infantry. With swivel suspender, a relation of the Lapham brothers. £40-60 |
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| 607 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A George V Sovereign dated 1913 £200-250 |
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| 608 | |||
| A CASED 1927 PROOF SET. A 1927 Wreath Crown proof set of Crown-Halfcrown-Florin-Shilling-Sixpence and 3d bit (6), in the original case of issue. See Illustration £200-300 |
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| 609 | |||
| A WWII COLDSTREAM GUARDS POW GROUP OF FOUR 1939/45 & Africa Stars, bar 8th Army, War medal, paybook and ephemera to 2658691 Victor Stanley Summers who joined the Coldstream Guards in December 1938. After training he served with the Y & Lancs, Sherwood Foresters and Royal Signals. Captured in 1943 he spent the rest of the war in Italy as a POW. Various paperwork is with the medals. £50-80 |
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| 610 | |||
| WWII MEDALS. 1939/45, Italy, Burma bar Pacific, ACE copy star, Defence & War medals etc. £80-100 |
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| 611 | |||
| A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER. A George V Distinguished Service Order, no visible enamel damage evident. In the original Garrard & Co, case of issue. See Illustration £700-900 |
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| 612 | |||
| A MILITARY CROSS AWARDED TO 2LT J MacFarlane. RA. A GV issue Military Cross inscribed on the reverse 'Awarded to 2 Lt John MacFarlane RFA. For Conspicuous Gallantry in Action. November 16th 1916'. 2Lt J McFarlane was KIA on the 23/April/1917. Buried in Anzin St-Aubin British Cemetery. Pas De Calais. See Illustration £300-400 |
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| 613 | |||
| A MILITARY CROSS. A Gt War period GV Military Cross, unamed as issued in its original case, lacking the suspension bar. See Illustration £350-450 |
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| 614 | |||
| A ZULU WAR MEDAL. A Zulu war medal with bar for 1877-78, awarded to Tpr L Holl. Berlin Volunteers. (122) awards to the Berlin Mtd Cavalry. (3) To the Berlin Volunteer Mtd Infantry. (taken from Mjr Gordon's Battles & Medals) See Illustration £250-350 |
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| 615 | |||
| A ZULU WAR MEDAL. Awarded to Tpr J Bowles (Jnr) Chalumna Volunteer Cavalry, with the bar 1877-78. See Illustration £300-400 |
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| 616 | |||
| A SIX BAR MGS TO THE ROYAL WAGON TRAIN. Awarded to John Fox Royal Wagon Train, bars Pyrenees, St Sebastian, Orthes, Salamanca, Vittoria and Toulose. Engraved in upright capitals, medal slightly undersized. See Illustration £800-1200 |
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| 617 | |||
| A TWO BAR MGS R.ARTILLERY. Awarded to Wm Moore. Royal Art. with bars Vittoria & St Sebastian, impressed naming See Illustration £500-700 |
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| 618 | |||
| AN MGS/WATERLOO MEDAL PAIR. A Military General Service medal with seven bars, awarded to John Davies 18th Hussars. Waterloo medal on replacement suspender, John Davies 18th Hussars. Both medals have engraved naming and are slightly undersized. The roll shows a John Davies 18th Lt Dragoons is entitled to four clasps, Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes & Toulose. The four bars are these and additional bars Barrosa, Pyrenees and Nive on the MGS. The Waterloo medal lacks any of the asterisks, in the edge naming. See Illustration £900-1200 |
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| 619 | |||
| A WATERLOO MEDAL. A Waterloo medal with ring suspender, impressed naming to * Henry Rambenthal 1st Regt Hussars KGL*. (Kings German Legion). Complete with asterisks before and after naming. See Illustration £700-900 |
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| 620 | |||
| A WATERLOO MEDAL. A Waterloo medal with original suspender and ring mount, impressed to Drumr John Dix.2nd Battalion. 35th Regt of Foot *. The Sussex or 35th Regt of Foot, 2nd Battalion were commanded (1815) by Sir George H F Berkeley KCB. He served in Captain A McDonalds company. See Illustration £650-850 |
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| 621 | |||
| A 17thC DUCATON COIN. A Dutch Ducaton dated 1766 below the crown and shield with legend surround. The reverse reads FOED BELG.COM.ZEL. MONNOVARG.PRO. CON, with King on horseback centre. £150-200 |
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| 622 | |||
| VICTORIAN CROWN PIECES. (5) Victorian crowns dated 1845 x 2, 1888, 1889, 1890 respectively. All are in worn or circulated conditions. £100-150 |
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| 623 | |||
| A WILLIAM III CROWN PIECE. A William III crown piece dated 1696, in worn condition. £100-150 |
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| 624 | |||
| GEORGE III CROWN PIECES. (2) George III crown pieces dated 1818 and 1819 respectively, both worn. £60-90 |
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| 625 | |||
| 1911 SPECIMEN COINS. (7) 1911 specimen coins in original red leather case (holding 12 coins when complete) of issue, marked specimen. The coins present include 1911 Halfcrown, Shilling, Sixpence, 4d-3d-2d-1d Maundy money. Missing from the case are £5-£2-Sovereign and Half Sovereign, also the 2/- or Florin pieces. £200-300 |
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| 626 | |||
| A GT WAR RAF PAIR. British War and Victory medals issued to 15565 1.A.M. G.E.Swift. RAF. £40-60 |
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| 627 | |||
| A DCLI 1914 STAR/BAR TRIO-PLAQUE & SCROLL. A 1914 Star and Aug-Nov bar named to 8446 Sjt T Travers 1st DCLI. British War and Victory medals named to 8446 Cpl T Travers DCLI. The Plaque Thomas Travers and the (Scroll named to Lt Sjt Thomas Travers), probably meant to read L.Sjt, all in a contemporary frame. Thomas Travers was from a Dorset family, a regular soldier who was Killed in Action on the 22nd of October 1914. Aged 22 years old, he was the son of Joseph & Ellen Travers of St Mary's Street, Beaminster. Dorset. Commemorated on panel 19 of Le Touret Memorial. Some 13,400 British Soldiers are commemorated on this memorial, between Bethune and Armentieres . Almost all of those who are commemorated were killed in action fighting from early October 1914 onwards. Heavy fighting took place between Estaires in the north and Grenay in the south. In October 1914 the BEF IInd Corps moved north from Picardy to positions in French Flanders. Attacks and Counter Attacks became known as the Race to the Sea, always overshadowed by the German Strongpoint of Aubers Ridge. Some 900 identified graves of Commonwealth Servicemen, are with those who's remains were not found or identified. See Illustration £250-300 |
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| 628 | |||
| CASED TREASURES FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION MEDALLIONS. A South African Mint set of (25) Royal Stamp Treasure Medallions, in their case of issue. Complete with certificate numbered 4074 of 5000 sets issued in 1984/85. The silver-gilt stamp medallions are to commemorate some of the finest examples that are in the Royal Collection. Hallmarked by the South African Mint also S925 to conform to our standards, they are then plated in 24 carat gold. £200-300 |
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| 629 | |||
| A SWEETHEARTS MIDDLESEX REGT BROOCH. A gold coloured metal sweethearts brooch with pin reverse, Middlesex Regt marked B N for maker. Contained in a fitted case with the makers mark B Ninnes. Goldsmiths of Hythe. £40-60 |
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| 630 | |||
| CASED SILVER PROOF 50p PIECES. A cased set of two 50p pieces dated 1997. (2) x 1998 50p pieces in seperate cases all with certificates. £40-60 |
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| 631 | |||
| CASED PROOF COINS. Silver Proof £5 1947-97 piece, Battle of El Alamein x 2 Montgomery & Rommel pieces. (3) with associated certificates. £40-60 |
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| 632 | |||
| CASED £2 SILVER PROOFS. (5) Cased silver proof £2 pieces dated 1995 x 2, 1997 x 2, 1998 all with certificates of issue. £50-70 |
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| 633 | |||
| CASED PIEDFORT COINAGE. (3) Cased Piedfort issues including 50p pieces dated 1997/1998 and a £1 piece dated 1998, all with certificates. £70-100 |
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| 634 | |||
| A CASED CB. A cased Companion of the Order of the Bath Order (Civil) hallmarked for 1950. Complete with original ribbon and Garrard & Co case of issue. £150-200 |
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| 635 | |||
| SILVER PROOF COINAGE etc Three cased silver proof £5 pieces, a 1704 silver medallion, Silver 3d pieces and other coinage examples, cartwheel 2d etc £50-70 |
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| 636 | |||
| FOREIGN COINAGE. A quantity of 20thC foreign coinage, mostly European including France, Belgium etc £40-60 |
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| 637 | |||
| GB COINAGE. Cased FOB Crowns, cupro-nickel Crowns and other 20thC GB coinage, etc £40-60 |
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| 638 | |||
| AN 8th HUSSARS GSM bar IRAQ. A George V General Service Medal with bar Iraq, named to 532556 Pte H G Davis. 8-Hrs. £40-60 |
| 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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