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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 July 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Tuesday 23 July 2013 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Wednesday 24 July 2013 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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| Auction Lots - Page 3 | |||
| 101 | |||
| Maharajpoor Star 1843, an unnamed specimen, extremely fine, with original brass riveted hook and ring suspension Jummoo and Kashmir 1895, bronze, one clasp, Chitral 1895, the reverse of the clasp impressed 'Gurney, London' and additionally engraved 'Specimen', nearly extremely fine (2) £200-300 |
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| 102 | |||
| x Punniar Star 1843 (Private Michael Pratt 50th Queen's Own Regt.), nearly very fine, original brass riveted hook replaced with later straight bar suspension £380-420 |
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| 103 | |||
| x Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee, one clasp, Ferozeshuhur (James McDonnell 9th Regt.), toned, minor edge bruising, good very fine £500-600 1893 Private James McDonnell (published transcription of casualty roll gives 'McDonnel'), 9th Foot, was wounded at Ferozeshuhur, 21.12.1845; he was invalided to England. |
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| 104 | |||
| Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur, no clasp (Capt. W.B. Thompson. Dep. Asst. Comy. Genl.), officially engraved in large serif capitals, nearly extremely fine £450-550 Major-General William Beveridge Thomson, C.B., born Edinburgh, May 1809; Commissioned Ensign, Bengal Army, June 1826; posted to the 67th Native Infantry, May 1827; promoted Lieutenant, April 1828; appointed Quartermaster, 67th N.I., October 1828; promoted Captain, August 1837; appointed Deputy Assistant Commissary General, November 1842, and served during the First Sikh War at the Battle of Ferozeshuhur, 21-22.12.1845; appointed Assistant Commissary General, September 1847; Deputy Commissary General, May 1853; transferred to the newly-raised 3rd Bengal European Regiment, November 1853; promoted Major, September 1854; served during the Indian Mutiny, and present at the siege and capture of Delhi (C.B. (London Gazette 18.6.1858), Medal and clasp, Brevet Colonel); promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, July 1858; appointed Commissary General, November 1858; transferred to the 57th Native infantry, September 1859; retired with the rank of Major-General, December 1861. Major-General Thomson died at home at St. Peter's Square, Hammersmith, January 1863. |
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| 105 | |||
| Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur, one clasp, Sobraon (John Bulger 29th. Regt.), toned, extremely fine, with contemporary top silver riband buckle £350-400 |
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| 106 | |||
| x Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Goojerat, Mooltan, clasps in this order (Sowar Asdoollah Khan (2nd) 11th Irregular Cavalry), engraved in running script, light contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £300-350 |
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| 107 | |||
| Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (G. Harst, 3rd. Lt. Dragns.), pawn broker's mark to edge, minor edge nicks, therefore very fine £450-500 |
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| 108 | |||
| x South Africa 1834-53 (Bugler W. Letter. 90th Regt.), contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £340-380 1051 Bugler William Letter, born Manchester; enlisted 90th Foot, April 1833; he served with the regiment 'during the Kaffir War of 1847-48, at the Cape of Good Hope, and four months in the Crimea' (service papers refer); discharged August 1855; admitted as 'In Pensioner' Chelsea Hospital, July 1881; died May 1887. |
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| 109 | |||
| x South Africa 1834-53 (James Broderick, 2nd Regt.), toned, nearly extremely fine £340-380 3566 Private James Broderick, born Cork, Ireland; served with the 2nd Foot in South Africa during the Third Kaffir War, 1850-53; admitted as 'In Pensioner' Chelsea Hospital, April 1880; died January 1881. |
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| 110 | |||
| South Africa 1834-53 (David Anderson, 72nd. Regt.), contact marks, very fine £380-420 |
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| 111 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (Corpl. E. Chetwin, 78th Highlanders), contact marks, nearly very fine £280-320 2977 Sergeant Edwin Chetwin, born Nottingham, 1818; enlisted in the 17th (Leicestershire) Foot, March 1840; promoted Corporal, December 1844; transferred to the 78th Highlanders, February 1847; served with the Regiment in Persia and during the Indian Mutiny (Medal and clasps Defence of Lucknow and Lucknow); promoted Sergeant, July 1857; discharged, April 1861, after 21 years and 9 days with the Colours, of which 19 years were spent in India. |
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| 112 | |||
| x India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan (Sepoy Hur Singh Booklee 3rd. Goorkha Regt.), suspension claw tightened, very fine £100-140 |
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| 113 | |||
| x India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (874 Pte. Geo. Jackland. 2/9th Foot.), nearly very fine £140-160 |
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| 114 | |||
| x India General Service 1854-95, bronze issue, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Syce Tuckia 4th Cavy. Hybd. Contgt.), good very fine £80-120 |
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| 115 | |||
| x India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (823 Pte. H. Bulmer 1st Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord), toned, suspension slack, good very fine £180-220 |
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| 116 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1889-92 (Lieut. L.A. Forbes 39th. Bl. Infy.), very fine £300-350 Captain Lindsay Anstruther Forbes, born October 1865; Commissioned Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry, November 1886; seconded for service to the Indian Staff Corps, May 1888; served during the Burmese Expedition with the Tlang-tlang Column, and severely wounded; promoted Captain, November 1897 |
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| 117 | |||
| x India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hazara 1891 (1958 Pte. W. McKinnon 2d Bn. Sea Highrs.), minor edge bruising, good very fine £160-200 |
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| 118 | |||
| x India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hazara 1891 (1732 Sowar Mahan Singh 11th. Bl. Lcrs.), suspension slightly loose, nearly very fine £100-140 |
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| 119 | |||
| x India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, 2nd clasp loose on riband as issue (4418 Sergt. P. Carter 1st Bn. Rif. Brig.), suspension claw loose, very fine £100-140 |
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| 120 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Hazara 1888, Hazara 1891 (2206 Pte. D. Graham 2nd. Bn. Sea. Highrs.), number and initial officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £100-140 |
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| 121 | |||
| x Baltic 1854 (C. Gillett. Serjt. H.M.S. Odin.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, very fine £120-160 |
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| 122 | |||
| x Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £100-140 |
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| 123 | |||
| Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued, part of suspension claw missing, good very fine £70-90 |
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| 124 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (Chas. King, Chief Engineer, R.N. H.M.S. Lynx.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, nearly extremely fine £180-220 |
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| 125 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (J. Stokes. Trmptr. Rl. Horse Arty.), officially impressed, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £140-180 |
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| 126 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (G. Priestley. 11th Dragns.), officially impressed, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £180-220 |
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| 127 | |||
| Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (2219 Charles Cheyne 71st. Hd. Lt. Infy.), privately engraved in large serif capitals, suspension re-affixed, traces of brooch mounting, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £60-80 |
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| 128 | |||
| Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (3265. John. Dawson. 72. Highlanders.), Regimentally impressed, light contact marks, very fine £140-180 |
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| 129 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (No. 2941 David McLaren. 72d. Highlanders), contemporarily engraved in sloping upper and lower case script, top right-hand lug missing, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £100-140 |
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| 130 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (3964. Alexander. Hutton. 79. Cameron Highlanders), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, top lugs removed, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £100-140 |
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| 131 | |||
| Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (1st. Class Dvr. S. Harrold. L.T.C.), engraved in large serif capitals, good very fine £80-120 |
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| 132 | |||
| Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, heavy contact marks, good fine Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (3977. W. Hudson 1st. B. Fusiliers.), named in a variety of styles, pierced as issued and fitted with a Mutiny-style suspension, good fine (2) £70-90 |
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| 133 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, two clasps, Alma, Inkermann (Asst. Surgeon John Norris, 55th Foot.), contemporarily engraved in Hunt & Roskill style, extremely fine £400-450 Assistant Surgeon John James Norris, appointed Assistant Surgeon, 55th (Westmoreland) Foot, 28.3.1854; died before Sebastopol, 22.11.1854. |
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| 134 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (R. Wolladge [sic]. 7th Regt.), officially impressed, light contact marks, very fine £350-450 Private Robert Walladge, served with the 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Foot during the Crimean War and wounded at the Battle of the Alma, 20.9.1854 (London Gazette 17.10.1854). |
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| 135 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, last clasp loose on riband as issued later (Major Thos. N Dalton 49th. Foot), contemporarily engraved in 'Hunt and Roskell' style, extremely fine £1,400-1,800 Major Thomas Norcliffe Dalton, Commissioned Ensign, 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, June 1837; promoted Lieutenant, December 1840; Captain, April 1846; served with the Regiment during the Second Sikh War 1848-49, and was present at the passage of the Chenab, and in the Battles of Sadoolapore, Chilianwala, 13.1.1849, and Goojerat, 21.2.1849 (Medal with two clasps); later served with the Field Force in pursuit of the enemy to the Khyber Pass, March 1849; promoted Major, February 1851; transferred to the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Foot, 1853, and served with the Regiment in the Crimea; Mentioned in Lord Raglan's Despatch (London Gazette 10.10.1854); killed in action at the Battle of Inkermann, 5.11.1854- whilst leading his men in an assault he was struck by a musket ball in the head, and died on the battlefield. Had he survived, Major Dalton would have been recommended for the honour of the Third Class of the Order of the Bath (London Gazette 31.7.1855). |
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| 136 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (G. Hindle. 50th Regt.), officially impressed, nearly extremely fine £350-450 Listed on Medal Roll as 'Died 18.1.1855.' |
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| 137 | |||
| x Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Jas. Sadlier [sic] 55th. R..), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, unofficial rivets between 2nd and 3rd clasps, contact marks, good fine £200-240 2175 Private James Sadler, born Arundel, Sussex; enlisted 55th Foot, 1845; (entitled to Turkish Crimea and L.S.& G.C.); discharged 1866, after 21 years and 59 days with the Colours. |
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| 138 | |||
| x A 'Heavy Brigade' Crimea Medal to Sergeant D. Clay, 5th Dragoon Guards Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (David Clay 5th Dragoon Guar...), engraved in upright serif capitals, unofficial rivets, severe edge bruising, therefore good fine £400-500 80 Sergeant David Clay, born Cork, Ireland; enlisted in the 5th Dragoon Guards, 1841; promoted Corporal, 1856; transferred to the 5th Lancers, 1858, promoted Sergeant, 1858; discharged 1865, after 24 years and 136 days with the Colours: 'he has the Crimean Medal with clasps for Balaklava, Inkermann, & Sebastopol, the Turkish Crimean Medal, and a Medal for Good Conduct and Long Service with a gratuity of ten pounds' (Service Papers refer) |
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| 139 | |||
| Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, rivets between first, second, and third clasps popped (4154 J. Walpole. Coldm. Guards.), Regimentally impressed, suspension post replaced, contact marks, good fine £180-220 |
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| 140 | |||
| x Turkish Crimea (3), British die, unnamed as issued, with contemporary foliate suspension; Sardinian die (2), unnamed as issued, one pierced for ring suspension as issued the other with contemporary silver scroll bar suspension, generally nearly very fine or better (3) £100-140 |
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| 141 | |||
| x Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, attributed to Commander W.C. Geary, Royal Navy, the reverse side finely enamelled, brooch mounted on obverse, with ring suspension, overall nearly extremely fine, scarce, in Spink, London, case, with name plaque inscribed 'Captain W.C. Geary R.N.' £150-200 Commander William Charles Geary, second son of Commander John Geary, R.N.; entered the Royal Navy, June 1839, and served as Mate aboard H.M.S. Howe in the Mediterranean; Commissioned Lieutenant, January 1846, and served in the survey-vessel Volage; served in the Crimea as 'Agent for Transports', 1854-55, at the Port of Balaklava; advanced Commander; after 1856 served in the Coast Guard. In Victorian days it was customary to refer to Commanders socially as Captain, a habit which persisted until the Edwardian age. Provenance Presented by the recipient to his daughter Margaret, who converted it into an enamelled brooch in 1882. |
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| 142 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Delhi (Robt. Ashley, 1st. Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.), good very fine £280-320 |
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| 143 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (W. Hyrons, 38th. Regt.), contact marks, nearly very fine £240-280 4378 Private William Hyrons, born Nuneaton, Warwickshire, 1827; enlisted in the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot, March 1855; served with the Regiment in the Crimea (Medal and clasp for Sebastopol and Turkish Medal), and in India for 14 years; discharged, September 1874, after 19 years and 56 days with the Colours. |
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| 144 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Hugh Laird, 72nd. Highlanders), suspension claw slightly loose, nearly extremely fine £280-320 3847 Private Hugh Laird, born Ayrshire, 1838; enlisted in the 72nd Highlanders, March 1856; discharged, April 1866, after 10 years and 13 days with the Colours, of which 8 years were spent in India. |
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| 145 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Actg. S & P Sergt. I. Neild,), letter 'N' officially corrected, suspension slack, very fine, Scarce £280-320 |
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| 146 | |||
| x Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Cr. Serjt. Chas. A. Grant, 1st Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.), minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £400-450 |
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| 147 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Drumr. J. Milano, 78th. Highlanders), contact marks, very fine £400-500 Drummer J. Milano does not appear on the latest published transcript of the Indian Mutiny Medal Roll. However, the medal is correctly named and appears entirely as issued. |
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| 148 | |||
| x China 1857-60, two clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857 (L.J.H.A. Crawford, L.S. H.M.S. Highflyer.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £250-300 Luke John H.A. Crawford (erroneously listed as L.F. Crawford on published transcription of medal roll), born Feakle, Clare, Ireland, 1831; joined the Royal Navy, 1845; service included as Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Highflyer, July 1856-July 1859; wounded in action at Peiho Forts, 25.6.1859; invalided July 1859; returned to service in 1860; served in H.M.S. Cockatrice, from March 1861; later service included in H.M.S. Falcon, 1863-1867; returned to the Highflyer as Quarter Master, 1868; discharged 1870. |
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| 149 | |||
| x New Zealand 1844-66, reverse dated 1863-1866 (3107 Sergt. Wm. Brisk, 43rd Lt. Inftry.), contact marks, nearly very fine £300-340 3107 Sergeant William Brisk, born Guildford, Surrey; enlisted 43rd Light Infantry, 1853; advanced Sergeant 1860; discharged 1874, after 21 years and 22 days with the Colours; employed as Sergeant Instructor, 1st Berkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, at Reading, 1874-1888; admitted as 'In Pensioner' Chelsea Hospital, 1888. |
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| 150 | |||
| x Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Lt. C.A. Jones, Greenwood I. Co.), nearly extremely fine £400-500 |
| 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 July 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Tuesday 23 July 2013 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Wednesday 24 July 2013 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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