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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: | 21st November 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewng: Tuesday 19th November 10am to 5pm Wednesday 20th November 10am to 5pm |
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| Auction Lots - Page 3 | |||
| 101 | |||
| Alexander Davison's Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm, bronze, with contemporary ring suspension, good very fine, the reverse better £150-200 |
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| 102 | |||
| Honourable East India Company's Medal for Seringapatam 1799, 48mm, bronze, Soho Mint, with contemporary ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £200-250 |
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| 103 | |||
| Honourable East India Company's Medal for Seringapatam 1799, 48mm, bronze, Soho Mint, minor nicks, good very fine £240-280 |
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| 104 | |||
| Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Nepaul (Jonas Frith. 2nd. Bn. Arty.), officially engraved in serif capitals, India, unit partially re-touched, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £700-900 Footnote: The latest published transcript of the Medal Roll lists Jonas Frith as being entitled to a two clasp Medal, with the additional clasp of Nagpore. However, the medal appears entirely as issued. Provenance: Bonhams, June 1997 |
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| 105 | |||
| Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, two clasps, Maheidpoor, Ava (O. Mc.Manus, Eurn. Regt.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, edge bruise, good very fine £2,600-3,000 Footnote: Owen McManus served with the 102nd Madras European Regiment at the Battle of Maheidpoor, 21.12.1817. |
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| 106 | |||
| Spanish Medal for Bagur and Palamos 1810, 46mm, silver, very fine and rare, with original eyelet and ring suspension £2,000-3,000 |
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| 107 | |||
| Waterloo 1815 (William Pepperall, 1st Regiment Life Guards.), lightly polished, nearly very fine, with steel clip and split ring suspension £1,800-2,200 Footnote: 66 Trooper William Pepperall, born Kingsbridge, Devon, c.1790; enlisted in the 1st Life Guards, March 1813; served with the Regiment during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815, where the Regiment lost 2 Officers and 24 men killed, and 4 Officers and 49 men wounded, out of a total strength of 228; discharged, November 1837, after 26 years and 227 days with the Colours. |
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| 108 | |||
| Waterloo 1815 (Corporal Richard Green, 1st Reg. Dragoon Guards.), edge bruise, nearly very fine, with original steel clip and later ring suspension £2,400-2,800 Footnote: Corporal Richard Green, born Gillmorton, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, c. 1777; enlisted in the King's Dragoon Guards, April 1801; promoted Corporal, March 1815; served during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; discharged, May 1817, after 18 years and 22 days with the Colours. Provenance: Glendining, June 1911. |
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| 109 | |||
| Waterloo 1815 (James Kettle Royal Artillery Drivers.), edge bruising, nearly very fine, with later silver clip and straight bar suspension £1,000-1,400 Footnote: Driver James Kettle, born Tanderagee, Co. Armagh, Ireland, c.1784; enlisted in the Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers, October 1803; served in Captain Henry Lane's "F" Troop during the Waterloo Campaign; discharged, May 1816, after 14 years and 245 days' service. |
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| 110 | |||
| Waterloo 1815 (Bt. Major M. Ryan, 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot.), with original steel clip and contemporary silver ring and bar suspension, rank corrected from 'Capt.' and consequently name largely retouched, light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better £1,200-1,600 Footnote: Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Ryan, Commissioned Cornet, 26th Light Dragoons, April 1795; promoted Lieutenant, April 1796; transferred to the 18th Light Dragoons, 1800; exchanged into the 5th West India Regiment, with the rank of Captain, May 1801; transferred to the 30th Foot, May 1814; promoted Brevet Major, 4.6.1815; Major, 1817; Lieutenant-Colonel, July 1830. Lieutenant-Colonel Ryan served in the West Indies under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in Portugal under General Cuyler, and during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815. |
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| 111 | |||
| Ghuznee 1839 (Corpl. Henry Hall 2nd. Foot), reverse engraved in serif capitals, with silver straight bar suspender, minor edge bruise, good very fine £550-650 Footnote: Corporal Henry Hall, born Godalming, Surrey, c.1807; enlisted in the 69th Foot, September 1824; transferred to the 2nd Foot, January 1825; served with the Regiment in India from June 1825; present at the capture of Ghuznee and Khelat, and was severely wounded in the right thigh at the storming of Khelat, 13.1.1839; discharged owing to the effects of his wounds, October 1840, after 15 years and 267 days with the Colours. |
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| 112 | |||
| Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Private J. Jones H.M. 40th. Regt.), engraved in running script, with original steel clip and straight bar suspension, French silver import stamp to edge, lightly lacquered, nearly extremely fine £550-650 |
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| 113 | |||
| China 1842 (Bancroft Rosson. 26th. Regiment Foot.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £500-550 |
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| 114 | |||
| Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private John Williams H.M. 40th. Regt.), retaining hook replaced by silver clip and straight bar suspender, polished, good very fine £380-420 Footnote: 1662 Sergeant John Williams, born Edinburgh, 1817; enlisted in the 6th Foot, December 1838; transferred to the 40th Foot, April 1842; served with the Regiment during the Gwalior Campaign; promoted Corporal, July 1853; Sergeant, April 1854; awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal; discharged, May 1860, after 21 years and 144 days with the Colours. |
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| 115 | |||
| Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee, two clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Lieut. J: I: Mainwaring 42nd. Regt. L:I:), edge bruising, very fine £600-800 Footnote: Lieutenant J.I. Mainwaring, appointed Ensign, 42nd Bengal Light Infantry, 1837; promoted Lieutenant, December 1839. |
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| 116 | |||
| Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (James Tearon, 1st. Eur. Fus.), very fine £380-420 |
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| 117 | |||
| India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Perak (1571. Pte. M. Dermott. 80th. Foot.), nearly extremely fine £200-240 |
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| 118 | |||
| Family Group: India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891 (3376 Pte. C.G. Ward 1st. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.), toned, nearly extremely fine, together with two related Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association Temperence Medals, the One Year Medal (STA.1), with Samana 1891 and Hazara 1891 Bars, and top 'Fidelity' riband bar; and the Association Medal (STA.6) British War Medal (41951 Pte. C. Ward. Bedf. R.), extremely fine (4) £200-300 Footnote: 41951 Private Charles Ward, born New Cross, Kent; served with the 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 10.5.1918, and is buried in Englebelmer Communal Cemetery, France. |
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| 119 | |||
| Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (2824 Pte. Mathew Currie. 2. Battn. 1st. Royals), Regimentally impressed, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine £160-200 Footnote: 2824 Corporal Mathew Currie, born Stirling, April 1832; enlisted in the 71st Foot, November 1849; transferred to the 1st (Royal Scots) Foot, August 1853; served with the Regiment in the Crimea; promoted Corporal, April 1860; discharged, May 1861, after 11 years and 19 days with the Colours. |
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| 120 | |||
| Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (Asst. Surgn. W.C. Roe, 89th. Regt.), privately engraved in large serif capitals, light file marks to retaining rod rivets, heavy contact marks, therefore nearly very fine Turkish Crimea, British die, pierced as issued, but lacking ring suspension, good very fine (2) £180-220 Footnote: Assistant-Surgeon William Carden Roe, appointed Assistant-Surgeon, 89th Foot, December 1854; served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and present during the siege of Sebastopol, March to June 1855, and the attack on the Grand Redan, 18.6.1855. |
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| 121 | |||
| Turkish Crimea, British Die (A. Hay, No.3471, 20th. Regt.), engraved in large serif capitals, with contemporary silver clip and ring suspension, contact marks, nearly very fine £80-100 Footnote: 3471 Private Adam Hay served with the 20th Foot during the Crimean War (entitled to the Crimea Medal with clasps for Alma, Inkermann, and Balaklava); and during the Indian Mutiny (Medal with clasp for Lucknow). |
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| 122 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Rajummud 3rd. Regt. Infy. Hydd. Contt.), impressed naming, edge bruising, very fine £140-180 |
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| 123 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Sepoy Adul Sing Shekhawattee Battn.), engraved in running script, fixed suspension, nearly very fine, scarce to unit £120-160 |
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| 124 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Delhi (Michl. Mc.Carthy, 1st. Bn. 8th. Regt.), nearly extremely fine £600-800 Footnote: 3259 Private Michael McCarthy, killed in action at Delhi, 14.9.1857. |
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| 125 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Defence of Lucknow (P. Finnigan, 32nd. L.I.), edge bruise, very fine £1,200-1,600 Footnote: 3593 Private Patrick Finnigan, served with the 32nd Foot during the Indian Mutiny, and was killed in action at the disastrous Battle of Chinhut, 30.6.1857. Casualties for the Battle, when Sir Henry Lawrence, on hearing of the fall of Cawnpore, led his men out of Lucknow to meet the much larger rebel army, were 118 Europeans and 182 loyal Indian soldiers killed or missing. As a result of having his force so severely weaken, Lawrence ordered the entire Lucknow force to retire to the Residency. Mortally wounded two days later during the Defence of the Residency, his last words were "to ask the poor fellows who I exposed at Chinhut to forgive me. Bid them remember Cawnpore and never surrender." |
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| 126 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Captn. W.A. Dick, 3rd. Regt. Bombay Cavy.), minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine £700-900 |
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| 127 | |||
| Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Isaac Thompson, 84th. Regt.), edge bruise, very fine, scarce £1,200-1,600 Footnote: Private Isaac Thompson served as an original defender at Lucknow, as part of the small detachment of 50 men of the 84th under Major D. O'Brien. |
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| 128 | |||
| China 1857-60, two clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Asst. Surgn. S. Newton. 8th. Regt. Punjab Infy.), rank rubbed, suspension claw re-affixed, good very fine £200-240 |
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| 129 | |||
| China 1857-60, three clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, top lugs removed from second clasp; third clasp loose on riband as a consequence, unnamed as issued, good very fine £160-200 |
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| 130 | |||
| Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Pte. J.H. Scott, 3rd. V.R. of C.), extremely fine £240-280 |
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| 131 | |||
| Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Red River 1870 (891. Pte. J. Mitchell. 1/60. K.O.R.), minor edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine £1,400-1,800 |
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| 132 | |||
| Abyssinia 1867-68 (1065 T. Scott 33rd. D.W. Regt.), suspension re-affixed, minor edge bruising, very fine £160-200 |
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| 133 | |||
| Ashantee 1873-74 (T. Martin. Py. Offr. 1.Cl. H.M.S. Active. 73-74.), nearly extremely fine £180-220 |
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| 134 | |||
| South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (2321. Pte. W. Selwood. 2/21st. Foot.), nearly extremely fine £380-420 |
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| 135 | |||
| Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (591. Pte. Jno. Trainor. 63rd. Regt.), good very fine £80-100 |
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| 136 | |||
| The Second Afghan War Medal to Private R. Lee, 66th Foot, Killed in Action at the Battle of Maiwand, 27.7.1880 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (B/706 Pte. R. Lee, 66th. Foot), nearly extremely fine £1,600-2,000 Footnote: B/706 Private Richard Lee, killed in action at the Battle of Maiwand, 27.7.1880. |
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| 137 | |||
| Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, one clasp, Basutoland (Pte. C. Smith. C.M. Rifn.), engraved in upright serif capitals, good very fine £180-220 |
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| 138 | |||
| Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, one clasp, Bechuanaland (649 Pte. E. Ewers. C. Pol.), engraved in upright serif capitals, minor edge bruising, good fine £140-180 |
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| 139 | |||
| Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (5247 Gunr. F. Button. C/3. Bde. R.A.), heavy pitting, nearly very fine £80-120 |
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| 140 | |||
| Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (2688. Pte. M. Devonport. 2/Cdm. Gds.), good very fine £140-180 |
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| 141 | |||
| Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, El-Teb_Tamaai (1494, Pte. G. Sharp, 1/York & Lanc: R:), very fine £200-240 |
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| 142 | |||
| Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (23645. Gunr. J. Stephens. 1/1 So: Div: R.A.), heavy edge bruising, good fine £100-140 |
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| 143 | |||
| Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (366. Boatn. K. Mc.Leod. Sherbrooke Contgt.), engraved in sloping serif capitals, light pitting, good very fine £1,200-1,600 |
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| 144 | |||
| Khedive's Star 1882, unnamed as issued, light scratch marks to obverse, nearly very fine £40-50 |
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| 145 | |||
| Khedive's Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine Khedive's Star 1884, unnamed as issued, lacking suspension bar, otherwise good very fine Khedive's Star, undated, reverse impressed '1137', nearly very fine (3) £120-160 |
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| 146 | |||
| Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894 (Private G. Gardiner, S.L.I.), fine £400-500 |
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| 147 | |||
| India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2570 Bugler T.A. Willan 1st. Bn. Som: Lt. Infy.), with additional retaining rod, minor official correction to surname, good very fine £100-120 Footnote: 2570 Bugler Thomas Abraham Willan, born Walworth, London, 1873; enlisted in the Somerset Light Infantry, May 1889; appointed Bugler, February 1891; discharged, June 1900, after 11 years and 55 days with the Colours. |
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| 148 | |||
| India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Syce Juwara), officially renamed, good very fine £60-80 |
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| 149 | |||
| Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908 (2), no clasp, unnamed as issued; one clasp, Talodi, named to the Egyptian Army, generally good very fine or better (2) £160-200 |
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| 150 | |||
| Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, four clasps, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum, Sudan 1899, engraved to the Egyptian Army, good very fine £140-180 |
| 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: | 21st November 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewng: Tuesday 19th November 10am to 5pm Wednesday 20th November 10am to 5pm |
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