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
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Wednesday 20th November 10am to 5pm
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Auction Lots - Page 4
151
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (622 Pte. T. Mc.Carthy, K.R.R.C.), nearly extremely fine £70-90
Footnote: 622 Rifleman Thomas McCarthy, born Cork, 1870; enlisted in the North Cork Rifles, 9th (Militia) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, April 1887; served with the Battalion in South Africa from 1.2.1900; invalided back to Ireland, 21.9.1900; discharged, 8.4.1901, after 14 years' service.
152
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (186287 Ord. H.W. Pannifer. H.M.S. Powerful.), good very fine £400-450
Footnote: 186287 Ordinary Seaman H.W. Pannifer served in H.M.S. Powerful, and died of disease at Ladysmith, 10.3.1900.
153
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (5972 Pte. J. Martin, Gordon Highrs:), minor edge bruise, good very fine £140-180
154
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2073. Tr. E.J. Brownings. 1/L: Gds:), edge nick, good very fine £80-120
155
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (910 2nd. Cl: Tpr: F.G. Geary. S.A.C.), good very fine
King's South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3416 Pte. G. Hawkins. 16th. Lancers.), contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £80-120
156
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6209 Serjt: B. Branwell. Rifle Brigade.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £60-80
157
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4330 Pte. C. Johnson. 10-Hrs.), unofficial rivets between retaining rod and first clasp, top lugs removed, edge bruise, very fine £60-80
158
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (5400 S-Sejt. W. Carter, A.S.C.), unofficial rivets with additional solder reinforcement throughout, very fine
Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (7593. A/Corpl. W. Pearce. Rif: Brig:), medal heavily worn and polished, therefore nearly fine (2) £70-90
159
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (26419 Tpr: J. Allander. Driscoll's Scts.), very fine £60-80
160
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3704. Pte. F. Snelgrove. 6/Drgn. Gds.), initial officially corrected, good very fine £100-140
161
Queen's Mediterranean 1899-1902 (2789 Pte. J. Winn. North'd Fus:), good fine £160-200
162
Queen's Mediterranean 1899-1902 (1528 Corpl: J. Burke. L.N. Lanc: Regt.), nearly extremely fine £200-240
163
Queen's Mediterranean 1899-1902 (2306 Dmr: G. Hall. Rl: W. Kent Regt.), nearly very fine £180-220
164
China 1900, no clasp (216 Gnr: J. Doherty. 5th. Sec: Maxims), good very fine £160-200
Footnote: 216 Gunner James Doherty, born Templemore, Londonderry, 1880; enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery, July 1899; posted to a Galloping Maxim Battery, and served with the 5th Maxim Section in China, from 15.9.1900; discharged, 3.11.1911, after 12 years and 110 days' service; later re-enlisted for service with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War.
Approximately 45 China Medals to the 5th Maxim Section.
165
China 1900, no clasp (Lieut. A.C.Mc. Gilchrist. I.M.S.), officially renamed, good very fine £100-140
Footnote: Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Currie MacGilchrist, Commissioned Lieutenant, Indian Medical Service, 27.1.1900; promoted Captain, 27.1.1903; Major, 27.7.1911; retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 24.5.1927.
166
China 1900, one clasp, Taku Forts (G.E. Cullingford, 2nd. Yeo. Sig., H.M.S. Barfleur.), edge bruise, contact marks, nearly very fine £350-400
Footnote: Chief Yeoman of Signals George Edward Cullingford, born Poplar, London, September 1875; enlisted in the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, serving in H.M.S. Impregnable, November 1890; promoted Signalman, September 1893; Leading Signalman, March 1896; Second Yeoman of Signals, June 1896; transferred to H.M.S. Barfleur, September 1899; promoted Yeoman of Signals, February 1901; Chief Yeoman of Signals, July 1907; awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal, 5.2.1914; discharged, June 1919.
Approximately 22 Taku Forts clasps awarded to H.M.S. Barfleur
167
Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (2) (X.3919 Wdr. Yaro Adamu.; ZB/13898 Pte. Linje Nkomera. EAASC.), first good very fine, second fine (2) £60-80
168
Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, no clasp (131 Cooly Bal Bir S.& T. Corps), file marks to first part of name, otherwise extremely fine £70-90
169
India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp (4), Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2) (1458 Farr. Sheikh Doola, 30 Lcrs.; 5705 Sepoy Mir Ali, Kurram Militia.); Waziristan 1919-21 (1826 L-Nk. Hakam Singh, 20 Infy.); Waziristan 1921-24 (18781 Dvr. Pawitar Singh, 112 P. Bty), file marks to naming on second, nearly very fine (4) £60-80
170
India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp (2), North West Frontier 1930-31 (35199 Dvr. Mangal Singh, 9 Mtn. Bty.); North West Frontier 1935 (12600 Sepoy Vakil Singh, 5-12 F.F.R.), nearly very fine
Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (2) (1218047 Gnr Mohd Sadique R.P.A.); unnamed, nearly very fine (4) £40-60
171
Khedive's Sudan 1910-22, one clasp, Atwot 1918, unnamed as issued, good very fine £200-240
172
Territorial Force War Medal (1464 Pte. P.F. Porter. E. Kent R.), very fine £100-140
173
Naval General Service 1915-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (231265. H.J. Terry, A.B., H.M.S. Dartmouth), contact marks to obverse, nearly very fine £80-120
174
Naval General Service 1915-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Near East (P/K. 946537 G.A. Dunbar. M(E)I. R.N.), nearly extremely fine £70-90
175
Naval General Service 1915-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Near East (P/SSX. 899647 W. Gaunt. A.B. R.N.), good very fine £70-90
176
General Service 1918-62 (3), G.V.R. (2), one clasp, N.W. Persia (93 1/2 Rfmn Bombahadur Ghale. 1-2-Gurkha R.); two clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (3709 Sepoy Harnath Singh. 13-Rajputs.); G.VI.R., one clasp, S.E. Asia, unnamed as issued to Indian personnel, good fine (3) £60-80
177
General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2) (14484877 Tpr. P.S. Latter. 17/21 L.; AS.29001 Pte. N. Kosaka. A.P.C.), nearly extremely fine (2) £50-70
178
General Service 1918-62 (2), G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (T.14136014 Pte. R.W.J. Smith. R.A.S.C.); E.II.R., one clasp, Cyprus (23512161 Gnr. J. Conn. R.A.), nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80
179
General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (22773871 Tpr. G. Pendry. 12 L), extremely fine £50-70
180
General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (Capt. L.W. Crawford. R.A.E.C.), good very fine £80-120
Footnote: Captain L.W. Crawford, Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Army Educational Corps, 29.12.1946; promoted Captain, 29.12.1952.
181
General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (Q/1001085 Cpl. D. Adams. Q.A.R.A.N.C.), extremely fine £70-90
Footnote: Q/1001085 Corporal Daphne Adams, born Elham, Surrey, September 1929; married Peter Hollands, September 1956.
182
General Service 1918-62, E.II.R. (2), one clasp, Malaya (4115820 L.A.C. E. Pollard. R.A.F.); two clasps, Cyprus, Arabian Peninsula (1930481 L.A.C. W. James R.A.F.), suspension re-affixed on latter, edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine, the first good very fine (2) £60-80
183
General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., two clasps, Cyprus, Near East (23204855 Pte. I. Jeffery. Para.), unofficial retaining rod between clasps, nearly extremely fine, mounted court style as worn £180-220
184
Second World War Medals (10), 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal, good very fine or better (10) £220-250
185
Second World War Medals (18), 1939-1945 Star (4); Africa Star (4), one with 1st Army Bar, one with 8th Army Bar, and one with North Africa 1942-43 Bar; Pacific Star; Burma Star (2); Italy Star (3); France and Germany Star (4), generally very fine or better (18) £80-100
186
Air Crew Europe Star, good very fine £140-180
187
Second World War Medals (15), Defence Medal (3); War Medal (2); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (2), one with Maple Leaf Bar; Australia Service Medal (QX35003 G. Nairn); New Zealand War Service Medal; South African Medal for War Services; Africa Service Medal (3) (579849 E.D. Hine; 94469 S.F. Maritz; 284482 W.V. Pitt); India Service Medal (2), generally nearly very fine or better (15) £80-100
188
Korea 1950-53, 1st 'Britt: Omn:' type (22425257 Pte. F.A. Putt. Glosters.), extremely fine £450-550
189
Korea 1950-53, 1st 'Britt: Omn:' type (3655126 Rfn. T. White. R.U.R.), good very fine £1,000-1,400
Footnote: 3655126 Rifleman Thomas White, born Liverpool, 23.12.1921; enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment, 11.3.1940, and served during the Second World War in North Africa, 8.11.1942 to 11.7.1946; served with the Royal Ulster Rifles in Korea from 1.10.1950; Missing in Action, 20.1.1951; later confirmed killed in action, 2.2.1951, and is buried in the UN Military Cemetery, Tanggok, Korea.
190
General Service 1962-2007, one clasp (2), Borneo (080239 A.J. Amos. A.B. R.N.); Northern Ireland (24027944 Tpr. M.J. Toon 17/21 L.), nearly extremely fine (2) £80-120
191
General Service 1962-2007, two clasps, Radfan, South Arabia, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (5511594 S.Sgt. J.E.C. Christian. REME.), good very fine £60-80
192
General Service 1962-2007, three clasps, Radfan, South Arabia, Northern Ireland, unofficial retaining rods between clasps (22417263 L/Cpl. J. Lothian. RS.), extremely fine £80-120

A COLLECTION OF SHOULDER BELT PLATES

The following collection of 73 Shoulder Belt Plates was formed over the latter half of the 19th Century, and features a wide variety of British Line Regiments and Militia Units.
Many of the scarcer examples have not been noted at auction for a number of years, and this collection is appearing on the market for the first time in over a century.
193
The Royal Marines
A very fine example the gilt back plate with gilt mounts, comprising a central Royal Crest with a floreate scroll above 'Gibraltar' and a similar scroll below 'Per Mare Per Terram', complete with original leather liner, c.1840-1855, excellent condition £700-900
194
Royal Marine Artillery
A fine quality and scarce example gilt back plate with gilt mounts, comprising an ornate scroll 'Gibraltar' over the Royal Crest over a fused grenade with a further ornate scroll below 'Per Mare Per Terram', complete with original leather liner, this with ink inscription 'Artillery Companies Royal Marines Presented by Captn', and later annotation 'H.B. Savage R.M.A. 23/12/54', c.1850-1855, (Parkyn 395), one or two tiny edge nicks otherwise excellent condition £700-900
195
The Royal Regiment of Artillery
A fine quality example the engine turned back plate with gilt mounts, comprising the crowned Garter Proper enclosing the Royal Arms of Great Britain post 1837 with attendant Union sprays, a scroll below 'Ubique' over a cannon with a further scroll 'Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt', complete with original leather liner, this with ink inscription 'worn in 1837 by Capt. Wm. Forbes, presented by Capt. G. Forbes, R.A.', c.1837-1855 (Parkyn 52), excellent condition £300-400
196
2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
A very fine quality and scarce example the gilt back plate with silver mounts, comprising ornate laurel sprays emblazoned with battle honours enclosing a crowned oval strap 'Pristinae Virtutis Memor' in the centre the Paschal Lamb over '2', complete with original leather liner, this with ink inscription 'Captain Wolfe 1854', c.1830-1855 (Parkyn 83), the red enamel backing to the central motto totally lacking the blue and green enamel backing to the central mount damaged otherwise fine condition £400-600
Footnote: Major George Wolfe, Commissioned Ensign, 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot, September 1844; promoted Lieutenant, April 1849; Captain, December 1853; served with the Regiment during the Second China War, and present at the advance on Peking, 1860; promoted Major, April 1866.
197
3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs)
A fine quality example the gilt back plate with silver and gilt mounts, comprising a crowned multi-rayed facetted star, below the crown a scroll 'Peninsula', an oval strap 'Veteri Frondescit Honore', in the centre on a domed ground a dragon over '3', emanating from the strap are seven gilt battle honour bars 'Talavera Pyrenees Nive Punniar Nivelle Albuhera Douro', complete with original leather liner, c.1845-1855, excellent condition £600-800
198
6th (1st Royal Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot
A scarce and fine quality example the gilt back plate with silver mounts, comprising a scroll 'Niagara' the crown over an Antelope over 'VI' these with attendant laurel sprays, at the bottom a tri-part scroll 'Orthes Peninsula Pyrenees', complete with original leather liner (Parkyn 107), little gilt remains on the back plate otherwise good condition £300-400
199
11th (North Devon) Regiment of Foot
A very fine example the engine turned gilt back plate with gilt mounts, comprising the crown over 'XI' with attendant laurel sprays a scroll at the base 'Peninsula', complete with original leather liner, c.1840-1855 (Parkyn 136), top left hand corner with slight buckle otherwise very fine condition £400-600
200
12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
A very scarce and extremely fine example the gilt back plate with silver mounts, comprising a crowned tri-part scroll 'Minden Gibraltar Seringapatam', laurel sprays enclose a circular strap 'Montis Insignia Calpe', within the strap on a domed ground the Castle and Key of Gibraltar over 'XII', at the base of the laurels a scroll 'India', complete with original leather liner, c.1843-1855 (Parkyn 140), excellent condition £600-800
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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