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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: | 1st May 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Monday 28th April 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 29th April 9.00 am to 7.00 pm Wednesday 30th April 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 1st May 8.30 am to 4.30 pm Friday 2nd May 8.30 am to 10.00 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 10 | |||
| 481 | |||
| WEST SOMERSET YEOMANRY BUTTONS & PRINTS. (3) Gilt officers WSY cuff buttons, also (7) silver coloured cap strap buttons, both card mounted by the supplier. (3) framed WSY/14th Lt Dragoons/2nd Life Guards prints £40-60 |
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| 482 | |||
| INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS BADGES etc. Officers metal cap and collar badges Inniskilling Dragoon Gds. Officers V D G (Fifth Dragoon Guards) metal cap badges and two officers buttons. A red horsehair bridle plume, with leather strap and brass inverted thistle mount. £50-70 |
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| 483 | |||
| AN RAF LSGC GROUP OF FIVE MEDALS. 1939/45 & Africa stars, Defence & War medals all unnamed as issued. A QEII RAF Long Service & Good Conduct medal named to 1129065 Sgt J E Corcoran RAF, mounted for wear. £70-90 |
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| 484 | |||
| A PICKLEHAUBE PLATE. A Prussian white metal Picklehaube plate, with two holes made in the eagles chest £30-40 |
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| 485 | |||
| A KRUGERRAND. A South African Krugerrand dated 1978. £600-700 |
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| 486 | |||
| A KRUGERRAND. A South African Krugerrand dated 1974. £600-700 |
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| 487 | |||
| 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. £40-60 |
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| 488 | |||
| A BLACK WATCH SWEETHEARTS BROOCH etc. A silver hall marked for 1915 Edingburgh, with various associated school and other military and non military badges. £30-40 |
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| 489 | |||
| A SOVEREIGN. A George V Sovereign dated 1913 £170-190 |
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| 490 | |||
| A PLAID BROOCH. A silver coloured metal Plaid Brooch with the motto of the Douglas Clan, 'Jamais Arriere', 60mm diameter. £40-60 |
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| 491 | |||
| WWII MEDALS. 1939/45, Italy, Burma bar Pacific, ACE copy star, Defence & War medals etc. £50-60 |
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| 492 | |||
| 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. £300-400 |
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| 493 | |||
| THE MEDALS OF COLONEL H P SYKES 2nd DG & DENBIGHSHIRE YEO. Queens South Africa medal with four bars, Relief of Mafeking-Paardeburg-Transvaal-South Africa 1901. Named to Captain H P Sykes 2nd Drag. British War & Victory medals named to Lt Col H P Sykes. Territorial War medal named to Lt Col H P Sykes Denbigh.Yeo. Unnamed as issued, 22 June 1911 Coronation medal. The five mounted for wear with matching miniatures, also mounted for wear. A related bronze shooting medal 20th Cheshires Second Best Shot medal, on clasp and ribbon, V R on the floral bar. Lt Colonel H P Sykes was the eldest son of Thomas Hardcastle Sykes DL.JP. (who died in 1901) of Cringle House, Cheadle. Born in 1865 Harold Platt Sykes married 1st 1895 Frances McDonald of Keppoch, daughter of D P McDonald. (Who died in 1901). Secondly in 1903 to Winifred youngest daughter of Colonel W H C Wellesey Royal Fusiliers. Son and heir Lt Col Peter Thomas Wellesey Sykes. Lt Colonel Sykes served on the Staff in the South African War also with the 2nd Dragoon Guards and was Mentioned in Despatches in 1901. He was at one time seconded to the British South African Constabulary, whilst rounding up fugitive Boers. Retiring as a Captain in 1903, he later commanded the Denbighshire Yeomanry from 1910 until 1917. Later served in the Territorial Force Reserve with the rank of Lt Colonel. High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1931. He served with his regiment in Egypt from 3/3/1916, medals confirmed on the MIC cards. Retired from the TF in 1921/22. Also with the medals are three Commission Documents 4th Cheshires/ 2nd Dragoon Gds/ Denbighshire Hussars 1908. Letters Lt Col Sykes including one from his brother Alan Sykes MP. Mafeking Dinner 1908 menu. Letter from a fellow Denbighshire Yeomanry officer, when he was evacuated home for treatment. A photocopy of his privately printed diary, of The Relief of Mafeking. May 1900 for private circulation only. Telling the firsthand story of the Battles and Sorties between May 4th and May 17th 1900, when the relief was achieved. A set of 7 postcards of the Denbighshire Yeomanry at Camp in June 1914 with Lt Col Sykes at the fore. A reproduced photograph from an original in 2nd DG uniform C1890's. See Illustration £600-800 |
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| 494 | |||
| THE MEDALS OF Miss N M SYKES VAD. France & Germany Star, Defence & War Medals, Long and efficient Service medal with VAD and extra service bar. Impressed naming to Miss Nesta Mabel Sykes. Also a related Defence & War medal pair, both sets mounted for wear. £80-120 |
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| 495 | |||
| A Z.A.R. SEAL & DOCUMENT. A Document with Z.A.R. crest dated 1898, confiming Phillip Eduard Malherbe as a Commisary Clerk. Pretoria July 1898, signed by Staats President Kruger. Together with an original official seal of the Goverment Landdroot Potchefotrron. Z.A.R. 4.1/4" high with 1.1/4" diameter seal stamp base. Signed by both President Kruger (Oom Paul) and Frances W Reitz. £200-300 |
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| 496 | |||
| QEII SILVER MEDALLIONS. (30) 28.2gm silver proof medallions commemorating the Queens 80th Birthday etc. In a fitted case of issue, with some certificates present. £200-250 |
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| 497 | |||
| GOLD PLATED GVI & QEII COINAGE. Three fitted trays of UNC coinage from the reigns of George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. From farthing to Halfcrown pre-decimal coins with gold plate and coloured highlighting. The third tray consists of Decimal issues halfpenny to Pound coins, in a similar format. Some certificates of issue are present. £50-80 |
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| 498 | |||
| THE QUEEN MOTHER & QEII MEDALLIONS. (28) Silver proof medallions struck to celebrate various events in the Queen Mothers and Queen Elizabeth II, reigns. 28.2gms. each, some with gold plating or decoration to detail. £180-200 |
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| 499 | |||
| SILVER ROOF MEDALLIONS. (26) Silver proof medallions of the reign of QEII etc. Each weighing 28.2 grms. £170-190 |
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| 500 | |||
| PIEDFORT NELSON-TRAFALGAR SET 2005. Two cased Piedfort medallions 56.5gms. each in weight, celebrating the 200th anniversary of The Battle of Trafalgar. Complete with certificate and outer sleeve of issue. £50-70 |
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| 501 | |||
| A FRENCH 20F PIECE. An 1812 dated Napoleon Bonaparte 20 Franc piece. 'A' mintmark for Paris, Cockerel in legend, laureate head. £150-180 |
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| 502 | |||
| A 20 FRANC GOLD PIECE. A Louis XVIII 20 Franc piece dated 1817, with horsehead below bust. A for Paris mintmark, Cockerel in legend. £150-170 |
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| 503 | |||
| A WREATH CROWN A George V 1927 first issue Proof reverse date Wreath Crown. £200-300 |
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| 504 | |||
| BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION MEDALLION. A bronze 1925 dated British Empire Exhibition 51mm diameter, in case of issue. (1997 in British Commemorative Medals by Christopher Eimer) £50-70 |
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| 505 | |||
| CASED SILVER PROOF 50p PIECES. A cased set of two 50p pieces dated 1997. (2) x 1998 50p pieces in separate cases all with certificates. £30-40 |
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| 506 | |||
| CASED PIEDFORT COINAGE. (3) Cased Piedfort issues including 50p pieces dated 1997/1998 and a £1 piece dated 1998, all with certificates. £40-60 |
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| 507 | |||
| A SOUTH AFRICAN POND. A Z.A.R. gold Pond piece, dated 1895. weight 7.9 grams. £160-180 |
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| 508 | |||
| A HALF POND. A Z.A.R. Half Pond dated 1896, weight 3.9 grams. £80-90 |
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| 509 | |||
| A MAYOR OF STRETFORD AWARD & CERTIFICATE. A cased neck badge in silver/gilt and enamel with the Borough of Stretford coat of arms. Reverse reads Borough of Stretford, Presented by the Council to, Councillor Alfonso Charles Trythall JP. In Commemoration of his Mayoralty 1942-43. Also a framed certificate awarded in 1951 when he retired as Alderman of Stretford. £80-120 |
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| 510 | |||
| US SILVER DOLLAR etc. A Liberty Dollar dated 1921, 1922 and 1964 Dollars. Also a 1964 Half Dollar, a 1974 Dollar a 1935 Crown and a 1939/45 Star. (6). £40-60 |
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| 511 | |||
| A CASED COINAGE SET. A cased set of Isle of Man silver proof coinage, a six coin decimal set dated 1978, also silver proof and cupro-nickel pounds. £40-60 |
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| 512 | |||
| OLYMPIC PROOF CROWNS. Four cased 1980 Olympic Crowns, Pobjoy Mint issue. £40-50 |
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| 513 | |||
| A CASED GOLD SET. A cased Royal Mint three Gold Coins set, dated 1983, Two Pounds, Sovereign & Half Sovereign, all proof examples. £600-700 |
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| 514 | |||
| CASED PROOF SET. Pobjoy Mint cased 'Magnificent Seven' (8) of 1977 Jubilee Year. In case of issue with certificate, issued to celebrate the Queens 25 Anniversary. £80-120 |
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| 515 | |||
| CASED IOM CROWNS. A set of cased Isle of Man Tynewald Crowns, all dated 1979. Also (3) cased IOM £1 coins, 40-60 |
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| 516 | |||
| VARIOUS CASED COINAGE etc. A cased Piedfort 20p piece dated 1982 complete with certificate. Cased silver proof £1 piece dated 1983. Canada silver proof set $1-1cent (6 coins). A Maria Theresa Thaler, Kennedy Half-Dollar 1963 in silver. An 1889 dated Victorian Crown, also an Australian Kookaburra 1991 $5 piece. £80-100 |
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| 517 | |||
| CASED INDIVIDUAL CROWNS. (8) Individually cased silver Crowns, including 1972 Jubilee, 1977 Silver Jubilee x 4, 1980 & 1981 issues. A Republic of the Seychelles 25 Rupees piece. £70-100 |
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| 518 | |||
| CASED CROWN PIECES. (10) Cased individual issue Crown pieces dated 1975-78-79 etc, with certificates. £100-150 |
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| 519 | |||
| TWO GREEK COINS. Two Greek Coins the first with the head of Apollo ? with reverse of an Eagle facing right. The second has a female bust with writing to the lefthand side and Swan facing left reverse. £60-80 |
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| 520 | |||
| MODERN COINAGE. Including cased 50p pieces, an album of GB and Foreign coinage. UNC Crowns, Halfcrowns, Florins, Shillings etc. Cased Year Set, silver Joeys, pennies and farthings etc. £100-150 |
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| 521 | |||
| A 1937 SPECIMEN COIN SET. (15) Coins from Crown to farthing, including Maundy coinage of 4d/3d/2/d1/d respectively. Contained in its red case of issue with Specimen Coins 1937 under Crown and GVIR cypher. £100-200 |
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| 522 | |||
| GOLD SPECIMEN SET 1937. (4) Coins issued in 1937 consisting of a Five Pound piece, Two Pound piece, Sovereign and Half Sovereign. Contained in the original Specimen case of issue 5501 proof sets were issued by the Royal Mint. All coins have plain edge finish. See Illustration £3500-4000 |
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| 523 | |||
| QEII COIN SETS etc. Four cased sets of 1953 Coronation 2nd June coinage. Crown to farthing (10) per set, all in UNC condition. Three cased Festival of Britain Crowns, cased Silver 1976-1977 dated Lord Mayor of London Silver Jubilee crown, etc. £150-200 |
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| 524 | |||
| AN ECCENTRIC CLUB AWARD. A cased silver/gilt Eccentric Club award with flying owl grasping a clock face reading 4 o'clock. Eccentic Club on the top bar and inside the case lid, H.L.M. on a bar on the crimson ribbon. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1952 on medal and 1959 on the top bar. £30-50 |
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| 525 | |||
| THE MEDALS OF COL S BOGLE-SMITH CB. CBE. EISERNEN KRONE etc. A Military Companion of the Bath, Military Commander of the British Empire, Queens South Africa medal with five clasps. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 & SA 1902. Engraved naming to Col S Bogle-Smith 1st Dragoon Gds. (The medal is the correct size.) A 1914/15 Star impressed naming to Col S Bogle-Smith Remount Service. British War medal later engraved issue to Col S Bogle-Smith. (Again in the correct size-with naming used by RAF and late issues in style). Victory medal impressed to Col S Bogle-Smith with MID emblem. An Austrian Eisernen Krone II Classe, with case of issue (damaged but complete). A neck order of the Austrian Empire, with blue and gold ribbon. British War & Victory medals named in correct style to Lt J A Bogle-Smith. India General Service medal bar Afghanistan NWF 1919, impressed naming to Lt J.A.Bogle-Smith 1.K.D.Guards. General Service Medal bar Iraq, impressed naming to Lt J.A.Bogle-Smith. Colonel Stewart Bogle-Smith was Educated at Eton (1878) as was his son John A Bogle-Smith 1915. Both of whom served in the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards. Col Smith was born 11/7/1859. Commissioned Lt from Militia into the Worcester Regt 28/2/1883. Lt 1st D Gds 29/2/1888. Capt 1st D Gds 17/2/1892. Mjr D Gds 14/6/1898. Adjudant Yeomanry Cavalry 15/111895-31/12/1900. War Service 1907 Army List: Col (HP) Operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony. Despatches LG 29/7/1902 CB Queens Medal with Five Clasps. Up to this time in the Army Lists he is shown as Col S B Smith. In the Regt History Capt Bogle-Smith married a local girl (1895) lived at Woolverston Park, Ipswich. During the Boer War Major S Bogle-Smith was a Prisoner of War to the Boers 14th February 1901. Lt (J A) Bogle-Smith was mentioned in the Regt History during actions in the Khyber Pass, as occupying a conical hill and driving the tribesmen off. Five D Gds Officers were awarded the CB for services in the Boer War, including S Bogle-Smith. L Gazette 31/10/1902. MID x 2 for the GT War 4/1/17 and 5/7/19 CBE In 1903 when the Regiment returned to England, Lt-Col Bogle-Smith took over as the Colonel of the Regt. He handed over Command in June 1906. In 1908 The Emperor Franz Josef ordered awards to be made to Officers and men from his (British Regiment). This was his Diamond Jubilee Year. Colonel B-Smith was awarded the Eisernen Kronen 2nd Class. In the Gt War Col B-Smith served with the Remount Service. Awarded CBE. Lt J A B-Smith was restored to the establishment February 1925. A silver plated K D Gds figure, standing on a marble plinth. It is possible Lt J B Smith was the model, used for the sitting. A plaque underneath records thats it was presented for their 25 wedding anniversary in 1920. A second plaque records Lt James Anstruther Bogle Smith France 1915-18, Afghanistan 1919. 'Well Done'. Both plaques are silver with HM London 1919-20. With the medals is the original receipt for purchase from D Hall of Baldwins 1962 for £32.10s.0d Don stated the QSA as (renamed) not as a replacement. Col Bogle-Smith died in 1922, his wife applied for his medals at that time. MIC. See Illustration £3000-4000 |
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| 526 | |||
| MUDIES NATIONAL MEDALS SET IN BRONZE. Cased in book form a set of James Mudies National Medals, on two trays. (40) in number and depicting various themes of Personages and Battles etc, in our history. See Illustration £800-1000 |
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| 527 | |||
| THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO EPPING FOREST 1882 MEDALLION etc. Green leather cased bronze 75mm diameter medallion, commemorating the Queen giving Epping Forest to the nation. Ch Wiener Fecit to the right of the Queen on the obverse. Epping Forest 6th May 1882 below the woodland path etc. It gives me the greatest satisfaction to dedicate this beautiful forest for the use and enjoyment of my people for all time. Charles S Wiener Medallist Brussels inside the box lid, outside The Rt Hon Sir John Whittaker Ellis Bt Lord Mayor. Another modern cased bronze Toye Kenning & Spencer Ltd, Wellington Commemorative picture medal. (2) £80-100 |
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| 528 | |||
| A PROOF HALF SOVEREIGN. A cased 1980 dated proof Half Sovereign, with certificate & envelope of issue. £80-90 |
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| 529 | |||
| A 1937 SPECIMEN SET. A cased 1937 Crown to farthing, Maundy Set of 4d/3d/2d/1d. (15) £100-150 |
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| 530 | |||
| 1911 SPECIMEN COINS. A cased set of Royal Mint 1911 Specimen coins, Halfcrown, Florin, Shilling, Sixpence, Maundy 4d/3d/2d/1d. (8) £300-400 |
| 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: | 1st May 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Monday 28th April 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 29th April 9.00 am to 7.00 pm Wednesday 30th April 9.00 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 1st May 8.30 am to 4.30 pm Friday 2nd May 8.30 am to 10.00 am |
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