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x Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the North Star, Commander's neck Badge, 80mm including crown suspension x 54mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in C.F. Carlman, Stockholm, case of issue
£180-220
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x Sweden, Kingdom, Medal for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, silver, nearly extremely fine
£140-180
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x Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the White Elephant, A Scarce Ladies First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 93mm including crown suspension x 49mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; Star, 65mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, silver marks on reverse, minor enamel damage to elephants on sash badge and to central elephant on Star, otherwise about extremely fine, with full ladies sash riband, in case of issue (2)
£500-700
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x Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 89mm including suspension x 57mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker's name on reverse of suspension; Star, 80mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker's name on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, with full sash riband, riband bar, and lapel rosette, in case of issue (2)
£300-400
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x Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, Second Class Star, 80mm, silver and enamel, monogram of Sidi Mohammed Al Hadi Bey (1902-06), silver mark on reverse and on pin, enamel damage, therefore very fine, in damaged case of issue
£140-180
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x Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Third Class neck Badge, 82mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 64mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, minor green enamel damage to points of star, otherwise good very fine, with neck riband
£200-250
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x Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, First Class Star, 90mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, minor enamel damage to central medallion, very fine
£300-400
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x Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, Third Class neck Badge, 76mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 58mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, with silver mark and mint mark on reverse, good very fine, with neck riband
£140-180
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Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast Badge, 70mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 48mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, nearly very fine
£100-140
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x Vatican, Holy See, Order of Pius, Commander's set of Insignia, by Tanfani and Bertarelli, Rome, neck Badge, 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker's cartouche on reverse; Star, 67mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker's cartouche on reverse, nearly extremely fine (2)
£250-300
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x Zanzibar, Sultanate, Order of the Brilliant Star, Commander's neck Badge, 88mm including wreath suspension x 58mm, silver-gilt, gold applique, and enamel, enamel damage to top part of wreath on both sides, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with neck riband
£400-500
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A Fine Group of Five Life-Saving Awards to Captain G. Davies, Royal Navy, Later Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire, For His Outstanding Gallantry and Service Spanning Over 38 Years With the Royal Navy and H.M. Coastguard
a) Royal National Institute for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck Medal, silver, type 1 1824-62, obverse: head of King George IV facing left (Lieut. Geo. Davees [sic] R.N. Voted 17 Apr. 1839), engraved in upright serif capitals, with integral band, eyelet suspension, and riband ring
b) Royal National Institute for the Preservation of Life From Shipwreck Medal, silver, type 1 1824-62, obverse: head of King George IV facing left (Lieut. Geoe. Davies R.N. Voted Dec 17 1840), engraved in upright serif capitals, with integral band, eyelet suspension, and riband ring
c) Lloyd's [of London] large Silver Medal for Life-Saving, 73mm, set in a contemporary silvered frame, the rim engraved 'To Captain George Davies. Royal Navy.', with lunettes, these loose
d) France, July Monarchy 1830-48, Ministry of the Merchant Marine and Colonies Life Saving Medal, 1st 'large' type, with wreath, 41mm, gilt, reverse embossed 'A Davies (Georges) Lieutenant de la Marine Anglaise, 1835', pierced as issued and subsequently plugged
e) France, July Monarchy 1830-48, Ministry of the Merchant Marine and Colonies Life Saving Medal, 2nd 'small' type, with wreath, 37mm, gilt, reverse embossed 'A Davies Lieutenant de la Marine Royale Anglaise, 1839', pierced as issued and subsequently plugged, generally very fine, an extremely rare combination (5)
£1,800-2,200
Captain George Davies, R.N., was born in Wells, Somerset, in December 1800, and entered the Royal Navy as a 1st Class Volunteer in June 1813, serving in H.M.S. Ajax (74 guns). In that ship he assisted, while at the siege of St. Sebastian, in taking the island of Santa Clara, and was present, as a Midshipman, at the blockade of Rochefort and of Toulon, the surrender of Marseilles, and the capture of a vast number of the enemy's armed and other vessels. Joining next the Queen Charlotte (100 guns), he took part in the bombardment of Algiers, 27.8.1816, and on that occasion he particularly attracted the notice of his Commander-in-Chief, whose orders he was throughout the action employed in conveying to the different ships of the fleet. The boat he commanded was frequently under the necessity of being partially re-manned, in consequence of the great loss of her crew killed and wounded. In 1817 he proceeded to St. Helena in H.M.S. Sappho (18 guns) to guard the exiled Emperor Napoleon, before transferring to the Seringapatam, in the boats of which he assisted in the capture and destruction of various pirate vessels in the West Indies. Subsequently serving in H.M.S. Naiad (46 guns) in the Mediterranean, he contributed to the defeat of the Algerine corvette Tripoli (18 guns), 31.1.1824, and also to the destruction of a 16-gun brig moored alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona, in which there was a garrison of about 400 soldiers, who kept a tremendous fire onto the deck, 23.5.1824; afterwards, in charge of the ship's barge, he brought out a piratical mistico from the island of Hydra. Re-joining the Seringapatam, he frequently landed, at the head of a division of Seamen, in order to co-operate with the marines of both the Seringapatam and Revenge in hostilities against the pirates of other Greek settlements in the Archipelago. Promoted for his gallantry at Bona to Lieutenant, June 1826, he returned to England, and was appointed to the Coastguard, July 1832. Later that year he was awarded his first R.N.I.P.L.S. Silver Medal for the rescue of the sole survivor of the sloop Dartmouth, wrecked at Rye, Sussex, the citation reading: '11th November 1832: The sloop Dartmouth was wrecked at Camber, near Rye, Sussex, and her Master and five others were drowned. Lieutenant Davies and six other men put off in a fishing vessel, but were driven back by the extraordinary violent weather. They carried the boat along the shore to a more convenient position and launched again to rescue the solitary survivor clinging to the rigging.'
In 1835 he was involved in the rescue of the crew of a French vessel, for which he was awarded the French Ministry of the Merchant Marine and Colonies Life Saving Medal. Between November 1836 and March 1840 he was in command of H.M. Revenue cutter Tartar, in which he was successful in capturing 15 notorious smuggling vessels, besides making numerous other seizures and many valuable salvages, often at great risk to his life, for which he twice received the Thanks of Lloyd's of London, and received his second R.N.I.P.L.S. Silver Medal and a second French Ministry of the Merchant Marine and Colonies Life Saving Medal for the rescue of the French brig Le Jean Marie, the citation reading: '11th March 1839: The French brig Le Jean Marie from Bordeaux was in danger of being wrecked near Swanage, Dorset, with her Master and seven men on board. Lieutenant Davies and two men put off in a boat and brought the brig to port.'
Returning to the Coastguard at Littlehampton in March 1840, he was awarded his third R.N.I.P.L.S. Silver Medal for saving the crew of the brig Victoria, the citation reading: '13th November 1840: In an extremely violent storm, the brig Victoria was driven ashore near Littlehampton, Sussex, with a crew of nine who drifted a line ashore. Lieutenants MacNamara and Davies, with their men, hauled a small boat out to the wreck three times and saved all the brig's crew.'
Promoted Commander, January 1842, he was appointed Inspecting Commander, H.M. Coastguard, of the Banff district in Scotland, July 1843, where his conduct during the riots following the famine of 1846-57 gained him the highest praise. Other official commendations followed, as well as several wounds sustained in the course of duty. After his term in Scotland finished he went to Penzance as Inspecting Commander, and was promoted Captain, January 1851. That month he was awarded the R.N.L.I. Gold Medal for his gallantry at the wreck of the New Commercial, the citation reading: '12th-13th January 1851: On the morning of the 11th January, the 250 ton Whitby brig New Commercial struck the Brisons rocks off Cape Cornwall, four miles north of Land's End, and broke up immediately in thick fog and high seas. The nine men aboard and the Mater's wife managed to scramble onto a rock shelf, but a massive wave swept seven of the men to their deaths. Captain Sanderson and his wife managed to get back on the rocks. The other man, a mulatto, grasped a piece of wreckage and was later saved by fishermen from Sennen Cove. Captain Davies, meanwhile, had ordered the Sylvia out from Penzance in atrocious conditions and, on arrival at the scene, an unsuccessful attempt was made to take off the two survivors by a small boat; she only just made it back to the cutter which then lay off all night to give the victims hope. Next morning, with the wind having veered a little and the seas slightly calmer, five other boats arrived, one manned by the coastguard, three by fishermen, and the fifth a preventative boat containing Captain Davies and a rocket apparatus. Using this, he managed to fire a line which the two on the rock secured and the Master's wife was hauled aboard but, sadly, she died very quickly from exposure and buffeting. The other survivor, Captain Sanderson, was brought aboard safely and landed at Sennen Cove together with the bodies which had been removed.' For his gallantry on this occasion Davies also received the Lloyd's of London large Silver Medal for Life-Saving.
Captain Davies retired from the Royal Navy in April 1851, and was appointed Chief Constable of the Cambridgeshire, on the establishment of the County Police Force. He died at home in Cambridge, whilst still serving in the Police, in November 1876. For his gallantry and service over a 38 year career in the Navy, Davies was awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasps for St. Sebastian and Algiers, an early Royal Humane Society Medal, four R.N.L.I. Medals, and the Great Medal of Lloyd's, as well as receiving the latter's Thanks on numerous occasions. In acknowledgement of having saved the crews of three French vessels, he was also awarded two gold 'Medals of Merit' and the Legion of Honour (although the regulations at the time did not permit him to accept the last award). Few other individuals can have received such a wealth of medals for the saving of human life over such a prolonged period.
Provenance:
J.B. Hayward R.N.L.I. Collection, Spink, November 1995.
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A Fine Life-Saving Pair to Mr. J.O. Barnard, Merchant Navy, For Rescuing an Entire Crew of Twenty Hands at Harwich
France, Republic, Ministry of the Merchant Marine and Colonies, Silver Medal, Second Class, reverse named 'A Jhn. Oer. Barnard Patron Pecheur Anglais, Courage et Devouement 1874'; Spain, Kingdom, Medal of Marine Valour, Silver Medal, First Class, with slide riband bar, this engraved 'A John Barnard por Salvamento Naufragos del Escoces', nearly extremely fine, scarce (2)
£400-500
Mr. John Oliver Barnard, was awarded the life-saving medals for his gallantry when, on the night of the 29th November, 1874, he helped rescue the entire crew of 20 hands from the wreck of the Lion, of Dunkirk, that was wrecked on the Long Sand at Harwich.
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Miniature Awards: The Great War V.C., O.B.E., M.C., A.F.C. Group of Thirteen Attributed to Group Captain L.W.B. Rees, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
Victoria Cross, reverse of suspension bar neatly and contemporarily engraved 'Major L.W.B. Rees. R.F.C. July 1st. 1916'; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer's (O.B.E.) Badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, generally good very fine, mounted as worn, together with an original cigarette card portraying the recipient, portrait photograph, and various copied research (13)
£400-500
V.C. London Gazette 5.8.1916 Capt. (temp. Maj.) Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees, R.A. and R.F.C.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Whilst on flying duties, Major Rees sighted what he thought to be a bombing party of our own machines returning home. He went up to escort them, but on getting nearer discovered they were a party of enemy machines, about ten in all. Major Rees was immediately attacked by one of the machines, and after a short encounter it disappeared behind the enemy lines, damaged.
Five others then attacked him at long range, but these he dispersed on coming to close quarters, after seriously damaging two of the machines. Seeing two others going westwards, he gave chase to them, but on coming nearer he was wounded in the thigh, causing him to lose temporary control of his machine. He soon righted it, and immediately closed with the enemy, firing at a close-contact range of only a few yards, until all his ammunition was used up. He then returned home, landing his machine safely in our lines.'
O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Lieut.-Colonel Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees, V.C., M.C., A.F.C. (R.G.A.)
'In recognition of distinguished services rendered during the War.
M.C. London Gazette 29.10.1915 Captain Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees, Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps.
'For conspicuous gallantry and skill on several occasions, notably the following:
On 21st September, 1915, when flying a machine with one machine gun, accompanied by Flight-Serjeant Hargreaves, he sighted a large German biplane with two machine guns 2,000 feet below him. He spiralled down and dived at the enemy, who, having the faster machine, manoeuvred to get him broadside on and then opened heavy fire. In spite of this Captain Rees pressed his attack and apparently succeeded in hitting the enemy's engine, for the machine made a quick turn, glided some distance and finally fell just inside the German lines near Herbecourt.
On 28th July he attacked and drove down a hostile monoplane in spite of the fact that the main spar of his machine had been shot through and the rear spar shattered.
On 31st August, accompanied by Flight-Serjeant Hargreaves, he fought a German machine more powerful than his own for three-quarters of an hour, then returned for more ammunition and went out to the attack again, finally bringing the enemy's machine down apparently wrecked.'
A.F.C. London Gazette 2.11.1918 Lieut.-Col. Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees, V.C., M.C. (R.G.A.)
'in recognition of valuable flying services performed in their various capacities.'
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Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, 1 Year Medal, silver, scroll suspension (STA.1), good very fine
Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, 1 Year Medal, with Relief of Chitral 1895 riband bar, silver, scroll suspension (STA.1), toned, extremely fine
Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, 1 Year Medal, with 2 Year award 'Fidelity' top riband bar, silver, ring suspension (STA.1), toned, good very fine
Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, 3 Year Medal, with 4 Year award 'Excelsior' top riband bar (2), silver (STA.2), nearly extremely fine
Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, 7 Year Medal, silver (STA.4), good very fine
Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, 8 Year Medal, silver, with top riband bar (STA.5), centre lacking gilding, otherwise nearly extremely fine
Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, Association Medal (2), silver (STA.6), nearly extremely fine, together with a 'Watch & be Sober' top riband bar surmounted by a lion couchant, as worn on the 5 Year Medal (STA.3) to denote 6 Years' Abstinence (9)
£60-80
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Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, 1 Year Medal, silver, ring suspension (STA.1), lacking suspension ring, good very fine
Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, 1 Year Medal, with 2 Year award 'Fidelity' top riband bar, silver, ring suspension (STA.1), good very fine
Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, 3 Year Medal, silver (STA.2), good very fine
Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association, Association Medal, silver (STA.6), lacking suspension, therefore good fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 6 Month Medal (Crookshank Cross) (2), silvered-bronze; bronze (ATAI.1), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 1 Year Medal, silver (ATAI.2), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 3 Year Medal (2), silver (ATAI.3), very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 4 Year Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1913) (ATAI.4), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 5 Year Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1914) and enamel (ATAI.5), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 8 Year Medal, silver (Hallmarks for London 1903), with top riband bar (ATAI.8), nearly extremely fine
Army Temperance Association: India, Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1896) (ATAI.15), edge bruising, nearly very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 6 Month Medal, bronze (ATAH.1), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 12 Year Medal, 'Union is Strength' type, silver (Hallmarks for London 1913) (ATAH.9(a)), good very fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 3 Year Medal, silver (RATA.4), good very fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 5 Year Medal (White Star), silver and enamel (RATA.5), good very fine
Royal Naval Temperance Society, Membership Medal, shield type, with 'R.N.T.S.' top riband bar, bronze and enamel (RNTS.2), very fine (18)
£150-200
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Army Temperance Association: India, 6 Month Medal (Crookshank Cross) (2), silvered-bronze (ATAI.1), nearly very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 1 Year Medal (2), silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1912 on one) (ATAI.2), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 1 Year Medal, silver, with 2 Year award 'Fidelity' top riband bar (ATAI.2), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 3 Year Medal, silver (ATAI.3), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 3 Year Medal, with 4 Year award 'Excelsior' top riband bar, silver (ATAI.3), of local Indian manufacture, nearly very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 5 Year Medal (2), silver and enamel (ATAI.5), very fine or better
Army Temperance Association: India, 5 Year Medal, with 'Frontier-1897-8' riband bar, silver and enamel (ATAI.5), very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 6 Year Medal (Bateson Shield) (2), silver (ATAI.6), very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 7 Year Medal (Havelock Cross), silver (ATAI.7), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 8 Year Medal (3), silver and silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1908 and 1912 on two, third marked 'Silver'), two with top riband bar (ATAI.8), gilding rubbed from centre on first, otherwise nearly extremely fine
Army Temperance Association: India, 12 Year Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1916) and enamel (ATAI.11), nearly extremely fine
Army Temperance Association: India, Association Medal, silver (ATAI.14), very fine
Army Temperance Association: India, Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal (2), silver (ATAI.15), nearly very fine or better (20)
£100-140
The Crookshank Cross for 6 months' abstinence is named after George Cruickshank [sic] (1792-1878), an illustrator of political and social satirical caricatures. In 1860 he raised a corps of Temperance Rifle Volunteers, which became the 24th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps (Havelock's Own) in 1861.
The Bateson Shield was introduced in 1893 to replace the 6 year award bar on the 5 year medal, because in the days of the 7-year Short Service enlistments this award would be the last that many men would receive, and a medal was considered more appropriate than a bar. It is named after the Reverend J.H. Bateson, a Methodist minister involved with Army Temperance in India.
The Havelock Cross for 7 years' abstinence is named after Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. (1795-1857), the Hero of Lucknow, who, when a Lieutenant in the 13th Foot, founded a temperance club in Rangoon in 1823, whose members were dubbed 'Havelock's Saints'. On becoming adjutant in 1839 he formed the first Regimental Temperance Society.
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Army Temperance Association: Home, 6 Month Medal, bronze (ATAH.1), extremely fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 1 Year Medal, silver (ATAH.2), extremely fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 1 Year Medal, with 2 Year award 'Fidelity' top riband bar, silver (ATAH.2), toned, nearly extremely fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 3 Year Medal, silver (ATAH.3), very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 3 Year Medal, with 4 Year award 'Excelsior' top riband bar, silver (ATAH.3), nearly extremely fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 4 Year Medal (2), silver (both Hallmarks London 1911) (ATAH.4), very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 5 Year Medal, silver and enamel (ATAH.5), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 5 Year Medal, with 6 Year award 'Watch and be Sober' top riband bar, silver and enamel (ATAH.5), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 7 Year Medal, silver (ATAH.6), very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 8 Year Medal, silver (ATAH.7), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 10 Year Medal, silver (ATAH.8), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 12 Year Medal, 'Union is Strength' type, silver (Hallmarks for London 1912) (ATAH.9(a)), good very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, 15 Year Medal, silver and silver-gilt (ATAH.10), nearly extremely fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal 1897, silver (ATAH.13), very fine
Army Temperance Association: Home, Committee Medal, obverse featuring the 'ATA' monogram, the reverse inscribed 'For One Year Committee Man', with 'Fidelity' top riband bar, silver (unrecorded in Dawson), nearly very fine, rare (16)
£120-150
A similar medal to the Committee Medal, but without the top riband bar, was sold by Spink in June 1992 (Lot 528).
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Royal Army Temperance Association, 6 Month Medal, bronze (RATA.1), nearly extremely fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 1 Year Medal, with 2 Year award 'Fidelity' top riband bar, silver (RATA.2), good very fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 2 Year Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1912) (RATA.3), nearly very fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 3 Year Medal, silver (RATA.4), good very fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 5 Year Medal (White Star), silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1902) and enamel (RATA.5), very fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 5 Year Medal (White Star), with 6 Year award 'Watch and be Sober' top riband bar, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1906) and enamel (RATA.5), good very fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 6 Year Medal (2), silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1913 and 1914) (RATA.6), nearly extremely fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 7 Year Medal, silver (RATA.7), good very fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, 9 Year Medal (2), silver (Hallmarks for London 1906 and 1909) (RATA.9), good very fine or better
Royal Army Temperance Association, 10 Year Medal (Roberts Medal), silver (RATA.10), nearly extremely fine
Royal Army Temperance Association, King George V Coronation Medal 1911, silver (RATA.17), lacking suspension ring, otherwise extremely fine (13)
£100-150
The Army Temperance Association was granted the Royal prefix by King Edward VII in 1902.
The White Star for 5 years' abstinence is named after Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White, V.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O. (1835-1912), Commander in Chief, India, 1893-98.
The Roberts Medal for 10 years' abstinence is named after Field Marshal The Earl Roberts of Kandahar, V.C., K.G., K.P., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. (1832-1914), who, when Commander in Chief, India, persuaded the various religious and regimental societies to combine their efforts against drunkenness and promote abstinence with the formation of the Army Temperance Association, India, which thus replaced the Soldiers' Total Abstinence Association in India and the Colonies east of Aden.
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Royal Naval Temperance Society, Membership Medal, circular type, silver (RNTS.1), good very fine
Royal Naval Temperance Society, 1 Year Medal, with 'Fidelity' top riband bar, silvered and enamel (RNTS.3), good very fine
Royal Naval Temperance Society, 3 Year Medal, with 'Three-Years' top riband bar (2), silver and enamel; bronze and enamel (RNTS.4), nearly very fine
Royal Naval Temperance Society, 5 Year Medal, with 'Victory Medal' top riband bar, gilt and enamel (RNTS.5), good very fine
Royal Naval Temperance Society, 5 Year Medal, with 'Victory Medal' top riband bar, and '10 Years', '15 Years', '20 Years', '25 Years', '30 Years', '35 Years', '40 Years', '45 Years', '50 Years', and '55 Years' additional award bars, gilt and enamel (RNTS.5), very fine, scarce (6)
£80-120
'Victory' on the top riband bar refers to Victory over drink, and is nothing to do with H.M.S. Victory or any Naval campaign.
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x New Zealand Cross, a Fine Quality Replica in 18 carat gold and sterling silver made by the New Zealand Mint, the reverse of the suspension bar engraved 'NZ Mint 18CT STG', reverse of Cross engraved 'Replica 36', nearly extremely fine, lacking integral riband buckle
£300-400
In 1982, the New Zealand Coin & Medal Co. Ltd. of Auckland, commissioned the New Zealand Mint to produce 200 replica New Zealand Crosses in sterling silver and 18ct gold. Owing to the work involved in hand finishing each cross, only 67 were completed. These were all engraved 'Replica' and numbered on the reverse.
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x A Highland Light Infantry Shoulder Belt Plate
A fine example of a gilt plated back plate with silver and gilt mounts, comprising a star of the Order of the Thistle overlaid with a coiled bugle horn in the centre with the cipher 'HLI' within the horn, a crown above, and an elephant below, complete with reverse fastening pins and hooks, good very fine
£300-400
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The Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain, and France
A Set of 13 hand-coloured circular aquatint views of the Battles of Vimiero, The Douro, Talavera, Busaco, Albuera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pampeluna, St. Sebastian, Toulouse, and Waterloo, by Edward Orme, London, 66mm diameter, each on thin card, with an historical account of the action on the reverse, contained in a circular bronze case in form of a medallion, bust of the Duke of Wellington on obverse lid; winged muse of history seated beneath an olive tree recording on a tablet the 'Record of British Valour' on reverse lid, 'Picture Medal' inscribed below; 'The Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France from the Year 1808 to 1814 under the Command of England's Great Captain Arthur Duke of Wellington' title card on inside of both lids, traces of tabs that originally held the cards together, otherwise very fine and rare (13)
£550-650
Mr. Edward Orme, of Bond Street, London, was, after Ackermann, the most important publisher of coloured aquatint prints. British success at sea and on land was one of the staple subjects of his publishing: 'He has omitted no opportunity of bringing forward to public admiration, by the graphic art, the principal events in which our arms have triumphed both by sea and land, publishing at various periods engravings of those great exploits most calculated to impress the mind with correct ideas of the arduous struggles which have immortalised the British name.' (The History of Aquatint Engraving, by S.T. Prideaux refers). It is thought that he produced over 700 of this series.
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Riband Collection
A Fine and Up-To-Date Riband Collection, inspired by the riband charts in Ribbons and Medals by Captain H. Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., R.N., comprising the ribands of approximately 282 British and Foreign Orders, Decorations, and Medals, 21 with appropriate emblems, including the ribands of the V.C. and G.C., both with appropriate emblems; Campaign Medals from 1939 to the present day, including the Arctic Star and Civilian Service Medals for Iraq and Afghanistan; Coronation and Jubilee Medals, including the Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012; and Foreign Orders, Decorations, and Medals, from a variety of countries including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Greece, Jordan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Soviet Union, Thailand, Tonga, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America, and Vietnam; and various NATO and UN Medals, mounted in a sturdy glazed frame measuring 650mm x 500mm
£60-100
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