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THREE PIEDFORT COINS. Two Piedfort Fifty Pence pieces, in case of issue with Certificate of Authenticity. NHS 1948-98 and 1973-1998 25 years of the European Union. A cased Piedfort £2 piece with certificate of issue dated 1995. (3) £50-80
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CASED PROOF GB YEAR SETS. (13) Cased GB Proof year sets dating from 1990-1991-1992-1993-1994-1995 1996-1997-1998-1999-2001-2002-2003. Also the de-luxe Proof set for 2000 the millennium year. (14 in total). £150-200
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24 QUEEN MOTHER PROOF CROWNS. LADY OF THE CENTURY SET. A cased set of silver proof Lady of the Century Queen Mother (22) Crown size coins and two smaller issues. Complete with file of authenticity and details of each piece, Cayman Islands One Dollar, Barbados $5, Seychelles 25 Rupees, New Zealand $5, Cook Islands $20 etc. (24 in total). £150-200
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CASED PIEDFORT ONE POUND PIECES. 1994-1997 dated Piedfort One Pound pieces, in case of issue with Certificate of Authenticity. Four cased One Pound Piedfort pieces, dated 1983-1998-1999 and the Millennium year 2000. (8 in total) £80-120
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A GT WAR 28th BATTALION A.I.F. TRIO & BADGES. A 1914/15 Star named to 573 Pte A Melsom 28 Bn A.I.F. British War & Victory medals named to 573 Sjt A Melsom 28 Bn A.I.F. With a cap badge and collars also Australia Shoulder Titles. £80-120
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A 2nd SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY QSA WITH THREE BARS. A Queens South Africa Medal with bars Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, named to 1102 Pte T Pritchard (officially impressed naming) 2nd Shropshire Lt Infy. Ghost dated reverse with an attempt to erase? the ghost date. £70-100
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A FOUR BAR QSA MEDAL TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. A Queens South Africa Medal with bars Cape-Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1901. Named to 29091 Sapper J H Lloyd Rl Engineers. J H Lloyd served in the 8th Railway Company R Engineers, with the bars confirmed and notation of 'Invalided Home'. £80-100
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A THREE BAR QSA & KSA TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. A Queens South Africa Medal with bars Cape Colony-Orange Free State and Transvaal, named to 21703 Sh & C Sm. F Mutter R.E. With a ghost dated reverse, and impressed naming. A Kings South Africa medal with bars S Africa 1901 & S Africa 1902, named to 21703 S & C.S. F Mutter RE On the QSA RE roll as S & C Smith, possibly Shoeing & Collar Smith. Bars confirmed as correct, on the roll, serving with the 1st Telegraph Division Royal Engineers. The KSA roll confirms the two bars, stating discharged. £100-120
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A QSA SINGLE BAR MEDAL TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. A Queens South Africa Medal with bar Cape Colony, named to 3315 Cpl F W Johnson RE. Served with the 46th Company RE, medal and single bar confirmed on the roll. £60-80
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A QSA DISC ONLY TO THE 18th HUSSARS. A Queens South Africa Medal disc only with its claw but no bar mount, named to 5120 Pte H Elson 18th Hussars. The South Africa Medal rolls show an entitlement to the bars Orange Free State & Transvaal. Also a Kings South Africa Medal with 01-02 bars. £40-60
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A COLDSTREAM GUARDS LSGC MEDAL & SLI GT WAR PAIR. A Victorian Long Service Good Conduct Medal named to 1149 Sergeant T Cozens Coldm Gds. Thomas Cozens appears to have served from C1871, at barracks in London and Windsor in the Coldstream Guards. A related pair to 33397 Pte F Cozens SLI, who also served as 55483 in the Welsh Regiment. Also as 73943, in the Notts & Derby Regt. £80-100
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A 'ROYALS' LSGC GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS. A Crimea medal with bar Sebastopol, named in upright capitals to G Buck 2nd Battn 1st Regt, also a named Turkish Crimea medal in an engraved style to 3035 P G Buck 2nd Battn, 1st Royals. A China medal with bar Taku Forts 1860, officially named to Geo Buck 2nd Battn 1st The Royals. The naming is badly damaged and suffering from contact marks. A Victorian Long Service Good Conduct Medal, named officially to 3035 Pte G Buck 2-1st Foot. George Buck is confirmed as having been awarded a Crimea Medal and bar Sebastopol. Also confirmed as awarded a China Medal with bar Taku Forts 1860. Records show him serving in India at Shahjenhanpur and Hong Kong, also at the Birr Depot. Discharged in 1876 is also noted. £300-400
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AN INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL TO GEORGE SWEET 13th Ft. A no clasp Indian Mutiny Medal named to Geo Sweet 1st Bn 13th Lt Infy, George Sweet enlisted in the Somerset Regiment aged 18 years in 1858. Awarded an Indian Mutiny Medal with no clasp, whilst serving at Calcutta. Also awarded an India General Service Medal bar Bhootan. A Long Service Good Conduct Medal with the 55th Cumberland Regiment from 1863 onwards. Stayed in service with this Regiment until 1878. A Native of Bath, who took part in the Action in the Nepaul Hills near Bhootan, on the 31/3/1859. £100-150
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A SOMERSET L I IGS 1854-IGS 1895 PAIR. An 1854 India General Service Medal with bar Burma 1885-87, named to 130 Pte G Bradbeer 2nd Bn S L I in official style. An 1895 India General Service Medal bar Punjab Frontier 1897-98, named again in official running script to 130 Pte G Bradbeer 1st Bn Som Lt Infy. George Bradbeer is shown on the roll as entitled to both medals and their clasps £150-200
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A HERTS YEO-4th TANK CORPS MC GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS. A cased GV Military Cross, unnamed as issued. A 1914/15 Star named to 1663 Pte E W Andrews Herts.Yeo. British War & Victory Medals named to Captain E W Andrews. An original letter dated 20 Mar 1921 from The Secretary C2A Investitures. War Office. S W 1. 'The Secretary of the War Office presents his compliments to Capt E W Andrews and begs to inform him that the Military Cross awarded by His Majesty the King in recognition of the valuable services rendered, is being forwarded herewith by registered post. It is requested that the enclosed formal receipt may be filled in, and returned to this office as early as possible. Edward William Andrews served in Egypt with the Hertfordshire Yeomanry, from the 5th November 1914. Commissioned into the Machine Gun Corps on the 25th March 1917. Later as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion The Tank Corps, thence Temporary Captain. His address was given for his medals as 23 Thorne Road, Doncaster. His E F G was returned 11/12/1924. His immediate award of the Military Cross, is taken from the Tank Corps Book of Honour. Immediate Awards Officers page 151. T 2/Lieut Ernest William Andrews 4th Battalion. Awarded MC This officer showed great initiative and courage in action on Aug 8. When near Groates and Corbeau trenches, east of Morgomont Wood, he got out of his Tank under heavy machine-gun fire to enquire in what manner he could best assist the infantry. He then proceeded to deal with several hostile machine-guns which were offering great opposition; when four of his crew had been wounded, he himself alternately manned the 6-pounder and Hotchkiss guns. After overcoming this opposition his Tank advance to Lemaire Wood, where several machine-guns were dealt with in the standing crops; it continued in action until it received a direct hit, after which only one member of the crew remained unwounded. Even after his Tank was hit this officer continued to fire his 6-pndr guns. His Military Cross was gazetted in issue 13145 on the 7th November 1918. On the advance of some 500 Tanks during the 8th August, now known as the Battle of Amiens, many hitherto German positions or strongpoints fell rapidly. Of those Tanks that took part, some (6) were left in full working order, within (4) days. One German General labelled it; 'The Black Day of the German Army'. It was the start of the end of the German ambitions and their will power in The Great War. 'The War to end all Wars'. £1000-1500
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A LSVF TO THE 3rd LANARKSHIRE R V An Edward VII Long Service Volunteer Force Medal, impressed naming to 7776 Sjt H Stark 3rd Lanark R V. £60-80
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TWO LONG SERVICE GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS. An Edward VII issue Long Service Good Conduct Medal, awarded to 162 BQM Sjt C J Browne. ASC. He also is listed as serving in th Boer War, awarded QSA & KSA medals. A George VI Long Service Good Conduct Medal with Regular Army bar, named to Lt H G Bartlett R Engineers. £70-90
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A SOMERSET LI IGS & AN UNRELATED RE LSGC MEDAL. An India General Service Medal 1908 issue with bar Afghanistan NWF 1919. Named to 8332 Pte A Eades Som L I. From the Medal Index Card Albert Eades is also entitled to a British War Medal. A GV Long Service Good Conduct Medal named to 1851417 W.O. Cl II F Mason RE. £70-90
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A TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL TO SJT CANNELL RE. A George V Territorial Efficiency medal named to 510282 Sjt T Cannell RE. Thomas Cannell was issued with British War & Victory Medals on his MIC details. He was also serving in the Wiltshire Regt as 748 and again in the RE number (T) 4201. He also received a Silver Wound Badge under List RE / 4628 In the Territorial Force under number 5212, he was an acting Company Sergeant Major and at one time was hospitalised in 1917 with Influenza. A note with the medals suggests he may have been serving in the Wessex Division RE, before being draughted into the 58th Divisional Signals Company. £40-60
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A 3rd MONMOUTH REGT EFFICIENCY MEDAL. A George V Efficiency Medal with top bar Territorial, named to 3904689 Sjt I J Pickett 3-Monmouth R. £40-50
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TWO GVI EFFICIENCY MEDALS. 1. With top bar Territorial named to 1444385 Bdr F S Davis R. A. 2. With top bar Territorial named to 1983749 Cpl L A Barker. R E £70-90
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TWO EFFICIENCY MEDALS INCLUDING HANTS FORTRESS R E. A George V Territorial Force Efficiency Medal named to 285 Sapr G Abrams . Hants: (F) RE. (Awarded October 1912) The Hampshire Fortress Engineers (TF) supplied the 48 A A Company at Portsmouth with Searchlights, etc. 2. A George VI Efficiency Medal named to 2065629 Spr J Randall RE. £70-80
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A WILTSHIRE REGT EFFICIENCY MEDAL GROUP OF THREE. British War & Victory Medals named to 36269 Pte R G Brown Wilts R. A 2. A George V Efficiency Medal with Territorial top bar named to 5331723 Cpl R G Brown. 4th R Berkshire Regiment. £70-90
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A BWM- TEM PAIR TO THE 6th R WARKS. A British War Medal named to 3353 Pte T Herrick. R. Warks. R. A George V Territorial Efficiency Medal named to 7868064 Sgt T Herrick 6-R. War. R. Thomas Herrick served in both the R Warks and Tank Corps, awarded one of the last George V issued TEM's in May 1937. (See Medal Index Card) Entitled to a Gt War pair. £60-80
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A WEST YORKSHIRE REGT TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medals, named to 2312 Pte H Gomersall W Yorks R. Harry Gomersall served in the West Yorkshire Regiment and the Machine Gun Corps, under Number 43710. (France 16/4/1915) £50-70
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AN EAST YORKSHIRE REGT TRIO. A 1914/15 Star named to 10-247 Pte H Dixon E Yorks R. British War & Victory Medals named to 10-247 A/Sjt H Dixon E. York.R. Harry Dixon served in Egypt from the 22/12/1915. Awarded a Silver Wound Badge on the List Off/1114. MIC states Hon 2/Lt 4th Battalion the Essex Regt. Discharged & Commissioned 17/10/1918. Originally from Hull his Medal Address was 4 Eastleigh Cottages, Newbigin (?) Hornsea. E Yorks in 1921 With the trio are his original identity disc H Dixon 10 E Yorks CE. Also a visiting card. £50-70
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A ROYAL FLYING CORPS TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory Medals named to 3535 2.A.M. H G Coombes R.F.C. Last two medals are 1.AM. There appears to be an official orrection on the BWM (R.F.C) part Harold G Coombes served in France from the 14th March 1915. £60-80
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A DEVONS TFWM GROUP OF THREE MEDALS. A Territorial Force War Medal named to 371 Pte J H Selway Devon R. British War & Victory Medals named to 200031 Pte J H Selway Devon Regt. John H Selway served firstly in the Devon Regiment under numbers 371 later 200031. He was then attached to the Somerset Light Infantry. He was awarded his TFWM whilst with the latter, when attached under number 235129. £120-150
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A ROYAL ENGINEERS MSM GROUP OF THREE MEDALS. British War & Victory Medals named to 3033 Sjt W Heatley RE. A GV issue swivel mount Meritorius Service Medal named to 3033 Sjt W Heatley RE. William Heatley was awarded a pair only for the Gt War, also twice Mentioned in Despatches for France. LG 1/2/1917 29890 Page 216 and 11/12/1917. 30427 page 13081. He was awarded the MSM in the 'Peace Gazette' 3/6/1919. £100-150
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A R ENGINEERS TO R GARRISON ARTILLERY OFFICERS TRIO. A 1914/15 Star named to 698 Spr H Smith. British War & Victory Medals named to 2/Lt C H Smith. Clarence Herbert Smith was a sapper in the Balkans theatre from 5/5/1915, before promotion to Acting Quartermaster Sergeant in the East Lancashire RE. Then in September 1916 he was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery. MIC details lists him as Acting Captain. A note on his MIC states entitled to a Silver Wound Badge, 16/9/1918. Also that he enlisted as H Smith, later C H Smith on both relevant cards. £60-80
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A ROYAL ENGINEERS GT WAR TRIO. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory Medals named to 669 Spr P Allan RE. Percy Allan served in France from 22/12/1914, being transferred to the Class Z Reserve in December 1919. £50-70
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A NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS 'WOUNDED' GT WAR TRIO etc. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory Medals named to 12367 Pte W Turnbull North'd Fus. Pte Turnbull was wounded whilst serving with the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, in the spine or neck on the 29th September 1916. Transferred to No 21 Ambulance Train, two days later. A British War Medal named to his brother 200833 Pte J Turnbull North'd Fus. Joseph Turnbull aged 20 years in France & Flanders date of death given as 12/4/1918, whilst serving in the 1/6th Northumberland Fusiliers. The son of John J & Margaret Turnbull of 3 Fountain Terrace, Bellingham, Northumberland. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial On his MIC details confirming a pair only is Presumed Dead £70-90
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THREE GT WAR PAIRS SLI / OX & BUCKS LI /Q O R GLASGOW YEO. British War & Victory Medals named to 1. 20555 Pte P T Cooke Som LI. (Percy) 2. 95516 Pte J Angus Queens Own Royal Glasgow Yeo. (James) 3. 46306 Pte C P Martin Oxfordshire & Bucks LI (Charles) £70-90
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THREE GT WAR PAIRS QMAAC / RFC / ASC. British War & Victory Medals named to 1. 2354 Wkr M Clare Q.M.A.A.C. 2. 30476 2 AM. G H W Mortimore RFC. RX4 214490 Pte P T Hellier ASC. £70-90
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THREE GT WAR PAIRS INCLUDING AN 11/11/1918 CASUALTY. British War & Victory Medal pairs named to 1. 22895 Pte A Castle R Berks R. 2. WR-320292 Spr S Godwin R E. 3. 303566 Spr W J Holloway R E. William John Holloway was born at Battersea London and educated at Camberwell. Date of death given as the last day of the War 11/11/1918 in France, whilst serving in the 106th Field Coy RE. Other sources state 100th Fd Coy. £70-90
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GT WAR MEDALS. (4) A 1914/15 Star named to 14989 Pte R H Jenkins East Lancs Regt Richard H Jenkins served in France from the 31/7/1915, discharged in 1918. A British War Medal named to 1. 7201 Sjt J J Dore RE. Jesse J Dore served in Egypt from the 3rd July 1915. 2. 301016 Gnr D'A S J Coles RA. D'arcy S J Coles 3. MR 104793 Pte J Jackson ASC. (4) £50-70
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GT WAR MEDALS. British War Medals named to 1. 562 Wkr L L Ingram QMAAC. 2. 204537 Pte A Gardiner Ox & Bucks LI. 3. 606321 Gnr A Stait RA. 4. PO 19093 Pte F W Ousley RMLI. (disc and bar mount separate) 5. A Victory Medal named to 25092 Pte H G Langley KSLI £40-60
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(12) VICTORY MEDALS INCLUDING STAFFS YEOMANRY etc. Captain N V Smith 12263 Sjt S V Smith Ox & Bucks.LI 24181 Pte E Piggott Ox & Bucks LI 2173 A Sjt A J Woodland Somerset LI. 16134 Pte F Larcombe Somerset LI 9863 Pte H Patrick Gloucestershire Regt 4142 Pte L F Kemp Staffordshire Yeomanry 88288 Sjt W J Benger RFC 3419 Gnr G Johnstone RA. 194468 Spr C H Parkins RE. 718 Pnr W Willmott RE Lt De Dombasle BRC & ST J J. £40-60
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A MERITORIUS SERVICE MEDAL. A George VI Meritorius Service Medal named to 25381 Sjt R Bennett Royal Engineers. Forces War Records states that a 25381 Cpl R Bennett RE was serving in the Boer War. (QSA 4 bars - KSA 2 bars) awarded. Further research required to confirm it is or is not, the same Soldier £100-150
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A CSM BAR N IRELAND & MID TO AN RAF OFFICER. A Campaign Service Medal with bar Northern Ireland, named to Flt Lt N M Rough RAF. On a separate ribbon is an Oakleaf emblem, the colour of which is plain in very dark blue. No confirmation of the MID is as yet confirmed. Fl Lt N McC Rough is shown as a Pilot in the 1982 Air Force List. £100-200
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A KOREA PAIR. A Korea Medal named to 5672614 Cpl M R Priddice R.E. A United Nations Medal with bar Korea. £150-180
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A ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS MEDAL & COPY KOREA PAIR. A Royal Observer Corps Medal named to Chief Observer H L Rees. A Copy Korea Medal and UN Korea Medal. (3) £100-150
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TWO GENERAL SERVICE MEDALS bars MALAYA & CYPRUS. A QEII General Service medal with bar Malaya named to 22938079 Pte R A HickmAn A.C.C. A QEII General Service Medal with bar Cyprus, named to 23497810 Spr B R Holloway RE (2). £70-100
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THREE CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDALS bars S ARABIA & N IRELAND. (2) A QEII Campaign Service Medal with bar South Arabia, named to 23861000 Spr J C Reden RE. A Campaign Service Medal bar Northern Ireland, named to 24164990 Gdsm J N Revill Gren Gds. Another with the same bar, named to 24148237 Gnr B T Forbes RA. (3). £100-150
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AN TEM bar INDIA GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS. 1939/45 and Burma Stars, War Medal all named to 69082 Spr S E Jacob D. of. I. Corps. A George VI issue Territorial efficiency Medal with top bar India, named to Spr S E Jacob A.F. (I) The Star & War Medal also TEM have their original HM Mint packets with them. £70-100
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A WWII S AFRICAN GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS. 1939/45 & Africa Stars, War Medal and an Africa Service Medal all named in official impressed style to 62354 P L Schemper.
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A KHEDIVES STAR. An unnamed Khedives Star with 1882 date, complete with mount and crescent/star. £60-80
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FOREIGN AWARDS. Including an Officer of the Tunisian Order of Nichan Iftikhar. A Polish Order of Merit. Polish Monte Casino Cross Numbered 20924, with matching miniature. Two minor French civil medals, etc £80-100
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RUSSIAN & GERMAN MEDALS. Including a West Wall medal and an Eastern Front Medal. (5) Russian medals including Capture of Berlin, Valiant labour, Distinguished labour, etc £50-70
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TWO SILVER WOUND BADGES etc. Two Silver Wound Badges numbered 348194 awarded to 6031 Pte T Haynes 14th battalion Royal Defence Corps. Number 362152 awarded to 9563/285076 Pte F Matthews Dorset Regt. A Birmingham Special Constabulary Medal 1916 named to E Fewins. A Hoover 'War' medal of 1933 named to C C Scott. £40-60
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