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A Second World War Group of Four Medals, purporting to have been awarded to 74719 Flight Lieutenant J.A.M.Henderson, RAF, comprising 1939-45 Star with copy clasp BATTLE OF BRITAIN, Air Crew Europe Star with clasp ATLANTIC, Defence and War Medal £180 - 250
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A Distinguished Flying Cross, the reverse privately engraved to LIEUT.D.J.WESTON, R.A.F., in case of issue together with a telegram of congratulations dated July 10th 1918 from O/C 20 Squadron, a photocopy of his log book from 30.5.17 to 1.7.18 in which are recorded his 13 kills accompanied by Observer Walter Noble (9) and Observer Sgt.Deighton (4), two framed portrait photographs of him in RFC uniform, a photograph album containing a large quantity of photographs of aircraft and colleagues, with annotations beginning at Cricklewood 1917, maps, letters, ephemera, two commissions, Record of Service, a 15 carat gold and enamel sweetheart brooch, a card display of RFC buttons and a cap eagle, and a book by his Observer Walter Noble entitled 'With a Bristol Fighter Squadron' in which their flying time together is described. £2000 - 3000
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Kingdom of Netherlands - The Order of Orange-Nassau (Civil Division) 5th Grade, in silver and enamel, in case of issue £100 - 150
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Chile - Order of the Red Cross Commander's Cross Neck Badge and Breast Star, in silver gilt and enamel, the reverse of the star with vertical sword shape pin, and engraved ARTHUS BERTRAND, PARIS (2) £300 - 400
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A Post-War C.B.E. Group of Five, awarded to the Rev. D. D. L. Evans, Royal Army Chaplains' Department, onetime Honorary Chaplain to the Queen and Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces: he had earlier won a "mention" in the pre-war Palestine operations, comprising the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire C.B.E. (Military) Commander's Neck Badge, 2nd type, in silver gilt and enamel, in original Garrard & Co Ltd case with ribbon, General Service Medal 1918-62 (George VI) with clasp PALESTINE, named REV.D.D.L.EVANS. R.A.CH.D., Defence Medal, War Medal with MID oak leaf, and Coronation Medal 1953, with the miniatures, a related Honorary Chaplain to the Queen Badge, EIIR in gilt metal and enamel, full size and miniature, medal ribbon bars and related ephemera
Footnote:- David Douglas Lloyd Evans, who was born in February 1905, entered the Royal Army Chaplains' Department as a United Board Chaplain in July 1934. Active service followed in Palestine 1936-39, for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 15 September 1939), and he was appointed a 2nd Class Chaplain to the Forces in January 1940. Thereafter, he appears to have served on the home establishment, although he was serving as Senior Staff Chaplain, Middle East Land Forces by the War's end. Advanced to 1st Class Chaplain to the Forces in January 1953, shortly after a posting to the British Army on the Rhine, he served as Assistant Chaplain-General to Far East Land Forces in the mid-1950s and was advanced to Deputy Chaplain-General (ranking as Brigadier), and awarded the C.B.E., shortly before his retirement in January 1960. Evans, who had earlier been awarded the O.B.E. (London Gazette 13 June 1946), was one-time Honorary Chaplain to the Queen. £1000 - 2000
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Two First World War Pairs, each comprising a British War Medal and Victory Medal, awarded to E.STUBBS FMN. M.F.A. and 69301.S E.STUBBS. R.N.R.; an Efficiency Medal, with TERRITORIAL bar, awarded to 4445844 GNR.A.CHILTON R.A.; a Belgian Medal, dated 1928; a Second World War Photograph Album, recording life in Posen, a Polish prisoner of war camp, by a soldier of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, possibly Dickinson of Thornaby £200 - 300
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A Second World War Naval Group of Five Medals, to PLX671858 Cyril Plews, Steward, Royal Navy, comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star (MID), Italy Star and War Medal, together with his Certificate of Service, Order for Release, two framed pennants to HMS Whelp and HMS Indomitable, a framed "Welcome to Guam" poster, two framed nautical poems, a framed display of bank notes, three framed photographs and a small quantity of costume jewellery. £80 - 120
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A General Service Medal 1918-62, (ERII), with clasp CANAL ZONE, awarded to 22397754 PTE.F.T.PORTMANN ACC, in original box of issue £150 - 180
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A First World War Commission, to 2nd Lieutenant Archie Douglas Henderson dated 29th March 1915, framed, with photocopied research material comprising White Russian Awards to Army Officers, Supplements to London Gazette for 15 July 1919 and 11 June 1920. He was awarded the DSO, MC and St Vladimir for work in Russia; also, three medal display cases, two frames and a Victory Celebrations magazine 1919 (7) £50 - 80
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A First World War "Mons" Trio, awarded to 4534 PTE.H.JOHNSON, IR:GDS., comprising 1914 Star with clasp 5TH AUG.- 22ND NOV.1914, British War Medal and Victory Medal, in box of issue with registered post envelope £300 - 400
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A Queen's South Africa Medal, with three clasps TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and SOUTH AFRICA 1902, awarded to 5752 PTE.J.H.GILMORE, 13TH HUSSARS, together with National Archives photocopied research material including Short Service Attestation, Statement of Services, Medal Rolls and Military History Sheet. £100 - 150
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A Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with two service bars, awarded to Mrs EDITH F.MORGAN,, together with her Defence Medal in box of issue, four British Red Cross Proficiency Medals, 3 Years' Service Medal with bar and a Merit Medal with box of issue; a Defence Medal, in box of issue with medal slip to Mrs M.R.E.Royal, together with two British Red Cross Proficiency medals and related Voucher dated 13.12.43 £100 - 150
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An India General Service Medal 1854, with clasp BURMA 1889-92, awarded to 1522 Pte.H.Margarie 2d Bn.Devon Regt. £100 - 200
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A Royal Antedeluvian Order of Buffaloes Collar, in pale blue watered silk, applied with numerous gilt metal and enamel jewels and chains £80 - 120
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A Collection of Assorted Edward VII and George V Bradford Related Medallions and Badges, including two 9 carat gold and enamel fob medallions to City of Bradford Town Hall, a similar medallion, a silver and enamel breast jewel to a Steward for the City of Bradford Exhibition 1904, three gilt metal 1902 Coronation medallions presented by Mr & Mrs Jonas Whitley of Hilton Manor, etc; a Combined Cigarette Lighter/Fob Watch, in white metal, boxed £350 - 450
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A Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Primo Silver and Enamel Breast Jewel, Holmwood Lodge 1265, with presentation inscription dated 1952, hallmark for Birmingham 1930; a Silver Gilt City Waiter Example, with presentation inscription dated 1953, hallmark for London 1910, cased (2) £80 - 120
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A Collection of Approximately One Hundred and Forty British Police Collar Badges, George VI and Elizabeth II, in white metal and chrome, some loosely displayed in two frames, the remainder in two boxes (4) £100 - 150
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A Collection of Approximately One Hundred and Forty British Police Collar Badges, mainly Elizabeth II, in white metal and chrome, in four boxes (4) £100 - 150
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A Collection of Fifty Four Pre-1953 British Police Cap Badges, in white metal and chrome, including War Department Special Constabulary, Air Ministry Constabulary, Isle of Eley Special Constabulary, Surrey Special Constabulary, Bolton Special Constabulary, Halifax Special Constabulary, Cardiff City Police, Hull City Police; also, ten similar in enamelled chrome and brass, bronze and gilt metal, in three boxes (3) £100 - 200
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A Collection of Fifty Elizabeth II British Senior Police Officer's Cap Badges, in enamelled chrome, including Gibraltar Police, Royal Hong Kong Police, Preston Borough Police, Derbyshire Police, Hertfordshire Constabulary etc and an embroidered cloth example to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, in three boxes (3) £100 - 200
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A Collection of Seventy Elizabeth II British Police Cap Badges, in chrome and white metal, including Carmarthen and Cardigan Police, Merseyside Police, Derbyshire Constabulary, Monmouth, Gibraltar Security Police, Royal Fiji Police, West Yorkshire Police Community Support Officer, etc in four boxes (4) £100 - 200
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A Collection of Twenty Three Pre-1953 British Police Helmet Plates, in chrome and white metal, including eight two piece examples to Cheshire Constabulary, Warrington Constabulary, Oldham Police, Rochdale County Borough Police, Wigan Police, Burnley Borough Police, Borough of Hastings Police and Police Force Isle of Man (23) £150 - 200
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A Collection of Fourteen Pre-1953 British Police Night Helmet Plates, in two piece blackened brass, including County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, Isle of Eley Constabulary, Liverpool City Police, Somersetshire Constabulary etc, and a one piece example to Metropolitan Police (15) £100 - 200
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A Collection of Fourteen Pre-1953 British Police Night Helmet Plates, in two piece blackened brass, including Pembrokeshire Police, Metropolitan Police, Blackpool Police, Birmingham City Police, British Transport Commission Police etc, and a one piece example to Folkestone Police (15) £100 - 200
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A London Midland & Scottish Railway Company Police Night Helmet Plate, two piece, in blackened brass and white metal; a Similar One Piece Example, to London & North Eastern Railway; four Port of Bristol Chrome Helmet Plates, with separate numbers to the centres, and a similar blackened example; five Elizabeth II Police Night Helmet Plates, of two piece construction (13) £80 - 120
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A Collection of Twenty-Eight Elizabeth II Police Helmet Plates, in chrome, two of two piece construction to Sheffield City Police and Hampshire & Isle of Wight Police £100 - 200
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Nine Pre-1953 Police Helmet Plates, of various sizes, in chrome and white metal, including Dover Police Force, Great Yarmouth Police and Worcestershire Police; six Other White Metal Examples, including Hull Police, Shrewsbury Police and Liverpool Police; a Collection of Various British and Foreign Police Helmet Plates and Badges, including Trinidad Police, Bahamas Police, Bermuda Police, New Zealand Police etc £100 - 200
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A Collection of Thirty George V/VI Military Cap, Collar, Glengarry and Trade Badges, in brass, blackened, white metal and bi-metal; also, an RAF brevet to Air Electronics Officer and two Civil Defence cloth badges, all loosely mounted on four display cards. £80 - 120
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A Collection of One Hundred and Thirty Two British Military and Other Badges, including twenty one pairs of collar dogs to the Royal Artillery, rank pips including three bakelite economy examples, rank crowns, shoulder titles, five First World War wound badges etc. £80 - 120
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A Collection of Approximately Sixty British Military Badges, including cap, collar, shoulder titles and rank pips in brass, white metal, bi-metal and staybrite, also cloth rank pips and coins, including some restrikes £80 - 120
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A Collection of Seventy-Five British Cap, Glengarry and Collar Badges, in brass, bi-metal, white metal, staybrite and bronzed, in a sealed glazed display case £80 - 120
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A Victorian Epaulette to the Military Knights of Windsor, with gilt metal crescent enclosing a raised bullion thread embroidered shield below the VR cypher and with bullion embroidered star to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath GCB, on a black wool field with gold lace border, the reverse lined in black wool and with RIGHT label, in a black japanned tin £200 - 300
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Three Early "The Metropolitan" Police Double Ended Whistles, in nickel, by J Hudson & Co., 244, Barr Street, Birmingham, two with chains £120 - 150
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Five "The Metropolitan" Police Whistles, in nickel, by J Hudson & Co., 244, Barr Street, Birmingham, with chains, marked to Hull City Police, Devon Constabulary, Manchester City Police, London City Police and A.R.P.; four Similar Examples, lacking maker's marks, one to Hull City Police, one marked W.P.H., one marked London 1942 and one unmarked and lacking chain (9) £80 - 120
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Three Police Whistles and Chains by Wm. Dowler & Sons Ltd., Graham St. Works, Birmingham, marked Leeds Police, Manchester City Police and Lancashire County Constabulary; thirteen Various Police Whistles, including Liverpool City Police x 3, Leeds Police x 3, Yorkshire W.R.C.x 2, London City Police etc (16) £100 - 150
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A Collection of Approximately Two Hundred and Fifty Late 20th/21st Century Embroidered Cloth Insignia, to police forces of the world including Great Britain, USA, Pacific Islands and Europe, contained in thirty three clip frames and two frames; also, a quantity of loose examples £100 - 150
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Three 20th Century US Police Leather Belts, with holsters and magazines; a similar Leather Waist Belt, and three other belts (7) £80 - 120
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A Quantity of Modern Police Related Collectables, including constabulary plaques, foreign enamelled and gilt metal tie tacks, a cased US Detective presentation pocket watch, rose tops, coxcombs, books and ephemera in three boxes £80 - 120
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A Collection of Police Related Collectables, including a set of twenty-four US Police departments enamelled gilt metal medallions, German States and Italian cap badges, buttons, clips, rank pips etc in three boxes and a tin £90 - 150
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A Large Quantity of Police Buttons, in gilt metal, chrome, white metal and horn, also, numbers and cape lion mask hooks, in seven small plastic boxes £100 - 150
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A Quantity of Vintage British Military Medal Ribbons, in four bags, and two bags of miniature medal ribbons; also, approximately ninety Second World War medal ribbon bars and medal fittings £80 - 120
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A Collection of USA Militaria, comprising Good Conduct Medal and ribbon bar in original box, National Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal 1939-45, two US Scout medals for Johnny Appleseed Trail and Buffalo Trail, Wound badges, forty six US State hand held flags with gilt plastic handles, twenty pairs of unmarked dog tags and chains, medal ribbon bars, officer's bars etc £200 - 300
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A Collection of Militaria, including three pottery canteen plates to the Bolton Artillery and Manchester Artillery, two white metal military figures, one stamped RH, three polished cow horns, seventeen button sticks, a brass bed plate to the Grenadier Guards, a No.4 Mk.II spike bayonet and scabbard, four folding pocket knives, an Indian dagger, three paper knives, a magazine clip, gun cleaning equipment and three gentleman's plated toilet bottles etc. £80 - 120
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Militaria, including belt clasps, a Morse code tapper with wood base in original box, a Morse code tapper with bakelite base, an ampmeter, seven pairs of German belt hooks, a Kriegsmarine brass trade badge and embroidered arm badge, a crossguard for a German dagger with swastika removed, three card displays of Imperial German buttons, a wood gavel, a helmet plate base, a boxed Pathescope Safety film, a pair of Masonic apron chain tassels, a trumpet mouthpiece, a safety razor etc. £100 - 150
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Militaria, including an H.Heynolds key, two pairs of spurs, a boot hook, railway and police buttons, Civil Defence badges, Home Guard practise rounds, kit bag D rings, miscellaneous items from kit bags, six ARP plastic whistles, four Transport badges etc £80 - 120
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A Collection of Approximately Two Hundred and Seventy British Military Buttons, including pre and post Second World War RAF buttons, Second World War RN, Physical Training Corps, Royal Army Pay Corps etc. £150 - 200
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A Small Quantity of Early 20th Century Dress Uniform Accessories, including two leather and silver lace belts, two bullions, six lengths of silver lace, two sergeant's arm chevrons, three Ghana Air Force brevets etc £50 - 60
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A Collection of Approximately Fifty Aeronautical Photographs, including Vickers-Armstrong, Bristol Aircraft, Hawker Aircraft, Avro etc. £70 - 80
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A Collection of Naval Photographs, Books and Ephemera to include a miniature barrel and dish carved "from the teak of HMS IRON DUKE, Admiral Jellicoe's flag ship, Jutland 1916"; rank slides, slider epaulettes, shoulder board epaulettes, cap insignia and cuff braids to a Lieutenant Commander RN; assorted embroidered trade/rank insignia to include Leading Rate, Officers' Steward, Electrical Mechanic, Engineering Mechanic, Radio Electrical Mechanic, Control Electrical Mechanic, Victualler; souvenir books for HMS Ark Royal and HMS Rhyl; various framed photographs of naval vessels, and other ephemera (qty) £100 - 200
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A Collection of Approximately Fifty Embroidered Cloth Insignia, including formation patches, rank chevrons and badges, shoulder titles, armbands etc £100 - 150
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