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February 2019 Auction List – Closes at 5pm on Wednesday 20th February (lots closing in order, with a 30 second interval from this time) • Should you wish to bid via email rather than the live bidding facility please email us at [email protected] by 4pm on Wednesday 20th February • If you are downloading this list early in the sale, please note that many further pictures will be added to the site in due course, and that the final lot descriptions occasionally change (saleroom notices), and that the description on the live website will always take precedent. Medals to Sell? – Why not email us at [email protected] to see if we can help - cheap commission rates, wide exposure, and no fees should items not sell! 1. 1840 St. Jean D’Acre Medal in silvered bronze. Generally very fine £150-180 2. China Medal 1842, named to James Clarke, H.M.S. Wellesley. The medal has been converted into a menu-holder, which is hallmarked for Birmingham in 1900. Very fine £350-380 3. Baltic Medal, unnamed as issued. Good very fine £190-220 4. India General Service Medal 1854, clasp North West Frontier named to 1130 Private M. McPhail, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. McPhail had seen previous service in the Indian Mutiny. Nearly extremely fine £270-310 5. India General Service Medal 1854, clasp Hazara 1888 named to 1324 Private P. Leary, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. With copy papers, originally from Dublin, this was his only medal entitlement. Being discharged medically unfit for further service on 30th September 1890 after approximately seven and a half years of service. Suspender slack, some contact wear to rim, otherwise Generally very fine £250-300 6. India General Service Medal 1854, two clasps, Burma 1885-7 and Burma 1887-89 named to 6520 Private W. Mickfield, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Generally very fine £230-270 7. India General Service Medal 1854, clasp Hazara 1888 named to 2233 Private P. Roache, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Suspender a little slack, Good very fine £200-250 8. India General Service Medal 1854, clasp Burma 1887-89 named to 905 Trooper Jital Rao, 4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent. Suspender a little slack, Generally very fine £110-140 9. Indian Mutiny Medal, no clasp (ASSt SURGn Wm ASHTON, M.B., 53RD REGt). Served in the Mutiny with firstly the 79th Highlanders at the storming of Rampore Kussia and then with the 53rd Foot at the General Hospital at Calcutta. Promoted Staff Surgeon 1860, transferred to the Royal Artillery 1864 and appointed Surgeon Major on the Staff 1872. Brigade Surgeon 1888. Died 1904. Good very fine £500-600 10. Indian Mutiny Medal, clasp Central India named to Robert Kirwan, 83rd Regiment. Suspender loose, needs re-pinning (you can currently slide it around the disc). Generally very fine £360-400 11. Indian Mutiny Medal, clasp Lucknow, named to Bugler Jas. Willis, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. With photocopied service papers, which confirms his appointment as Bugler. Some contact wear to rim, Generally very fine £300-350 12. New Zealand Medal, reverse 1863 to 1866 named to 338 Wm Notley, 50th Queens Own Regiment. With copy discharge papers, never tried by court martial, but once appeared in the Regimental Defaulters book. Nearly extremely fine £375-425 13. Canada General Service Medal, clasp Fenian Raid 1866, named to 1428 Private J. Delaney, 4th Rifle Brigade. Only 175 such medals to the Regiment, unresearched. Nearly extremely fine £390-450 14. Ashanteee Medal 1873-74, named to A.J. Granville, Ships Cook, HMS Simoom 1873-74. Generally very fine £225-275 15. Afghanistan Medal 1878, no clasp, named to Mr. S. Smith, Punjab Police Department. With research. Sydney Smith appointed July 1870 as Assistant District Superintendent in the Punjab Police. Served in Afghanistan 1878-80 and had the medal with no bar. At this time he was a District Supt IV Grade at Derra Gaza Khan. Was at Mooltan in 1886 and by 1893 was Supt Grade III at Lahore. Assistant Inspector General Railway Police, Lahore May 1900, Deputy Inspector General of Police November 1901. Awarded medal for Delhi Durbar 1903. Retired August 1905. Nearly extremely fine £320-360 16. Afghanistan Medal 1878, clasp Ahmed Khel to 1035 Private J. Anderson, 59th Foot. (2nd Nottinghamshires). GVF £250-300 17. Afghanistan Medal 1878, clasp Ahmed Khel, named to Sepoy Gulab Singh, 8th Regiment Native Infantry. Light polishing, appears to have been cleaned at some point (possibly with a wire brush?). The Battle of Ahmed Khel took place on the 22nd April 1880. there were over 7000 British and Indian Troops and over double this in opposition; despite this was a British victory. According to the reference book: British Battles & Medals: The 8th (Bengal) Regiment (N.I.) Native Infantry did not serve in the Afghanistan Campaign, hence this medal could be scarce to a Sepoy from a small detachment sent to top up another Indian (N.I.) Unit. Generally very fine £150-180 18. Afghanistan Medal 1878-80, no clasp, named SEPOY JAISING THAPPA 1ST GOORKHA REGT. The Gurkhas first served in the British East India Company Army from 1815 and then with the British Indian Army from circa 1857. Naming in running script, Very fine £140-160 19. Afghanistan Medal 1878, no clasp, named to 2357 Private J. Answer, 2/14th Regiment. Officially engraved naming in upright capitals. With copy medal roll, and some information regarding the campaign, and the involvement of the 2/14th (Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment.) Toned with one or two minor edge knocks, otherwise Good very fine £170-210 20. Afghanistan Medal 1878, no clasp, named to 591 Private M. Doyle, 1/25th Foot. Nearly extremely fine £150-200 21. Afghanistan Medal 1878, no clasp, named to 42/23 Private W.H. Dawton, 85th Regiment of Foot. Good very fine £150-180 22. Egypt Medal, clasp Tel-El-Kebir reverse dated 1882, named to 1423 Private D. Sinclair, 1st Royal Highlanders. Confirmed on the medal roll, that he was one of 12 men of the Regiment who received his medal from personally from Queen Victoria on 29th November 1882. Some contact wear to rim, Good very fine £300-350 23. Egypt Medal, undated reverse, clasp Gemaizah1888, named to 554 Private I. Patterson, 2nd Kings Own Scottish Borderers. With copy medal roll, noted as having Died by the previous owner. Nearly extremely fine £250-300 24. Egypt Medal, dated 1882 reverse, clasp Suakin 1885, named to 41/2118 Private J. Lyford, 1st Berkshire Regiment. With copy medal roll. A little contact wear to the Regiment, but still readable. Generally very fine £150-200 25. Egypt Medal, dated 1882 reverse, clasp Tel-El-Kebir named to 2385 Private J. Brennan, 4th Dragoon Guards, with copy medal roll, and some information regarding the 4th Dragoon Guards roll in the Egyptian Campaign. Nearly extremely fine £170-210 26. Egypt Medal, undated reverse, clasp The Nile 1884-85 named to 4459 Private W. Morrison, 11th Company, Commissariat and Transport Corps. With copy medal roll. Good very fine £150-200 27. Egypt Medal, dated 1882 reverse, no clasp, named to 2558 Private W. Bartlett, 7th Dragoon Guards. With copy service papers, Walter Bartlett was from Chard in Somerset, he was discharged due to Dementia, after attempting to desert whilst awaiting court-martial. The Dementia not being caused by his service, but due to his ‘in-temperance’. Good very fine £150-180 28. East and West Africa Medal, two clasps, 1897-98 and Sierra Leone 1898-99 named to 2299 Private E. Riley, 3rd West India Regiment. Good very fine £440-480 29. Jummoo and Kashmir Medal, clasp Chitral 1895, unnamed in bronze. Made by Gurney, London. Good very fine £450-550 30. India General Service Medal 1895, clasp Relief of Chitral 1895 to 3560 Private P. McFadyan, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. Very fine £150-180 31. India General Service Medal 1895, clasp Punjab Frontier 1897-98 named to Sergeant A. Firman, 1st Royal West Kent Regiment. With copy medal roll, discharged time expired on 3rd January 1901, and re-enlisted 3rd Royal West Kent Regiment on 31st July 1901. Nearly extremely fine £150-180 32. Queens South Africa Medal, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 named to 103 Trooper G. Lawrence, Damant’s Horse. Lawrence had previously served with Rimmington’s Guides. Lawrence at one time deserted and was sentenced to 1 year hard labour as a result. Lightly toned, Nearly extremely fine £170-210 33. Queens South Africa Medal, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1901, named to 7000 Private W.F. Pike, Royal Scots. The top bar (SA01) unofficially attached by wire rods. Pike Died of Disease on 26th November 1901 at Middelburg. Nearly extremely fine £140-180 34. Queens South Africa Medal, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1902 named to 4573 Corporal W. Ramm, Essex Regiment. With copy Medal roll confirming clasps, served with 3rd Battalion. Good very fine £100-125 35. Queens South Africa Medal, three clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek and Belfast named to 2726 Driver W.C. Pace, Royal Field Artillery. A couple of small edge-knicks and ghost dates otherwise, Good very fine £200-240 36. Queens South Africa Medal, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal named to 3157 Private J. Maginnis, Royal Irish Rifles. Faint ghost dates to reverse, Nearly extremely fine £125-150 37. Queens South Africa Medal, two clasps, Cape Colony and Orange Free State named to 3161 Private J.
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