Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (7 March 2007)

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Special Collections

The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals (Part I - Royal Navy)
The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D. G. B. Riddick - Part III
Naval Medals from the collection formed by Captain W. A. Tinlin, M.C., late 14th London Regiment (1880-1965)
The Roy Bartlett Collection of Awards to the R.N.A.S., R.F.C. and R.A.F.

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Lot 1

Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze-gilt, the reverse field with contemporary inscription ‘James Gant of the Bellerophon’, some edge bruises and minor loss of gilt to high points, otherwise about very fine £500-600

Sold for £1,500

Lot 2

Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal, contained in a hinged and glazed copper-framed case with loop suspension, some very light hairlines, otherwise brilliant extremely fine and rare thus £600-700

Sold for £820

Lot 3

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Vincent (Thomas Hills, Volr. 1st Class) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £2000-2500

Sold for £5,200

Lot 4

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Nile (Leonard Banton) toned, extremely fine £3500-4000

Sold for £6,000

Lot 5

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Copenhagen 1801 (Robt. Humphries) toned good very fine £1400-1600

Sold for £2,100

Lot 6

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (B. Simmonds) minor nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4000-5000

Sold for £6,500

Lot 7

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (W. S. Addington, Lieut. R.N.) small edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1600-1800

Sold for £3,300

Lot 8

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Thomas Jessep) edge nicks and bruising, especially to the obverse, otherwise very fine £1400-1600

Sold for £3,400

Lot 9

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, Camperdown (William Merritt) backstrap of clasp carriage slightly buckled and some minor nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2000-2500

Sold for £3,200

Lot 10

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 4 Nov 1805, Implacable 26 Augt 1808 (Thomas Colley) nearly extremely fine £4000-5000

Sold for £8,200

Lot 11

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 16 July Boat Service 1806, 24 May Boat Service 1814 (John Dearness) very fine £4000-4500

Sold for £5,500

Lot 12

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Java, St. Sebastian (Robert Cocks) good very fine £1800-2200

Sold for £2,200

Lot 13

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 23 June 1795, Egypt (William Hazard) nearly very fine £2000-2500

Sold for £2,600

Lot 14

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Navarino, Syria (Edwd. Goodman) a few nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1400-1600

Sold for £2,300

Lot 15

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Martinique, Pompee 17 June 1809, Guadaloupe (Thomas Hitchcock) very fine £3000-3500

Sold for £3,300

Lot 16

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Wm. Thos. Barton, Marine) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising and a little polished, therefore nearly very fine £800-1000

Sold for £1,000

Lot 17

China 1842 (John Adam, H.M.S. Blenheim) nearly very fine £350-400

Sold for £520

Lot 18

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Azoff, Sebastopol (W. H. Cameron, Surgeon, H.M.S. Beagle) contemporary engraved naming, very fine £200-250

Sold for £310

Lot 19

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Josh. Pattison, Captn. F. Castle “Hastings”) very fine £150-200

Sold for £250

Lot 20

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (11 Co. John Baker, R.M.) contemporary engraved naming, suspension claw crudely re-fixed, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine £100-120

Sold for £120

Lot 21

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (John Snow, Painter H.M.S. Coromandel I.N.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £200-250

Sold for £300

Lot 22

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860 to 1861 (W. Rowland, Pte. R.M. H.M.S. Pelorus) nearly very fine £300-350

Sold for £600

Lot 23

Abyssinia 1867 (A. Wilson, Sailmrs. Crew H.M.S. Octavia) good very fine £300-350

Sold for £400

Lot 24

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (J. Mahoney, Ord. H.M.S. Tamar. 73-74) good very fine £200-250