Orders, Decorations and Medals (17 September 1999)

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Lot 1

Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, copper-gilt as issued to Petty Officers, original gilt but worn on high points, scuff marks and edge bruising, therefore good fine and better £150-200

Sold for £160

Lot 2

Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal, inscribed in the reverse field (Felix Bengman, H.M.S. Revenge) contained in contemporary silver frame with glass lunettes and fitted with fob suspension, nearly extremely fine and very rare £1200-1500

Sold for £3,900

Lot 3

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809 (John Oliver French, Clerk) very fine £600-800

Sold for £1,500

Lot 4

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (Geo. Winslow) edge bruises, otherwise better than very fine £350-400

Sold for £580

Lot 5

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (James Richards) good very fine £180-200

Sold for £220

Lot 6

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Pyrenees, Toulouse (Constantine Riely, 11th Foot) small edge bruise and very light surface marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £500-550

Unsold

Lot 7

Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (C. M. Seymour, Lieut. 59th Foot & Act. Asst. Comy. Genl.) very fine £700-900

Sold for £700

Lot 8

The Field Officer’s Gold Medal awarded to General Hon. A. P. Upton, C.B., Grenadier Guards, Equerry to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Military Correspondent to the Bavarian Army in 1815 Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, for Vittoria, 1 clasp, Nive (Lieut. Colonel The Honble. A. Upton) complete with gold three-pronged ribbon buckle and original ribbon, extremely fine £5000-7000

Sold for £5,800

Lot 9

Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Alex. Muirhead, 1st Batt. 91st Reg. Foot) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, nearly very fine £400-500

Sold for £580

Lot 10

Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, silver, lacking suspension and brooch fittings to obverse, otherwise very fine £60-80

Sold for £80

Lot 11

Ghuznee 1839 (F. Ledwith, 2d or Queen’s Royal Regt.) attractively engraved in the reverse field, original bar suspension adapted with additional small rings, very fine £250-300

Sold for £300

Lot 12

Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Gunner William Biggs, 1st Troop Horse Brigade Bombay Arty.) fitted with replacement clip and bar suspension, traces of brooch marks to obverse and naming slightly rubbed, otherwise very fine £80-120

Sold for £180

Lot 13

Hyderabad 1843 (Lieutt. W. Ashburner, 3rd Lt. Cavy.) fitted with contemporary silver clip and bar suspension, contact marks, especially to the obverse, otherwise nearly very fine £400-500

Sold for £380

Lot 14

Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private James Tubb, H.M. 16th Lancers) fitted with adapted silver bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £280-320

Sold for £250

Lot 15

Punniar Star 1843 (Private Thomas Shea, H.M. 40th Regt.) fitted with original brass hook, nearly extremely fine and very rare to this regiment £350-400

Sold for £600

Lot 16

Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 1 clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Joseph Holt, 9th Regt.) very fine £300-350

Sold for £330

Lot 17

Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Edward Roberts, 62nd Regt.) renamed; Queen’s Sudan 1896 (4098 Cpl. E. C. Vernon, North’d Fus.) renamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4098 Cpl. E. C. Vernon, North’d Fus.) generally very fine (3) £80-100

Sold for £170

Lot 18

New Zealand 1845-1866, reverse dated 1861 to 1866 (3297 Patk. Cleary, 57th Regt.) very fine and better £140-180

Sold for £200

Lot 19

New Zealand 1845-1866, reverse undated (505 Richd. Cosser, 58th Foot) awarded for the Maori Wars of 1845-47, very fine and scarce £200-250

Sold for £400

Lot 20

New Zealand 1845-1866, reverse undated (1826 Gunr. G. Williamson, R.A.) officially engraved naming, good very fine and rare £300-350

Sold for £410

Lot 21

South Africa 1834-53 (T. Coffey, Rl. Saprs. & Minrs.) contact marks and edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine £200-250

Sold for £190

Lot 22

South Africa 1834-53 (James Crawford, 90th Regt.), together with an identical medal (Pte. J. Crawford, 90th Regt.), the second medal renamed in an official style, the first with some edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £300-350