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Orders, Decorations and Medals (28 & 29 March 2012)

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Lot 1

Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze, edge bruising and generally worn, therefore good fine £140-160

Sold for £190

Lot 2

Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze but sometime silver-plated, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £180-220

Sold for £200

Lot 3

Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, bronze, 48mm., Soho Mint, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18588’, nearly extremely fine £200-250

Sold for £350

Lot 4

Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, bronze-gilt, 48mm., Soho Mint, pierced with ring and straight bar suspension bearing a toughra, pitted, very fine £250-300

Sold for £420

Lot 5

Honourable East India Company Medal for Egypt 1801, silver, with post mount suspension, a later striking showing a die crack to obverse, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18973’, good very fine £400-500

Sold for £1,000

Lot 6

Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 1st Class, gold, 54mm., with original gold hook and chain suspended from a good length of contemporary silk ribbon, a finely executed piece, good very fine and very rare £5000-6000

Sold for £6,000

Lot 7

Honourable East India Company Medal for the Capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon & Isle of France 1809-10, silver, with loop suspension, a later striking from a rusty die, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18974’, good very fine £400-500

Sold for £1,050

Lot 8

Spanish Capture of Bagur and Palamos 1810, 46mm., silver, with integral loop and ring suspension, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18543’, some scratches to reverse, very fine, scarce £600-800

Sold for £3,600

Lot 9

Honourable East India Company Medal for Java 1811, silver, unmounted, a later striking with die crack to obverse, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18975’, extremely fine £300-400

Sold for £1,200

Lot 10

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Martinique (Peter Robinson) better than very fine £1600-1800

Sold for £2,200

Lot 11

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (John West) additionally stipple engraved on edge ‘H.M.S. Hebrus’, good very fine £600-700

Sold for £700

Lot 12

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria, naming erased, some contact marks, about very fine £200-300

Sold for £370

Lot 13

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (James Burch) nearly extremely fine £400-500

Sold for £580

Lot 14

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (James Grant) good very fine £400-500

Sold for £600

Lot 15

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (Kilgour Davison, Actg. Lieut. R.N.) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £2500-3000

Sold for £6,000

Lot 16

A fine 3-clasp N.G.S. awarded to William Lodwick, a Carpenter in the Royal Navy who was specially mentioned by Lord Cochrane for his services at the defence of Fort Trinidad, Spain, who went on to serve with that great naval hero at Basque Roads, and was later present at the sanguinary action which resulted in the capture of the French frigate Rivoli Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 23 June 1795, Basque Roads 1809, Victorious with Ri...

Sold for £17,000

Lot 17

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees (Matthias Asch, 5th Bn. 60th Foot) some light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £2500-3000

Sold for £4,200

Lot 18

A fine Peninsula War medal awarded to Private Hugh Tucker, 40th Foot, who was wounded above the eye at Badajoz and in the arm at Vittoria, and also served in South and North America and at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Orthes, Toulouse (H. Tucker, 40th Foot) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £4000-5000

Sold for £13,000

Lot 19

The Waterloo medal awarded to Private Jonathan Taylor, Scots Greys Waterloo 1815 (Jonathan Taylor, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with replacement German-silver hinged bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine £5000-6000

Sold for £5,800

Lot 20

Waterloo 1815 (Jos. Langstone, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars) fitted with replacement silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine £1200-1400

Sold for £2,000

Lot 21

Waterloo 1815 (John Billings, 4th Regt. Kings Own) renamed, lacking suspension, slight edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine £300-400

Sold for £460

Lot 22

Waterloo 1815 ([Lieut. Jo-- Cox] , 1st Batt. 95th Regt. Foot) original name erased but the rim retains a ghosted image as indicated in brackets, fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, fine £1500-1800

Withdrawn

Lot 23

Waterloo 1815 (Ph. Musgrove, Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and replacement ring suspension, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £1400-1600

Sold for £2,600

Lot 24

Waterloo 1815, a rare unnamed and unmounted contemporary specimen, contained in an old circular leather case, nearly extremely fine £400-500

Withdrawn

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