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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (12 November 2020)

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Total Lots Found: 36

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Lot 14

Map of the Battle of Omdurman, a contemporary sketch plan of phase one of the battle, drawn by Captain J. K. Watson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps for Mr. Williams of the Daily Chronicle. The map showing the disposition of the opposing armies at 7am on 2 September 1898 and the line of Ali Wad Helu’s attack on the Egyptian Cavalry at the Kerrai Heights and also the line of first attack towards the British units on the Nile, with the positions of Ly...

Sold for £460

Lot 765

Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed, suspension rather crudely re-fixed, light contact marks, otherwise very fine £800-£1,000

Sold for £1,200

Lot 766

The Arctic 1875-76 medal awarded to Stoker John Shirley, H.M.S. Alert, a member of Markham’s Northern Sledge Party who suffered badly from cold and scurvy on their epic ‘Farthest North’ journey of 72 days and 600 miles Arctic Medal 1875-76 (J. Shirley. Stoker. H.M.S. Alert.) fitted with a silver Hunt & Roskell ribbon buckle, very fine £5,000-£6,000

Sold for £7,500

Lot 767

Loyal Lincolnshire Volunteers Medal 1799, silver, engraved, 67mm diameter, obverse: a cut out shield engraved with the arms of Lord Brownlow within a flat circle inscribed ‘Loyal Lincolnshire Volunteers’; reverse: the cut out shield inscribed ‘This Medal is presented to Private E. Collyer as an Award of Merit, He being declared Best Shot in the Comapany October 9th. 1799’, the flat circle inscribed ‘The Rt. Honble. Lord Brownlow, Captai...

Sold for £340

Lot 768

Birmingham Loyal Association 1802, struck silver medal by Matthew Boulton, 48mm diameter, the reverse tablet inscribed ‘Josh. Walker Light Compy. Birmm. Loyl. Afsociatn.’, no suspension, contained in partial case of issue, missing lid, good very fine and better £180-£220

Sold for £300

Lot 769

Royal Edinburgh Volunteers Medal (1st Regiment) 1804, silver-gilt, engraved, raised rim, 58mm diameter, obverse: central engraved arms of the city of Edinburgh in an oval, with the crest above, on a trophy of arms and flags, ‘Royal Edinburgh Volunteers’ above, and ‘1st’ below, Edinburgh hallmark and maker’s mark ‘JM’ for Jonathan Millidge; reverse: in a laurel wreath, ‘Presented by Lieut. Colonel Hope for exemplary attendance duri...

Sold for £360

Lot 770

Queen’s Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade, No. 8 Company, gold shooting medal by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh, 55mm x 41mm excluding suspension rings, 18-carat?, 26.87g inclusive, obverse: within a raised border of thistles quartered by arrowheads, each bearing a bullet, ‘Presented by Mrs James S. Morton 1880’, the whole surmounted by a suspension comprising crossed carbines entwined by a ribbon inscribed ‘In Defence’ suspended from two...

Sold for £750

Lot 771

Siege of Beaconsfield Medal 1899-1900, 39mm, white metal, obverse, shield, ‘Siege of Beaconsfield, 14 October 1899 - 15 February 1900’, reverse, female figure of ‘Peace’, ‘Children’s Medal Presented by the Town Council 1900, Peace 1900’, unnamed, pierced with ring and riband suspension, good very fine £50-£70

Sold for £35

Lot 772

Lincoln Great War Tribute Medal (6), 36mm, bronze, obverse featuring the City’s coat of Arms, and inscribed ‘In token of Lincoln’s gratitude’, the reverse depicting Britannia presenting a laurel crown to a victorious returning serviceman, with a warship, artillery gun, and bi-plane in background, and inscribed ‘Served in the Great War 1914-1919’, all unnamed, four in fitted cases of issue, generally nearly extremely fine Skegness G...

Sold for £180

Lot 773

The historically important Great War Memorial Plaque to Lieutenant E. Lucie-Smith, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who is believed to have been the first black officer commissioned into the British Army during the Great War, and is also believed to have been the first black officer casualty of the Great War, when he was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres on 25th April 1915 Memorial Plaque (Evan Lucie-Smith) nearly extremely fine £60...

Sold for £8,500

Lot 774

The Memorial Plaque to Captain N. C. G. Cameron, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, late Strathcona’s Horse and Scottish Horse - with whom he was wounded during the Second Boer War, and mentioned in despatches. Cameron was killed in action serving with the Highlanders during the Battle of the Aisne, 25 September 1914 Memorial Plaque (Napier Charles Gordon Cameron) in card envelope of issue, nearly very fine £200-£300

Sold for £460

Lot 775

An important Memorial Plaque to Lieutenant W. G. R. Smith, 21st Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps, who served as an ambulance driver with his sister Grace McDougall as one of the first FANYS to serve in the French theatre of war from October 1914. He was later commissioned and transferred for service with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the Army Cyclist Corps - being killed in action trying to rescue a wounded comrade o...

Sold for £300

Lot 776

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (739138 Pte A. Q. Noall.) in case of issue, with damaged card enclosure, good very fine £80-£120

Sold for £140

Lot 777

Shooting Medals awarded to Major A. B. Leech, Captain of the Irish Rifle Team. i) Irish Rifle Association Shield, gold (18ct., 20.60g), the obverse embossed with trophies of arms and the coats of arms of the four Provinces, and engraved in the centre ‘To Arthur Blennerhasset Leech from The Irish Eight’, the reverse engraved ‘S. S. Young, Jos. K. Millner, John Rigby, William Rigby, James Wilson, R. S. Joyce, John Lloyd, Edmond Johnson’...

Sold for £2,600

Lot 778

National Rifle Association Medal, 47mm, bronze (Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. Mem. Council 1st Prize Meeting Wimbledon 1860) impressed naming, in Elkington case of issue, very fine £200-£300

Sold for £1,100

Lot 779

National Rifle Association Medal (5), 53mm, bronze, the obverse inscribed ‘The Empire Day Challenge Cup Presented by Lt. Col. R. W. Schumacher Witwatersrand Rifles’, the reverse featuring an ancient archer and a rifle volunteer, side by side, dated in field ‘1300, 1500 & 1860’, in fitted case; 38mm, bronze, dated 1860 and impressed to edge ‘Lieut H B Cooke S Linc Mil’; 38mm, bronze, engraved to reverse ‘Champion Shot 1867’ and to...

Sold for £700

Lot 780

Shanghai Jubilee Medal 1893, silver, name of recipient erased from reverse shield, with small ring suspension, edge bruise, very fine £200-£300

Unsold

Lot 781

Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937, bronze, unnamed as issued, complete with ribbon, together with companion miniature medal, these two both mounted as worn, and ribbon brooch bar, good very fine (3) £200-£300

Sold for £440

Lot 782

Washington Park Community Hospital, Training School for Nurses, 18-carat gold and enamel lapel badge, 25mm, 5.88g, the reverse stamped ‘18K’ and inscribed ‘Annie J. Gould 1929’ with pin-brooch fitting, extremely fine £200-£260

Sold for £190

Lot 783

Temperance Medals (9): Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association, One Year Medal (STA.1), silver; Army Temperance Association India (5), Six Month Medal (ATAI.1), bronze; One Year Medal (ATAI.2), silver; Three Year Medal (ATAI.3), silver; Seven Year Medal (ATAI.7), silver; Victoria Memorial Medal (ATAI.15), silver; Army Temperance Association Home, Seven Year Medal (ATAH.6), silver; Royal Army Temperance Association (2), One Year Medal (RATA.2), s...

Sold for £150

Lot 784

Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln Ltd., Faithful Service Medal (3), 38mm, silver-gilt, for 50 Years’ Service (2) (William Pidd Humphries 1891-1946; A. E. Hall 1917-1967); for 40 Years’ Service (I. G. M. King. 1917-1957) all with integral top riband buckles, in fitted Joseph Moore, Birmingham, cases, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£120

Sold for £240

Lot 785

A Portrait Miniature of Captain T. A. Mein, 18th and 37th Regiments, Native Infantry. A fine quality portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, 93mm x 78mm, unsigned, but believed to be by William Owen, R.A., housed in a small rectangular glazed wooden frame, good condition £200-£300

Sold for £320

Lot 786

Princess Mary Christmas 1914 Gift Tin, complete with original packets of tobacco and 20 monogrammed cigarettes; and Princess Mary Christmas Card, very good condition £100-£140

Sold for £260

Lot 787

Cases of Issue: The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion, by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd., London; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (4), C.B.E., Commander, by Garrard, London, additionally embossed ‘Mily.’, lacking insert and inside inscribed in biro; O.B.E., Officer (3), one by Garrard, London; and two by Royal Mint, all additionally embossed ‘Mily.’, mould damage to last;...

Sold for £150

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