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The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood

Collection Information

This collection was sold on 24 October 2014.

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Lot 1, 24 Oct 14

Capture of Louisbourg 1758, copper, extremely fine and very scarce £1500-2000

Lot 1, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £2,400

Lot 2, 24 Oct 14

Carib War 1773, silver, cast and chased as usual, fitted with small loop for suspension, somewhat polished, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000

Lot 2, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,400

Lot 3, 24 Oct 14

Honourable East India Company Medal for Deccan 1778-84, silver, 32mm., correctly milled edge, fitted with later small rings for suspension, toned, good very fine £1000-1200 Illustrated actual size.

Lot 3, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,200

Lot 4, 24 Oct 14

Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83, General Eliott’s Medal, silver, fitted with silver loop for suspension, this re-fixed, considerable contact marks, therefore good fine £400-500

Lot 4, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £680

Lot 5, 24 Oct 14

Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-92, silver, 38mm., milled edge, fitted with small soldered ring for suspension and later larger ring, very fine £1200-1400 Illustrated actual size.

Lot 5, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,800

Lot 6, 24 Oct 14

Isle of St. Vincents Black Corps Medal 1795, bronze, pierced for suspension, good very fine and scarce £800-1000

Lot 6, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £880

Lot 7, 24 Oct 14

Honourable East India Company Medal for Ceylon 1795-96, silver, a good original striking with no evidence of die rust marks or cracks, fitted with silver ‘post’ suspension, very fine and scarce £1200-1500

Lot 7, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,550

Lot 8, 24 Oct 14

Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze, with re-fixed loop for suspension, harshly cleaned, partially gilded, worn overall with some loss of inscription on edge £100-120

Lot 8, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £100

Lot 9, 24 Oct 14

Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver-gilt, 48mm., Soho Mint, contained in a glazed silver-gilt frame with swivel bar suspension, fitted with gilt ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine and attractive £1000-1200

Lot 9, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,250

Lot 10, 24 Oct 14

Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, bronze, 48mm., Soho Mint, pierced with rings for suspension, good fine £200-250

Lot 10, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £360

Lot 11, 24 Oct 14

Earl St. Vincent’s Testimony of Approbation 1800, an interesting trial striking in copper-gilt, the edge impressed ‘Struck in the Mint of M. Boulton. (Soho)’, good very fine and apparently unrecorded £400-500

Lot 11, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £580

Lot 12, 24 Oct 14

Honourable East India Company Medal for Egypt 1801, silver, fitted with loop for suspension, a good original striking, light scuffing, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200

Lot 12, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,350

Lot 13, 24 Oct 14

Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 4th Class, gold, 36mm., fitted with engraved gold clasp and large engraved loop for suspension, nearly very fine £1400-1600

Lot 13, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,900

Lot 14, 24 Oct 14

Highland Society Medal for Egypt 1801, later bronze striking without edge inscription, fitted with rings for suspension, nearly very fine £100-150

Lot 14, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £70

Lot 15, 24 Oct 14

Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal, contained in hinged copper frame with integral loop for suspension, named in the reverse field ‘Dl. Soalenbery Naiad’, lacking glass lunettes, medal corroded overall, therefore fine and scarce £400-500

Lot 15, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £290

Lot 16, 24 Oct 14

Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, bronzed copper, pierced with rings for suspension, good very fine £200-300

Lot 16, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £490

Lot 17, 24 Oct 14

Alexander Davison’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, contained in original copper frame with integral rings for suspension, wear to high points, otherwise nearly very fine £1000-1200

Lot 17, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,250

Lot 18, 24 Oct 14

Honourable East India Company Medal for the Capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon & Isle of France 1809-10, silver, fitted with a contemporary silver loop for suspension, edge bruising, good very fine £1200-1500

Lot 18, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,550

Lot 19, 24 Oct 14

Spanish Capture of Bagur and Palamos 1810, silver, 46mm., the reverse engraved with the monogram, ‘P.M.’, with a sprig of laurel to either side, with integral loop and ring suspension, nearly very fine, scarce £1200-1500

Lot 19, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,550

Lot 20, 24 Oct 14

Honourable East India Company Medal for Java 1811, silver, fitted with a contemporary silver loop for suspension, some contact marks and edge bruising, very fine £900-1200

Lot 20, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,250

Lot 21, 24 Oct 14

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 June 1794 (Ralph Johnson.) edge bruise, otherwise very fine £2500-3000

Lot 21, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £2,200

Lot 22, 24 Oct 14

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Egypt (William Ellis.) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £800-1000

Lot 22, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,100

Lot 23, 24 Oct 14

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 copy clasp, Trafalgar (John Smith) unofficially re-impressed, contact marks, nearly very fine £150-200

Lot 23, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £260

Lot 24, 24 Oct 14

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (Daniel Trusti.) nearly extremely fine £1800-2200

Lot 24, 24 Oct 14

Sold for £1,800

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