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Medals from the Collection of Peter Duckers

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This collection was sold in 2 parts:

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Lot 801, 17 Jul 19

A 1921 Mesopotamia ‘Central Kurdistan’ C.I.E. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel B. M. Carroll, Indian Army, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches, for services in Kurdistan, 1919, and Mesopotamia, 1920 The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E. Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902, unofficial reta...

Lot 801, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £1,100

Lot 802, 17 Jul 19

A rare and impressive Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O., ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel S. B. Combe, 47th Sikhs, Indian Army, who was twice wounded, four times Mentioned in Despatches, and was the only British officer of his Regiment to serve from the original landing in France in September 1914 through to the return to India in 1920  Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with int...

Lot 802, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £9,000

Lot 803, 17 Jul 19

A fascinating M.V.O., O.B.E., group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. D. G. S. Batty, Indian Army, who served as Aide-de-Camp to Governor-General Sir Harcourt Butler at Lucknow and Rangoon, and subsequently became a prominent Hollywood and Theatre actor, his most notable role being in Alexander Korda’s ‘The Four Feathers’ The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officiall...

Lot 803, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £1,000

Lot 804, 17 Jul 19

An inter-War 1936-37 ‘Waziristan’ O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Brigadier E. H. T. Gayer, C.B.E., Royal Engineers and Indian Sappers and Miners, who was four times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lieut. E. H. T. Gayer R.E.); India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North Wes...

Lot 804, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £900

Lot 805, 17 Jul 19

A good Second War ‘Sind 1942-43’ O.B.E., Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. group of ten awarded to Brigadier G. L. Tomkins, 10th Baluchis, late 128th Pioneers, Indian Army, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches, and was wounded in Waziristan in 1937 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals...

Lot 805, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £1,700

Lot 806, 17 Jul 19

A post-War 1952 O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Colonel R. M. Newton-King, Indian Army, whose long career saw him serve during the Great War in Mesopotamia and as one of the last British officers serving in India after Independence - his O.B.E. was one of the very last Imperial awards given to a member of the Indian Army The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British W...

Lot 806, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £280

Lot 807, 17 Jul 19

A Great War 1918 ‘Mesopotamia’ M.B.E., Second War Indian Police Medal group of nine awarded to Lieutenant Colonel M. G. O’Leary, Indian Army, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R., for Distinguished Conduct (M. G. O’Leary M.B.E., L.A. Commandant, Eastern Frontier Rifle...

Lot 807, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £600

Lot 808, 17 Jul 19

A 1914 Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major E. K. Fowler, 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, who was wounded and decorated for gallantry at Wytschaete on 31 October 1914 during the First Battle of Ypres Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Lt. E. K. Fowler 57th Wildes Rifles F.F. 30th July 1915, Wytschaete October 1914.’; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lt. E. K. Fowler, 57/Rfls.); Britis...

Lot 808, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £9,500

Lot 809, 17 Jul 19

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Francis, 11th Sikhs, late 47th Sikhs and East Lancashire Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches and twice wounded in Mesopotamia during the Great War, later becoming Commandant of the 4/11th Sikhs Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. R. F. Francis, 47/Sikhs); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves...

Lot 809, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £3,600

Lot 810, 17 Jul 19

A Great War, 1915 ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. J. Loring, 3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners, who was wounded three times in Mesopotamia, the final time being shot through both lungs at Ctesiphon in 1915 and left for dead, and was three times Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Lieut. E. J. Loring. R.E. No 1 Co....

Lot 810, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £2,800

Lot 811, 17 Jul 19

A rare and important posthumous I.D.S.M. awarded to Sepoy Lafar Khan, 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis, who at Hollobeke on 31 October 1914, serving as part of a maxim gun crew, continued in action at close range until overrun by a German bayonet attack and every man was either shot or bayoneted at his post, the only survivor being awarded the first Victoria Cross to be conferred on an Indian soldier Indian Distinguished Service Medal,...

Lot 811, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £4,000

Lot 812, 17 Jul 19

An inter-War 1929 ‘Cachar Floods’ K.P.M. group of eleven awarded to Superintendent of Police Lieutenant-Colonel G. S. Lightfoot, Middlesex Regiment, 101st Grenadiers, 94th (Russell’s) Infantry, and Indian Police, who played an important role as an inter-war Political Officer on the Tibet Frontier, and later served as a member of ‘V Force’ in Kohima during the Second World War 1914-15 Star (Capt. G. S. Lightfoot, 101/Grendrs.); Britis...

Lot 812, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £850

Lot 813, 17 Jul 19

A Second War 1940 K.P.M. group of five awarded to Khan Bahadur Nawab Ali Khan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, North West Frontier Province King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R.,1st issue, for Distinguished Service (Khan Bahudur Haji Nawab Ali Khan, Dy. Supdt. of Police. N.W.F.P.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Dy. Supdt. S. Nawab. Ali Khan. Police Dept.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnam...

Lot 813, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £850

Lot 814, 17 Jul 19

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. Windsor Parker, 10th Lt. Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor edge nicks, good very fine £1,200-£1,600

Lot 814, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £1,400

Lot 815, 17 Jul 19

Pair: Major J. J. Muir, 1st, late 49th, Madras Native Infantry, who died while serving with the Madras Staff Corps at Bangalore in 1871 Indian General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Ensn. J. J. Muir. 49th. Regt. M.N.I.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lt. J. J. Muir, 1st. Madras N. I.) contact marks, very fine (2) £700-£900

Lot 815, 17 Jul 19

Unsold

Lot 816, 17 Jul 19

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut. C. Grant, 45th N.I. Attd. 2nd E. Benl. Fusrs.) clasp slightly bent, the medal polished, otherwise better than very fine £700-£900

Lot 816, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £700

Lot 817, 17 Jul 19

The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Colonel J. Morland, 1st European Bengal Fusiliers, a veteran of the Pegu operations of 1852 who served throughout the Mutinies, being Mentioned in Despatches three times, by General Havelock, Colonel Macintyre, and Major Hume Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. John Morland, 1st. Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £800-£1,200

Lot 817, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £850

Lot 818, 17 Jul 19

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Gunr. Jas. Calderwood, 1st. Bde. Bengl. H. Art.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £360-£440

Lot 818, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £650

Lot 819, 17 Jul 19

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (Michl. Cohey. 1st. Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.) good very fine £360-£440

Lot 819, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £550

Lot 820, 17 Jul 19

Seven: Corporal J. W. Hawkings, North West Railway Volunteer Rifles, Indian Army, late North Staffordshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4509 Pte J. W. Hawkings 1/N. Staff: R.); 1914-15 Star (No. 2 Corpl. J. W. Hawkings, 2/Bn. N. W. Ry. Vol. Rfls.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Cpl. I. W. Hawkings, 2 Bn. N. W. Ry. M. G. Coy.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Cpl. I. W. Hawkings. 2 Bn. N. W. Ry. Vol. Rfls.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp,...

Lot 820, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £800

Lot 821, 17 Jul 19

A scarce double-issue I.G.S. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Philips, Indian Army, late Middlesex Regiment, a Boer War veteran who saw lengthy service in the East African Campaign during the Great War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lieut. J. C. Philips. Middx. Rgt.); India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Ltt. J. C. Philips 28th. Panjabis.) minor official correctio...

Lot 821, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £700

Lot 822, 17 Jul 19

Six: Sergeant E. A. Cation, North West Railway Rifle Volunteers, Indian Army, late Royal Munster Fusiliers, East Surrey Regiment, and Agra Volunteer Rifles, who was the Best Shot of Volunteers in India, 1912-13 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6222 Corpl. E. Cation. Rl: Muns: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (No. 1 Sgt. E. A. Cation, N. W. Ry. Machine Gun Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (1 Sgt. E. A....

Lot 822, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £700

Lot 823, 17 Jul 19

Eight: Warrant Officer Class I G. H. Cornish, Royal Engineers, attached 1st (King George’s Own) Bengal Sappers and Miners, Indian Army Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein (23804. Sapr. G. H. Cornish. R.E.) suspension broken and repaired; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (23804 Sergt. G. H. Cornish. R.E. No.1 Co. 1st S.&M.); 1914-15 Star (1674 C.S.Mjr. G....

Lot 823, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £950

Lot 824, 17 Jul 19

An exceptionally rare Maharajah of Nawanagar’s Order of Merit, First Class in Gold group of ten awarded to Major C. H. E. Wilson, Royal Field Artillery, who served as Commandant of the Maharajah’s State Forces Natal 1906, 1 clasp 1906 (3008 Trooper Wilson N.M.R.) renamed; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. H. E. Wilson R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major C. H. E. Wilson); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afgh...

Lot 824, 17 Jul 19

Sold for £4,400

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