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ILLUSTRATIONS

Front cover: Lot 301

Back cover: Lots 55, 49, 57, 59, 65, 54, 58 & 92

Catalogue £10.00 (£15.00 by post)

Medals Various Properties

The Orders and Medals to Sir George Henry Henderson, C.B., K.B.E., comprising: The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Civil Division), Companion’s neck badge (C.B.), silver­gilt, London 1939, in Garrard & Co case of issue, nearly extremely fine; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division), Knight Commander’s neck badge and breast star, silver, gilt and enamel, in Garrard & Co case of issue, about extremely fine; 1914­15 Star (1991 SJT. G. H. HENDERSON. R. SCOTS.), British War Medal 1914­20 and Victory Medal (LIEUT. G. H. HENDERSON.); Jubilee Medal 1935; Coronation Medal 1937; Coronation Medal 1953; the last six mounted for wearing, good very fine and better [9]; together with the grants of dignity and covering letters for the C.B. and the K.B.E.; a facsimile of a letter written by the recipient while a prisoner of war; two books: Jack Alexander, ‘McCrae’s Battalion’; and Tom Steel, ‘The Life and Death of St Kilda’; and the recipient’s silver cased open face pocket watch.

Provenance: By direct descent.

Notes: George Henry Henderson was born in Wooler, 18/05/1889, and attended Duke School, Alnwick before entering the Civil Service (Board of Education) in 1907. He attested at Edinburgh 02/09/1914 and went to Egypt as a Sergeant in the 5/6th Battalion Royal Scots 15/09/1915. Discharged to a commission 06/11/1916, he was posted to the 16th Battalion Royal Scots 11/12/1916 and was with in command of a platoon of A Company when they participated in the attack on Roeux 28/04/1917 ­ part of the Battle of Arras. “I mopped up the houses and cellars in my area, taking a few prisoners.....we encountered what appeared to be a preliminary counter­attack by the enemy. For some time we maintained our position by rifle fire and bombing in the hope of reinforcements arriving.” Henderson attracted the attention of a sniper, and received “a through and through wound of the front of the right thigh....the openings [of which] were large & ragged” and was made a prisoner. He attributed his eventual recovery from his wound to the ministrations of British NCOs and Russian doctors among his fellow prisoners “as the Boche did very little for us, especially in the way of food.” Interned in Switzerland, he was repatriated 09/12/1918, and resumed his career in government service. In 1933, as General Inspector Department of Health for Scotland he superintended the evacuation of the few remaining inhabitants of the remote island of St Kilda.

£1,000­1,500

The superb Operation Dynamo DSO group of seven awards to Lieutenant Robert Bill, R.N.: The Distinguished Service Order, Companion’s Breast Badge, George VI; 1939­145 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, with Pacific bar; Defence Medal; 1939­45 War Medal; Coronation Medal 1953; court mounted as worn, very fine and better, [7]; together with a mounted group of corresponding dress miniature medals, about extremely fine; accompanied by a copy of Lieutenant Bill’s official report to Commander M/S Dover on the operations by M/S trawlers under his command at Dunkirk, 29th May 1940.

Provenance: By direct descent

Notes: On the morning of the 29th May 1940, as the inexorable advance of Hitler’s forces threatened to snuff out Britain’s resistance to his war aims, Lieutenant Robert Bill, R.N. ­ an executive officer of the Dover minesweeping force ­ was ordered to Dunkirk in charge of six trawlers to assist in the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force. After shipping ladders off Ramsgate at 0430 the force proceeded to Dunkirk, arriving at 1350. Seeing the harbour very crowded, Bill offered to take on troops off the beaches, but was eventually ordered into harbour, where he berthed at 1420, before reporting to the Piermaster, Commander James Clouston. Throughout the series of air raids that followed, he worked tirelessly in conditions of extreme danger organising the embarkation of troops and the berthing and unberthing of vessels. The third air raid, at 1800, was particularly severe, and it engendered a degree of panic among the waiting troops. Bill reported that “At this time I was with the Piermaster [Clouston] and he instructed me to draw my revolver to quell the panic”. Meanwhile the destroyer H.M.S. Grenade had been hit by two bombs, and her wreck was a causing a threat to the other shipping. Lieutenant Bill gave orders, and the stricken Grenade was towed clear before her magazines exploded. Under orders to depart, Bill got his vesselsladen with men ­ under way. Unable to find Clouston, Bill “just managed to jump on board [trawler Fyldea] as she was leaving”. Following fruitless attempt, off the beach, to find more men to embark on his trawlers; and with the vessels in his charge sustaining damage, Bill made final preparations to leave. Approaching the destroyer H.M.S. Jaguar he offered to take on board some of her refugees, but was instead ordered to escort her, as she had no boats, and would therefore require support if badly damaged. As the two vessels proceeded for home, Jaguar came under attack by five dive bombers; and Bill, in the Fyldea, opened fire on them, provoking one of the planes to retaliate. As the German made his attack Bill ordered evasive manoeuvres and “six bombs...fell about 40/50 yards on our port beam”. Later on the journey home Bill caught up with the damaged and limping trawler Brock, relieving her of three urgent medical cases before making for Dover at full speed, arriving at 0300 on the 30th.

The recommendation for the D.S.O. concludes that “Throughout this period of severe trial Lieutenant Bill remained cool and self­possessed and set a magnificent example to those around him. He showed sound judgement in his actions and his orders to the trawlers and was largely responsible for the fact that greater loss was not incurred. A fine display of officer­like qualities and gallantry under fire.”

£2,000­3,000

Royal Humane Society: a large bronze medal (successful) to Luke Dennis Barron, Superintendent of Victoria Pier, Portsmouth, reverse with engraved details, 18th August 1855, For Saving 28 Lives, near very fine; together with a Hungarian St John Ambulance medal in bronze, and two shield shaped Union Flag badges. [4]

Notes: Luke Dennis Barron appears to have been a serial rescuer, with various local newspaper reports of him unhesitatingly going to the aid of those in danger of drowning. He also endowed the pier with a lifeboat, at his own expense, in 1856. Sources: The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, and The Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette, various issues.

£150­200 not to scale

A Great War M.C. group of three awards, named or attributable to Lieutenant Rowland Austin Harris, Royal Engineers: Military Cross, George V, unnamed as issued, in case of issue, pin detached from brooch fitting, cross extremely fine; British War Medal 1914­20 and Victory Medal (LIEUT. R. A. HARRIS.), at least extremely fine; with the medal issue envelope addressed to R. A. Harris, c/o English Electric Co, in Rio de Janeiro; and a private ID bracelet inscribed ‘LT R.A.HARRIS/ 560 A.T. COY, ROYAL ENGINEERS’.

Notes: M.C. London Gazette 01/01/1919 31092

Trained as a electrical engineer before the War. Served on the Western Front. Unit diary indicates an admission to hospital 21/10/1917 and an MID 31/05/1918.

English Civil War ­ Parliament: an Earl of Essex military reward medal c. 1642, second type, armoured facing bust of Essex holding a sword, rev. Parliament with the King enthroned, about very fine and rare.

£2,000­3,000

Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal with traces of gilding, good very fine; together with a replica of this medal by Westair Reproductions Limited. [2]

£200­300

A Waterloo Medal 1815 to Private John Morris, 4th Regiment of Foot, restored steel clip and split ring suspension (JOHN MORRIS, 1ST BATT. 4TH REG. FOOT.), suspension clip restored, medal about fine.

Notes: Joined the 4th Foot in December 1813 and was present for the battle of Toulouse in April 1814. Participated in the American War of 1812, fighting in the Battles of Bladensburg and North Point, and present for the burning of Washington and the operations against New Orleans and Fort Bowyer; before returning to Europe and serving at Waterloo.

£1,600­2,000

A Turkish Crimea Medal attributable to Private Walter George Borrett, Coldstream Guards, Sardinia issue, later fitted with a scrolling suspension of British Crimea Medal type (3622 CM GDS), privately impressed in serif capitals, worn and with somewhat crudely fitted suspension, about fine.

Notes: Walter George Borrett was entitled to a Crimea medal with 4 clasps, Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol. He was wounded in the Crimea and whilst at Scutari saw his brother buried, a newspaper article relates a conversation with Florence Nightingale who assured him that he would be going home.

£100­150

A Naval General Service Medal 1793­1840 to Gunner Robert Harris, H.M.S. Vanguard, clasp: Syria (ROBT HARRIS, GUNNER.), rim slightly bruised at 8 o’clock, good very fine.

Notes: Robert Harris joined the Royal Navy in June 1807, his first ship was the Halifax based in North America. In August 1807 Harris witnessed the hanging of Jenkin Ratford, a deserter captured on the USS Chesapeake, from a yardarm of the Halifax. In 1814 he was boatswain’s mate of the Boyne when it took part in a hot action against Romulus off Toulon. In 1815 Harris was bosun’s mate of the Cornwallis when it was sighted by the American ships Hornet and Peacock. Both ships identified the Cornwallis as a merchantman and closed with her. Cornwallis chased the Hornet for 3 days until, by throwing all their guns and other equipment overboard and aided by poor British gunnery, the Hornet eventually escaped. This incident was the last action of the War of 1812. Harris was the gunner on HMS Vanguard during the operations against Syria in 1840. He retired from the navy in 1842 with over 35 years service and died in Emsworth in 1873.

£700­900

A Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 to Private George Bowles, 72nd Highlanders, previously 22nd Foot and latterly 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (1672 PRIVATE GEO. BOWLES 72ND HIGHLANDERS), officially impressed, good very fine or better.

Notes: George Bowles served in the 22nd Regiment from 1864 to 1870, the 72nd Highlanders from 1870 to 1884 and the 1st Seaforth Highlanders from 1884 to 1885. He was also entitled to the Afghanistan Medal 1878

80 with Kharaisia, Kabul, Kandahar and Peiwar Khotal clasps; and the Egypt Medal 1882 with Tel El Khebir clasp; and to the Khedives Star.

£220­280

An Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882­89 to Private William Henry Baldwin, Coldstream Guards, dated reverse, no clasp (3805. PTE W. BALDWIN. 2/CDM GDS), typical contact bruising to edges, otherwise nearly extremely fine and toned.

Notes: William Henry Baldwin served in the Coldstream Guards from 1876 to 1888.

£120­160

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The India Medal 1849­95 to Captain James Shaw, 2nd Battalion the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), clasp Hazara 1888 (Captn J. Shaw 2d Bn Sco. Rif.), engraved in running script, apparently unique to the regiment, extremely fine or nearly so and toned.

Provenance: By descent.

Notes: Confirmed on the roll serving as Transport Officer Hazara Field Force. Roll appears to include no other receipients of this medal and clasp in either battalion of his regiment.

£200­300 13

The interesting Queen’s South Africa Medal to Lieutenant Francis William Lloyd Edwards, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, second type reverse, 2 clasps: Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: F. W. L. EDWARDS, K.R.R.C.), engraved upper and lower case serif letters, good very fine.

Notes: Francis William Lloyd Edwards, second son of the Archbishop of Wales served in South Africa from 1901 to 1902. Seconded to the Egyptian Army in 1913, he was employed with the Australians at Gallipoli. Returning to Egypt he served in the Sudan from 1914 to 1916. Twice mentioned in Despatches, awarded the Order of the Nile 4th Class and the OBE. Offered with copy obituary and photographs of the recipient.

£250­300

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The Queen’s South Africa Medal to Nursing Sister Mary F. May, second type (b), no clasp (NURSING SISTER MARY F. MAY.), extremely fine or nearly so and with faint ghost dates.

Provenance: By descent.

Notes: Medal roll appears to indicate service with No 4 General Hospital.

£250­350 part, not to scale

A family collection of medals, comprising: A Volunteer Long Service Medal to Major H.J. Mercer, 20th (Artists) Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps. Edward VII (Maj: H. J. MERCER, 20/ Midd’x V.R.C.), good very fine or better, and a corresponding dress miniature medal; together with five medals to Lieutenant Colonel G. H. J. Mercer, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry: 1914­15 Star (2. LIEUT. G. H. J. MERCER. D. OF CORN. L.I.), British War Medal 1914­20, Victory Medal (LIEUT. G. H. J. MERCER), Defence Medal, War Medal 1939­45, the last two unnamed as issued, mounted for wearing, very fine and better, with a mounted group of corresponding dress miniature medals and number of ribbon bars; also a small quantity of prize medals; and a Battle of Waterloo 175th Anniversary commemorative medal, silver, 63mm, after Pistrucci, in Royal Mint case of issue and with certificate.

£100­150 not to scale

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The very interesting Great War trio to 2nd Lieutenant Ronald Machill Garth, East Surrey Regiment (formerly Welsh Regiment), 1914­15 Star (2. LIEUT. R. M. GARTH. E. SURR. R.), British War Medal 1914­20 and Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. R. M. GARTH.), good very fine or better.

Notes: Ronald Machill Garth enlisted in the Welsh Regiment in 1914 and was commissioned into the East Surry Regiment in 1915 He was wounded on 28 April 1915 whilst attached to the 1st Welsh Regiment. After the war he was convicted of numerous offences including abduction for which he received an 11 year prison sentence. He was also convicted on several occasions of forgery and impersonating senior, decorated officers. A note on his file states that his details were passed to MI5. Offered with research.

£150­200

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Two medals to Lieutenant W. G. Young: British War Medal 1914­20 and Victory Medal (LIEUT. W. G. YOUNG.), very fine or better; together with a Lusitania Medal, British version, in original box with explanatory paper. [3]

Provenance: By descent.

£100­150 not to scale

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A family collection of medals, comprising: three to 2nd Lieutenant Thomas N. Osborne: British War Medal 1914­20 and Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. T. N. OSBORNE.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George V (THOMAS N. OSBORNE.), mounted for wearing, good very fine and extremely fine; and two to Henry Osborne: British War Medal 1914­20 and Mercantile Marine War Medal (HENRY OSBORNE), very fine and better. [5]

£70­100

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A British War Medal 1914­20 to Captain Ernest Clive Morris, Royal Air Force, (CAPT. E. C. MORRIS. R.A.F.), at least extremely fine and attractively toned.

Notes: Ernest Clive Morris served in the RFC and RAF as a pilot and Flight Commander from 1917 to 1919. In March 1918 he attacked Zeppelin L42 after it had carried out a night­time bombing raid on Hartlepool but had to call off the attack when he couldn’t gain sufficient altitude.

£80­120

A very interesting family collection of medals, comprising:

The Great War Pair to Battle of Le Transloy fatal casualty 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Struthers, 1/14 London Regiment (London Scottish): British War Medal 1914­20 (2 LIEUT. K STRUTHERS.), Victory Medal (2. LIEUT. K. STRUTHERS.); together with the Memorial Plaque issued in commemoration of this officer’s death in action on the 7th October 1916 (KENNETH STRUTHERS), traces of mounting glue, otherwise extremely fine or nearly so; and a London Scottish Rifle Volunteers School of Arms silver prize medal (1907­8 K. STRUTHERS), good very fine. [4]

A Great War pair to Hilda Margaret Struthers, Voluntary Aid Detachment: British War Medal 1914­20 and Victory Medal (H. M. STRUTHERS. V.A.D.), traces of mounting glue, otherwise nearly extremely fine. [2]

Five medals named or attributable to Leslie Graham Struthers, British Red Cross and St John of Jerusalem, later Intelligence Corps: British War Medal 1914­20 and Victory Medal (L. G. STRUTHERS. B.R.C. & ST. J.J.), Defence Medal, 1939­45 War Medal, Italy: War Merit Cross, traces of mounting glue, otherwise good very fine or better, [5]; together with a mounted group of corresponding dress miniature medals, a leather ID disc, and medal ribbons.

Five Medals attributable to Cinematographer Ian Duncan Struthers, British Paramount News: 1939­45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, 1939­45 War Medal with Mention in Despatches emblem, traces of mounting glue, otherwise nearly extremely fine, [5]; together with a mounted group of corresponding dress miniature medals (Africa Star with 1st Army bar), and ribbon bars.

(Dimensions: Round medals 36mm diameter. Large plaque 121mm diameter.)

Provenance: By descent through the family.

Notes: The first three recipients were siblings, born to George and Mary Denning Struthers in Staines and in Kensington. Kenneth was the eldest boy (27 in 1914) and entered France with the London Scottish 01/07/1916. He was killed in action three months later at the Battle of Le Transloy (part of the larger Battle of the Somme), when his battalion attacked and captured a number of German gun pits on the 7th October. His elder sister Hilda and younger brother Leslie (a Quaker) both went to the Italian front to serve as medical volunteers, and during the Second World War Leslie was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps in November 1940. Ian Duncan Struthers was born in Argentina in 1915 and began his career as a clapper boy at Sound City in 1933. He accompanied the Allied forces in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and in the liberation of Northern Europe, filming many momentous occasions including the liberation of Caen and Charles De Gaulle’s entry into Paris. He appeared in the 1943 documentary ‘Cameramen at War’.

£400­600

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Four Medal to 2nd Lieutenant Cyril Edward Cyphus, Royal Fusiliers, Tank Corps, Gloucester Regiment and RNVR: British War Medal 1914­20 and Victory Medal (2. LIENT. C. E. CYPHUS.), Defence Medal, War Medal 193945, mounted for wearing with all but the Victory Medal reversed, good very fine. [4]

Notes: Cyril Edward Cyphus served in the Royal Fusiliers and the Tank Corps during the First World War and in the Gloucester Regiment and RNVR in the Second World War. An accomplished organist he held a number of posts including Professor at the London College of Music. A copy of his memoirs, which are held at New College Oxford, are offered with this lot, together with other copy research.

£250­300

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The interesting General Service Medal 1918­62 to Fusilier (later Major) William Gibson Moffett, Northumberland Fusiliers, 2 clasps: Palestine, Malaya (4270501 FSR. W. G. MOFFETT. R. NORTH’D FUS.), some contact marks to edge, otherwise nearly extremely fine.

Notes: William Gibson Moffett enlisted in 1935. He took part, as MMG platoon commander, in all the battles in the Middle East from Dec 1940 until Tobruk was relieved including the advance to Benghazi and Mersa Brega and the battles of “Nebeava” (?), Bardia, Tobruk, Derna and Beda Fomm. Commanded the MMG platoon throughout the first siege of Tobruk. Served with the Sudan Defence Force Nuba Battalion between 1942 and 1944. Commissioned in 1942 he was cashiered by sentence of a court martial 19 Jun 1953. Offered with research.

£150­200

The Second World War U­Boat destruction group of six medals to Chief Petty Officer Edward Charles Parvin, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Vanoc when she took part in the destruction of two U­Boats commanded by German ‘Aces’: Naval General Service Medal 1909­62, George VI, clasp: Palestine 1936­1939 (J.113113 E. C. PARVIN. L.S. R.N.); 1939­45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, with North Africa 1942­43 clasp; War Medal 1939­45, with oak leaf emblem; Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George VI (J.113113 E. C. PARVIN. C.P.O. H,M.S. VANOC.); unmounted and with much original packaging, about extremely fine, [6]; with an associated Defence Medal; and together with a fine archive of original documents including the recipient’s Record of Service, his Mention in Despatches certificate, portrait photographs, newspaper cuttings, and other items; also offered with this lot, a German ‘Nicht oeffnen’ and a cook’s knife ­ both trophies of one of the U­Boats that the destroyer H.M.S. Vanoc sunk in co­operation with H.M.S. Walker in March 1941; and a cased canteen of flatware purported to have been taken from H.M.S. Hood, in which the ship the recipient had previously served.

Notes: Early in the morning of Sunday, 16th March 1941, in the mid­Atlantic, H.M.S. Vanoc ­ a destroyer of First World War vintage ­ rammed and sank German submarine U­100 which had earlier been damaged by depth charges from Vanoc and H.M.S. Walker. Shortly afterwards Vanoc and Walker also depth­charged U­99, and opened fire with their deck guns when she surfaced causing the captain to scuttle her. Both submarines had been commanded by U­boat Aces: U­100 under Kapitänleutnant Joachim Schepke, who perished; U­99 by Fregattenkapitän Otto Kretschmer, who was captured.

£500­700

Four medals attributable to Squadron Leader J. A. Daniell, R.A.F.: 1939­45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal and 1939­45 War Medal, unnamed as issued, good extremely fine, [4]; unmounted and complete with box of issue, ribbons, paper packets and Air Ministry slips.

£30­40

The General Service Medal 1918­62 to major Arthur Lionel Stephen ‘Killer’ Callan, Intelligence Corps, George VI, clasp: Palestine 1945­48 (MAJOR. A. L. S. CALLAN. INT CORPS.), extremely fine or nearly so, in box of issue.

Notes: Arthur Lionel Stephen Callan served in the Palestine Police from 1936 to 1947. From 1942 to 1947 he was seconded to and then commissioned into the Intelligence Corps. He served with Security Intelligence Middle East (SIME) in Beirut and Cairo from 1941 to 1946, SIME was a department of MI5 headed by Brigadier Mavrogordato and Brigadier Douglas Roberts OBE. Post­war he is believed to have worked for MI6.

Arthur was known as “Killer” in the Palestine Police and whilst with them received numerous commendations. He was awarded the Syrian Order of the Medal of Honour and the Gold Medal of the Lebanese Order of Honour and Merit in 1946.

He is mentioned in MI6 officer Anthony Cavendish autobiography “Inside Intelligence” as working with Cavendish in Cairo in 1947.

£400­500

An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Private Daniel Maskell, 76th Regiment of Foot, Victoria, clip and ring suspension (DANIEL MASKELL, 76th REGIMENT FOOT. 1841.), officially impressed, nearly extremely fine.

Notes: A labourer from Newbury, Daniel Maskell joined the 76th Foot in April 1813 at the age of sixteen. After a short spell at the depot he was posted with the 1st Battalion to Canada, and on 11 September 1814 he participated in the disastrous battle of Plattsburgh where the regiment lost 3 officers and 35 men killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Maskell served for over 26 years, retiring on 9 Oct 1841 and being awarded the LSGC with a gratuity of £5 that year, this being his only entitlement.

£180­220 27

An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Quartermaster Sergeant Edwin Buckley, Coldstream Guards, Victoria, small reverse lettering (1791. QR MR SERGT E. BUCKLEY. COLDM GDS), at least good very fine.

Notes: Edwin Buckley enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in March 1866 and was discharged in July 1887. He was also entitled to the Egypt Medal 1882 with Suakin clasp.

£80­120

A Canadian Memorial Cross issued in respect of Private Ernest Edmund Stone, C.E.F., George V (3155008 Pte. E. E. STONE), very fine, in issue box.

Notes: Died of influenza in Canada 23/10/1918, and memorialised as Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Montreal Cemetery. Offered with copy research.

£60­80

A Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to Sergeant F. Woodhead, Elizabeth II (630051 SGT. F. WOODHEAD. R.A.F.), very fine, reverse better.

£60­80

Australia: a Victoria Volunteer Long and Efficient Service Medal to Captain William Davis, second type (CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAVIS, RETIRED LIST), about extremely fine with some lustre, associated case.

£500­700

An Empress of India Medal 1877, silver, unnamed as issued, medal extremely fine or nearly so, suspension bar bent down and back to either side; together with an associated Grant of Dignity of a Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India to William Young, Bengal Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner of Oudh, dated 1st January 1891, with M/S signature of Queen Victoria at the head and that of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, as Secretary of State for India at the foot. [2]

Provenance: By descent.

£300­500

Women’s Social and Political Union: the Suffragette Medal and associated items to hunger striker Jessie Landale Cumberland, the medal an engraved silver disc, ‘HUNGER STRIKE’, rev. ‘JESSIE CUMBERLAND’, upper and lower suspension bars of banner form, the upper engraved ‘FOR VALOUR’ and the lower ‘MAY 21ST 1914’, the ribbon of three equal vertical stripes in the W.S.P.U. colours of green, white and purple, Toye & Co, Birmingham 1913; together with Miss Cumberland’s portcullis badge, indicating imprisonment in Holloway Jail, square lattice form with spiked lower projections with applied broad arrow motif enamelled in the W.S.P.U. colours; the illuminated printed address associated with the award of this medal and bearing the stamped signature of Emmeline Pankhurst and the M/S signature of Emmeline Pethick­Lawrence; the ribbon and upper brooch fitting for a pendant badge, ‘DEPUTATION 1910’ to the enamelled brooch, the ribbon embroidered ‘DEPUTATION’; a W.S.P.U. enamelled badge, ‘VOTES FOR WOMEN’, green over purple divided by a white chevron; a National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies enamelled pin badge; a Church League for Women’s Suffrage badge; two sections of 2.25 inch silk ribbon in the W.S.P.U. colours (possibly from a sash); also offered: a Girl Guides green enamelled ‘B.P.’ adult guider’s badge, and a British Legion badge. [qty]

Provenance: By descent.

Notes: Jessie Landale Cumberland was born in Nainital, India, in 1861, to Richard Felix Wilson Cumberland and Jessie Maria Landale. By the age of 10, she had moved to England and was living with a widowed aunt in Bognor. She took work as a governess, moving to Hove where she lived as a boarder at a house in Brunswick Terrace.

The 'DEPUTATION 1910' ribbon and bar may indicate participation in the demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament on the 18th of November 1910, which came to be known as 'Black Friday' for the brutal physical abuse visited upon the Suffragettes by the police and onlookers. Jessie Cumberland’s first arrest appears to have occurred on the 27th of November 1911, when she and a number of other women were detained at Bow Street police station. A stone­throwing campaign had been initiated by the Women's Social and Political Union on the 21st of November, though it is also possible that she was involved in the protests that followed the withdrawal of the Conciliation Bill, news of which had broken on the 24th.

Her arrest on the 21st May 1914, which is commemorated on the bar of the medal, resulted from a celebrated episode in the history of the fight for women's suffrage: the demonstration outside Buckingham Palace, as part of which Emmeline Pankhurst attempted to present a petition to King George V. Miss Cumberland was one of 66 women arrested ­ together with two men ­ and the episode produced the iconic photograph of Pankhurst being forcibly detained by Chief Inspector Francis Harry Rolfe.

Jessie Cumberland lived to see the passage of the Representation of the People Act in 1918, dying in March 1935 in Wimbledon.

£7,000­10,000

United States Military Interest: the personal effects of Major Charles Fletcher Lumb, 6th Infantry, comprising: the Military Order of Foreign Wars, Companion’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, 41 mm, red eight pointed star with gilt rays between the points surmounted by a eagle, reverse with ‘DEUS ET LIBERTAS’ to a central roundel, clasp: War With Spain, slight enamel damage to the reserve, otherwise extremely fine, together with a corresponding dress miniature medal and complete with original grant of dignity dated December 20th 1918; a Model 1860 dress sword, straight blade 30 in., gilt hilt with one fixed and one folding guard, slender knuckle bow, urn pommel, the whole decorated in relief with US martial motifs and stands of arms, steel scabbard; a Model 1872 dress sword, curved blade 32 in., gilt three­bar hilt with relief decorations including the American Eagle to the inner face of the guard, steel scabbard with engraved presentation inscription “PRESENTED TO ADJUTANT CHAS. F. LUMB BY Co. C. STATE FENCIBLES N.G.P. JANY. 1897”; a giltbrass belt buckle, American Eagle in relief, reverse engraved “C. F. Lumb”; and a small quantity of associated original and facsimile documents.

Notes: Elected 2nd Lieutenant C Company Pennsylvania State Fencibles Battalion 21/05/1896. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant and appointed Adjutant 03/12/1896. Served in the Spanish­American War as 1st Lieutenant L Company 6th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Appointed Regimental Adjutant with the rank of Captain in the 6th Infantry 22/11/1899 and subsequently elected to a Junior Majority.

£300­500

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Zambia: The Order of Distinguished Service (Second Division), Grand Officer’s neck badge and breast star, eight pointed stars with the profile head of President Kenneth David Kaunda within an oval border of orange enamel. ‘DISTINGUISHED SERVICE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA’, the star 126 x 124mm, the badge smaller and with fixed suspension in the form of an eagle with outstretched wings and with a neck cravat; all attributable to Edward George Nickerson, upon whom the honour was bestowed 24/10/1989 for 26 years in service of education; offered with grant of dignity, citation, and other associated documents.

£100

150

Republic of China (Taiwan): 忠勤勳章 the Order of Loyalty and Diligence, breast badge, gilt and enamel eight pointed star, the angles occupied by flames alternating with groups of three rays, the centre with a enamelled quare displaying a sword lying on an open book, all surmounted by a pawlonia leaf supporting the loose ring suspension, reverse numbered 04890, pin back ribbon of blue with fine white stripes, minor enamel damage, good very fine.

£200­300

Republic of China (Taiwan): 忠勤勳章 the Order of Loyalty and Diligence, breast badge, gilt and enamel eight pointed star, the angles occupied by flames alternating with groups of three rays, the centre with a enamelled quare displaying a sword lying on an open book, all surmounted by a pawlonia leaf supporting the loose ring suspension, reverse numbered 00160, pin back ribbon of blue with fine white stripes, leaf slightly bent causing loss to enamel, otherwise good very fine.

£150­200

Republic of China (Taiwan): 光華獎章 Guang hua jiang zhang, Order of the Brilliant Light, an enamelled breast badge, star of five dark blue bordered points with groups of pale blue rays between, central roundel displaying sun and rays of light, wreath suspension, reverse numbered 6056, extremely fine or nearly so; together with another badge of this type, reverse numbered 1348, much enamel damage, fair. [2]

£100­150

38 not to scale

Republic of China (Taiwan): 八年抗戰勝利紀念 Commemorative medal for Victory in the Eight Years War, 1945, gilt and enamel star formed of eight groups of rays, to the centre an enamelled roundel bearing the portrait of Chiang Kai Shek within a border of eight stars to a red ground, suspension involving a smaller device of a star within a wreath, reverse numbered 9770, good very fine or better.

£200­300

39

39 not to scale

Republic of China (Taiwan): 空軍懋績甲種二等獎章, an air force medal, gilt and enamel, a star of six dark blue flaring arms with groups of rays to the angles, white central border with two red stars, reverse numbered 136, one arm deficient of enamel, otherwise good very fine or better; a second air force medal, 空軍楷模乙種一等獎章, of similar form but with eight red arms and three red stars to the centre, reverse numbered 1825, good very fine; and a third, 空軍楷模甲種二等獎章 , eight dark blue arms, the central device flanked by wings, reverse numbered 5353, good very fine. [3]

£150­200

40

Republic of China (Taiwan): 抗戰紀念章（合作 五金公司製） kang zhan jinian zhang, War of Resistance Memorial Medal, 1946, a bronze medal, urban scene surmounted by an oval medallion depicting Chiang Kai Shek beneath crossed flags which project beyond the circumference of the medal, ribbon fixed with a small enamelled roundel, reverse numbered 5098, very fine; together with a 70 year Anniversary re­issue of this medal, reverse numbered 160688, very fine. [2]

£100­150

41

Republic of China (Taiwan): 中華民國六十七年 保舉，最優人員榮譽紀念獎章，總統府第三局 監製，中央印製廠製作 。, reward for exceptional services, an enamelled badge in the form of a cherry blossom within a wreath to a central roundel, reverse numbered 033, about extremely fine

£80­120

42

Republic of China (Taiwan): 中華民國六十九年 資深人員表揚，二等服務獎章，臺灣省政府製 發 , 2nd Rank Government Reward, 1981, six pointed rayed star with central enamelled roundel displaying the map and flag of Taiwan and the number ‘30’, reverse numbered 01174, about extremely fine.

£100­150

43

Vietnam: a bronze medal, cựu chiến binh, a winged anchor with upturned helmet and crossed rifle and spade, green enamelled wreath, about very fine.

£30­40 not to scale

44

Republic of China: two commemorative badges, white metal and enamel: the first a Commemorative Medal for the 27 Disasters in Xi’an, multicoloured star of five points, 90mm, surmounted by a smaller star and with crossed swords to the centre, 中华民国西安蒙难二十七年纪念章; the second a rayed star of six points, 79mm, with enamelled roundel to the centre displaying the portrait of Yuan Shi­Kai; both good very fine or better. [2]

£70­100 not to scale

45

Imperial Japan: a silver medal commemorating the 25th wedding anniversary of the Meiji Emperor, 29mm storks beneath a sun between stands of foliage, rev. text, red ribbon with central yellow strip, good extremely fine and rare, in fitted case of issue with inlaid lid.

£300­400

47

A small quantity of medals and militaria, comprising: four medals to Sergeant R.G.A. Hill, South African forces: 1939­45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal 1939­45, Africa Service Medal 1943 (214026 R.G.A. HILL), officially impressed, about very fine; Africa Service Medal 1943 (317659 J.S.J. DE LANGE), near very fine; a Victory Medal, Great Britain (52809 PTE. J. SHARP. R. SCOTS.), fine; a miniature Great War pair; an Imperial Service Medal, George VI (FID DEF), cased (HERBERT GEORGE LAVENDER), nearly extremely fine; a Coronation Medal 1911, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine; and other items. [qty]

Notes: Research indicates that Sergeant Hill was taken prisoner in North Africa and held in Italy, before being further captured by the Germans when Italy capitulated. Held at Stalag 344, and presumably took part in the ‘Long March’ of 1945

£100­150

46

A small quantity of medals, comprising; an Army Rifle Association silver prize medal, reverse engraved to C. G. Wheatley 7815209 (a Machine Gun Corps service number); a Turkish Crimea Medal, Sardinian Type, privately engraved in serif capitals (W. ELLIOTT 1ST R. REGT.); an Italian bronze regimental award (38th Regiment); a RLSS bronze proficiency medal; and two cased silver sporting medals. [6]

£30­50

A collection of Austrian miniature medals, comprising: Franz Joseph I, Bravery Medals (2), one silver and one bronze; Kaiser Karl, Bravery Medals (3), two silver and one bronze; Franz Joseph I, Signum Laudis with swords; another, Kaiser Karl; a Franz Joseph I 50 year anniversary medal (Signum Memoriae); a Medal for the Defence of the Tyrol 1914­18; First World War Commemorative Medal (2), one with swords; a Karl­Truppenkreuz; Hungary Commemorative Medal for non­combatants; a German/Austrian Alliance Medal; a Kaiser Karl Wound Medal ; Battle of Leipzig Centenary Medal; a 40 year Faithful Service Medal; and a Bulgarian War Commemorative Medal 1915­18. [18]

£30­40