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Sold by Order of a Direct DescendantAn outstanding 1873 K.C.B. group of three awarded to Admiral Sir H. Smith, Royal Navy - who was rewarded with a C.B. for his capture of Aden in 1839, the first colonial acquisition under the reign of Queen VictoriaSmith latterly played a prominent and central role during the First Opium War in the Volage and Druid; he took the honour of firing the first shots of the conflict and was to the fore in every major engagementThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Knight Commander's (K.C.B.) set of Insignia, by R. & S. Garrard, London, comprising neck Badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks rather rubbed, with full neck riband and gold clasp; breast Star, gold centre, silver and enamel, gold retaining pin, reverse cartouche with maker's details, in slightly damaged case of issue; China 1842 (Henry Smith, Captain. H.M.S. Druid.), suspension replaced with dual loop, swivel and straight silver bar; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3)K.C.B. London Gazette 24 May 1873.[C.B.] London Gazette 13 August 1840.Henry Smith was born circa 1803 and joined the Royal Navy at the tender age of eleven in 1814, being made a Lieutenant in July 1821. He joined the Genoa on the Lisbon Station in April 1823 and then as First Lieutenant to Captain Courtenay in the Fairy, who went out to the West Indies in May 1827. The following year, Smith took command of the brig Ferret, before advancing as Acting-Captain of the Magnificent in September 1829. It was in 1831 that he was officially promoted.Aden - C.B.Removed to Volage in November 1837, it was in this vessel that he first wrote his name into history. In January 1838, the Sultanate of Lahej agreed to transfer a number of its possessions, including the town of Aden to Britain but later decided against this and opened fire on the sloop-of-war H.C.S. Coote. Smith was given command of an expedition, comprising Volage, the brig Cruizer, Coote, the schooner H.C.S. Mahé and three transports to secure Aden. Smith and his small expedition arrived at Aden on 16 January 1839 and in the morning of 18 January Volage, Cruizer, and Mahé sailed to the front of the town from where they were fired upon.At 0930hrs, the rest of the expedition arrived and the warships sailed in close to Aden's batteries to bombard them. By 1100hrs the gunnery of the ships had demolished Aden's lower batteries and destroyed a large tower, while landing parties ordered by Smith had cleared out the remaining enemy musket men in the rubble. At this point Smith ordered the main two landings of troops to take place, which were completed successfully with two naval casualties and sixteen from the army, with the defending garrison of 1,000 men suffering around fifty casualties. (The Royal Navy, a History from the Earliest Times to the Present William Clowes, refers).So it was that Smith had captured the first Colonial acquisition for Great Britain and her new sovereign, Queen Victoria. He was rewarded with an immediate C.B. and the thanks of the George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, the Governor General of India.Opium War - further firstsThe cataloguer turns to Clowes again for further details of these important events:'Provocation and outrage continued; and when, on August 30th, Volage, 22, Captain Henry Smith, reached Macao, and at once proceeded to Hong Kong, her arrival was extremely welcome. On September 4th, the refusal of the Chinese at Kowloon to permit the transit of provisions across the harbour obliged Captain Smith, in concert with Mr. James Douglas (afterwards Sir James Douglas), of the Cambridge (the Cambridge was purchased by the Chinese government after regular hostilities began), formerly of the H.E.I. Co.'s marine, to employ his boats to drive off a squadron of war-junks, and so to open a passage for the supplies. Further outrageous action induced Elliot to call upon Smith to proclaim a blockade of the port of Canton as from September 11th.Negotiations were subsequently entered into; but Elliot displayed such unwise weakness that the Chinese were only encouraged to persist in their implacable attitude. At length, the Hyacinth, 18, Commander William Warren, having joined the Volage, Elliot stiffened himself so far as to inform the Chinese, on October 28th, that if the British shipping lying below the Bogue were subjected to more of certain annoyances which had become intolerable, retaliatory measures would be adopted. The Chinese admiral, Kwan, returned first a temporising and then an insulting answer, and on November 3rd got under way with twenty-nine junks, evidently intending to attack. Smith made a further fruitless attempt to negotiate, and then, with the Volage and Hyacinth, opened fire, and in a short time won a success which would have been much more complete than it was, but for the interference of Elliot, who, when three junks had been sunk and as many more driven ashore, procured a cessation of the firing, alleging his desire to spare the lives of the Chinese. Kwan, on returning to Canton, was thus able to boast that he had been victorious; and he was rewarded accordingly.'It had been on 4 September 1839 at around 1400hrs that Smith fired the first shots, sending several in anger in the direction of some war junks in the Chinese squadron.On 30 June 1840 Smith was given command of another frigate, Druid (to which his Medal is named), in which he continued to blockade, taking eight merchant ships as prize by 10 July as Senior Naval Officer on the south of the Chinese coast. On 6 August, the missionary Vincent John Stanton was captured by the Chinese while swimming in Casilha Bay near Macao. Smith took a small avenge this, these being Druid, the sloops Larne and Hyacinth, and two smaller vessels. On 19 August Smith with 120 Royal Marines, 80 seamen, and 180 local volunteers, successfully fought the Battle of the Barrier in which he attacked the Chinese works and barracks at Portas do Cerco, including destroying seventeen guns and two junks; casualties were light, with four of the British wounded. By 1900hrs, the entire force had re-embarked on the ships and left the area ablaze, with so many cannonballs having been fired by the ships that they picked up their used shot to recycle it before leaving. It was said of Smith's actions at the battle that 'seldom has a more signal service been rendered in so short a space of time'. Druid continued after this to protect British trade and hunt down pirates, at one point having several men of a boarding party killed when the junk they were investigating blew up.Smith was again to the fore at the Second Battle of Chuenpi on 8 January 1841. With joint attacks going in on the forts at Tycocktow and Chuenpi, guarding the entrance to Canton. Smith was to attack the former and having anchored some 200 yards off, they set to their work. The firing quickly created a breach in the fort which was attacked by boats manned by the crews of the ships and quickly taken. Twenty-five cannons were destroyed and the casualties of the Chinese were suggested to be 'very severe'. Smith was praised by Commodore Bremer for his conduct during the action. The opening to Canton was now complete.During the Battle of the Bogue, on 25 February Smith took Druid in with a portion of Bremer's force to attack the Chinese batteries on the south, south-wes…

An Escaper's campaign group of four awarded to Sergeant W. H. Price, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, later Military Provost Staff Corps, who was wounded and went 'in the bag' at Tournai in May 1940 only to escape from Stalag VIII-BGeneral Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3653478. Pte. W. H. Price. Bord. R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., Regular Army, E.II.R. (3653478 Sgt. W. H. Price. M.P.S.C.), mounted as worn, the retaining pin missing, light pitting and contact wear, very fine (4)William Herbert Price was born on 15 June 1919, the son of Isaac Price and a native of St. Luke's Avenue, Lowton, Golborne. Enlisting with the Border Regiment on 3 October 1936 he was stationed with the 1st Battalion when they in Palestine prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, returning to Britain in April 1939.Posted to France in December 1939 they were stationed on the frontline during the Phoney War and were at the front of the British advance into Belgium prior to the Ardennes Offensive in May 1940. As such they were still in Belgium when they engaged the German advance at Tournai on 20 May. They held out for that day and into 21 May however lost some ground on the second day, which is the day that Price is listed as slightly wounded and taken prisoner of war. His service papers note details of his interrogation after his capture in response to the question was, he interrogated he states:'Yes. In a wood S Tournai, May 1940 […] soup with promise of good meal & cigarettes.'It seems that Price was the subject of a gentle interrogation then despite this he was unfortunate to be taken when he was. The next day reinforcements in the shape of 1/6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers retook the lost ground whilst the Borderers were pulled back and eventually evacuated.Price was taken initially to Marienburg and later Thorn like most British prisoners from France he was transferred to Stalag 11-B in April 1941 and from there to Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf. Whilst there he worked in a saw mill it was from here that he attempted his escape, noting that he and two comrades -Corporal W. B. Wren and Private Kennel- slipped out at night from the shoemakers in the camp.Unfortunately, there were retaken '…by German police man assisted by German Pole', apparently at the time Price was unfit, suggesting that they had struggled with life on the run. He also noted attempted sabotage during the attempt, they tried to damage some railway signalling equipment however this seems to have been unsuccessful.A newspaper article of the time notes that his father believed him dead in France and had held a memorial service for him. Fortunately before a planned memorial could be erected the British Red Cross informed him that his son may be alive. Price remained in the Military after the war, going on to join the Military Provost Staff Corps, responsible for staffing British Military Prisons; sold together with copied research.…

The named pair of mounted miniature dress medals worn by Major C. B. Wilkinson, Essex Rifles, late 68th Regiment of Foot (Durham Light Infantry), who was present at every major engagement of the Crimean WarCrimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, 'C. Brice Wilkinson. Capt. 68th Lt. Infy.', contemporarily engraved around rim; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, 'C. Brice Wilkinson. Capt. 68th Lt. Infy. 1854-5', contemporarily engraved around rim, '-5' a later addition, mounted together as worn on riband buckle with gold retaining pin by Hunt & Roskell, light contact wear, very fineChristopher Brice Wilkinson was born on 9 September 1835 in Bisham, Yorkshire and purchased a commission as Ensign in the 68th Regiment of Foot (Durham Light Infantry) on 11 October 1853. He was embarked to Crimea with his Regiment in 1854 and was promoted Lieutenant just one month prior to the Battle of the Alma. The 68th Foot fought with distinction during the Crimean War, with the Regiment winning its first Victoria Cross at the Battle of Inkermann in November 1854. As a point of interest, Wilkinson reportedly collected a Russian bugle from the battlefield at Inkermann, among other relics, which he later sold.After the close of the Crimean Campaign, he was advanced Captain in January 1857 and at some stage transferred to the Essex Rifles with whom Wilkinson was made Major on 6 September 1858. It is unlikely that he followed his Regiment to India in 1857, as he does not appear on the roll with entitlement to an Indian Mutiny Medal. Upon his retirement from the service, Wilkinson moved to Bath where he worked as a police constable, becoming Chief Constable of the Bath Police by 1882.He was at some point married, and in 1891 the retired Army Major and his wife Margaret were raising their three daughters at their home on 296 Creswick Road in Acton, London. Wilkinson lived into a ripe old age, dying on 8 October 1922 aged 87 and was interred at St. Smithin's Church, Walcot in Bath; sold together with copied London Gazette entries and copied photograph of Wilkinson circa 1880.…

A Royal Air Force Silver War Badge with a collection of 4 Army sports medals. Silver War Badge, reverse numbered “R.A.F. 405”, some scratching to the number and with a replacement pin. Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Regimental medal, reverse engraved “R.G.S. FROM B.G.S. ADEN, MARCH 1923”. RAF Nobel Challenge Cup Medal. Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment sports medal, engraved “TWO MILE RELAY 1930-1, 1ST D (MG) COY PTE R. HALLETT”. Hallmarked silver shooting medal, “EMDEN TROPHY 1936 PTE R. KITCHENER”.

Collection of WW1 / WW2 British Army Cap Badges, Quantity of British army cap badges, featuring multiple different regiments and corps. This lot consists of original and restrike badges. Featuring East Surrey’s, RW Surrey’s, Royal Norfolk’s and East Lanc’s. Some have broken sliders or lugs. Also in this lot is a silver ARP pin back badge, and a WW1 Silver Wound badge, numbered, ‘B215839’. Good overall selection of badges.

WW2 British Chindit and SEAC Cloth Insignia, a good collection of original British cloth insignia related to the Chindits of the Burma Campaign, having all came from the same individual who served in South East Asia. This lot includes a beautiful pair of bullion Chindit patches, sewn onto a blue felt material as these types of period made pieces should be. One pair of bullion ‘Allied Land Forces South East Asia’ (ALFSEA) patches, as well as 4 pairs of the standard printed ALFSEA examples. One pair of Embroidered theatre made 14th Army patches backed on a KD airtex material. 12th Army matching pair of theatre made patches are also included, once again backed onto airtex material and utilizing a pin and catch to attach to the uniform sleeve. Printed pair of 11th East African Division patches, one ‘SEAC’ title and a small collection of red felt ‘T’ patches with the number ‘170’ upon the top. These resemble that of the WW1 170th RE tunnellers patches although no official evidence of this patch is known to exist, and more likely to be of a theatre made SEAC Origin.

WW2 German Army / Waffen-SS General Assault Badge, Lovely original German general assault badge. Its original grey finish still remains nicely to the front and rear of the badge. The pin and catch are still present. This particular example is not maker marked but it is most likely to be a Vienna maker by its design.

WWII German Third Reich Army Close Combat Clasp, silver (?) grade, maker FEC WE Peekhaus, Berlin Ausf AGM UK Gablonz, no pin or hook.

A Free Polish Army gallantry, campaign and document group, that of Gunner Kazimierz Kopacz, 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 2nd Polish Corps Artillery, comprising Cross of Valour (Middle Eastern type), Army Medal, Monte Cassino Cross (36067), all having legitymacja, British campaign and service medals, ribbon bars, soldier's service and pay book, photograph album and other service and civilian documents [Kazimierz Kopacs, 1919-2007, born in Kolimagi, Podlaskie Province, Poland. Noted to be a farm worker before the war, he was captured by the Soviets in 1939 and subsequently deported to the USSR. Managing to survive Soviet captivity, he joined the "Polish Army in the East" and went on to serve in Italy with the 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. After the War, Kazimierz came to the UK with the rest of the 2nd Polish Corps and found work as a woodsman. He became a British citizen on 7th March 1989, living in Slough with his wife, Nora. Kazimierz died at Hillington Hospital in London on 30th November 2007.]Gunner Kazimierz Kopacz, 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 2nd Polish Corps Artillery: Cross of Valour, Middle Eastern Type; Army Medal; Monte Cassino Cross (No. 36067); 1939-45 & Italy Stars; Defence & War Medals. Accompanying Original Documents & Material: Legitymacje (4) for the: Cross of Valour; Army Medal; Monte Cassino Cross; 2nd Corps Badge (this last not present with group)Card Certificate of Entitlement to the 1939-45 & Italy StarsPaper Temporary Certificates of Entitlement (2) to the: Cross of Valour; 1939-45 & Italy Stars. Record Office Enclosure re non-eligibility for the War Medal 1939-45Soldier’s Service Book, with Photograph, dated 21.12.1942; Polish Armed Forces Discharge Certificate Nr 93876; Letter from Army Pay Office, 14.12.1948British Nationality Certificate, dated 7 March 1989 (date of birth given as ‘16 January 1919’: see Note 1)Ribbon Bars (4): a) Cross of Valour & Army Medal, on workshop-made brooch pin mounting; b) Army Medal & Monte Cassino Cross, formed from wound thread; c) Cross of Valour, with stripes sewn on; d) Monte Cassino Cross, with sewn-on ornate claspPhotograph Album * Kazimierz Kopacz (1919-2007) was born at Kolimagi in the Podlaskie Province of Poland. Kolimagi lies just south of Zabiele, which is south-west of Kolno – all of which are situated, more or less, north-west of Łomża. In pre-war terms, therefore, his home area was in central northern Poland, very close to the border with East Prussia. Noted to be a farm worker in civil life, Kazimierz Kopacz was either captured by the Russians in 1939 or was deported to the Soviet Union, thereafter. However, he managed to survive Soviet captivity and was able to join the Polish Forces forming in the USSR. Gunner Kopacz came through the Middle East and went on to serve in the Italian campaign with the 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. On 19 November 1944, regimental daily orders noted his award of the Cross of Valour, at which time he was serving with the 4th Troop of No. 2 Battery. Alongside ten other members of his regiment, he received his Cross of Valour from the CO of the 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment in a public ceremony held on 7 January 1945. Following the end of the war, Kazimierz Kopacz came to the UK with the rest of the 2nd Polish Corps. He found employment as a ‘Woodsman’ and, on 7 March 1989, was granted British nationality. Kazimierz Kopacz died at Hillingdon Hospital, on the western outskirts of London, on 30 November 2007. At that time, he was noted to be the husband of Nora Kopacz, school teacher, and his usual address was given as 56 Deans Close, Stoke Poges, Slough, Berkshire.Notes1) In fact, Kazimierz Kopacz’s wartime documents give his date of birth as ‘16 January 1918’ though, in his Soldier’s Service Book, the year has been changed to ‘1919’. 2) Specific details of the award and presentation of his Cross of Valour are contained in the Kronika of No. 2 Battery of the 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, held by the Polish Institute & Sikorski Museum under ref: C.431. 3) In Artillery terms, the Polish Dywizjon translates as ‘Battery’, and the smaller unit – Bateria – as ‘Troop’. 4) The Recommendation (Wniosek) for Kazimierz Kopacz’s Cross of Valour has not been found at the Polish Institute & Sikorski Museum. 5) His death registration from 2007 (Hillingdon District, Entry No. 138) gives his date of birth as ‘16 January 1919’.

Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962) 'Young Westminster', portrait of John Temple-Bird in school uniform signed 'K.E. Temple-Bird 1931' (lower right) oil on canvas 74 x 51 cm, framed 83.5 x 60.5 cmanother of the artist's son in a College blazer, titled 'On Leave' signed and dated 1939 (lower left), oil on canvas mounted on board, 74 x 61 cm and another of the same sitter in Army uniform, unsigned, oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm Qty: 3 Provenance: By family descentExhibited: Young Westiminster: 1931 - Royal Society of Portrait Painters 1932 - Society of Women Artists 1933 - Ipswich Fine Art Club 1933 - Royal Academy 1936 - The Forum CLub 1937 - Royal Society of British Artists' Art Club 1942 - St Ives Art Club 1956 - Ridley Art Club 1956 - The Forum ClubFootnote: The three portraits all depict the artists son, John Frank Temple-Bird (1917 - 1970). Educated at Westminster School, John joined the Royal Artillery in 1939, his career peaked as a Colonel and Garrison Commander in Shoeburyness, Essex in the mid 1960s. Click the following link for further details on John Temple-Bird - John Temple-Bird. With thanks to the artist’s family for providing these notes.Biography: Kathleen Temple-Bird was an artist, teacher and believer in Women’s suffrage. Having been brought up in Ipswich, she trained at the Slade School of Art before travelling to France and Italy. She later travelled alone across Canada, becoming Head of Art at Havergal College, Toronto. She married in 1911 and settled in London, where she exhibited the majority of her paintings, but moved to St Ives for the duration of the Second World War. Further details on the artist are available at the following website - Kathleen Temple-Bird Artist Young Westminister - edgewear to the right and left hand side, minor pin hole losses throughout,On Leave - pin holes to the bottom of the canvas, dirt marks throughout, white mark to upper left side of left shoulderArmy uniform - cracking throughout, circle loss to the right side, edgewear, loss to area above left, loss to bottom centre

Poona Volunteers Victorian Indian Army post 1887 pagri badge. Fine scarce British made die-stamped white metal crowned star bearing title circlet; strung bugle to centre. Stout pagri pin & hook. VGC Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

15th Loodianah Sikhs Indian Army Officer's pagri badge c.1903-22 Fine scarce die-cast unmarked silver crowned quoit; voided centre with floriated XV resting on a scroll LOODIANAH SIKHS which extends across the quoit. Stout pagri pin & hook. GC Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS General Assault Badge. A good late war die-cast zinc example with ball hinge and securing hook complete with vertical needle pin. Rifle and bayonet superimposed on oval oak wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. GC Instituted 1st June, 1940. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

German Third Reich assorted insignia. Army BeVo M44 breast eagle and swastika ... Army sports vest eagle and swastika ... small silvered skull on blades ... small silvered star lapel badge with black enamel mobile swastika ... circular Wehrmacht Helpers lapel stick pin ... silvered Faithful Service Decoration with black enamel swastika. on blue ribbon with original suspension bar. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS Tank Assault Badge. Good scarce die-stamped silvered example. Approaching Panzer within an oval oakleaf wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. Reverse with needle pin fixing and securing hook. Minor service wear. VGC Instituted 20th December 1939. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS General Assault Badge. Good scarce silvered die-cast zinc example with complete with vertical needle pin and securing hook. Rifle and bayonet superimposed on oval oak wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. GC Minor service wear near VGC Instituted 1st June, 1940. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

Bengal Nagpur Railway Volunteer Rifles Victorian Indian Army pagri badge c. 1880-1901. Good scarce British made die-stamped silver plated brass Imperial crowned strung bugle with BNRVR cypher between the cords. Stout pagri pin & hook. Plating worn. GC 1st April 1917 became 36th Bengal Nagpur Railway Regt. and The Bengal Nagpur Railway Regt. 1st October 1920. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

Victorian Campaign MINIATURE Medal Group of 5. Contemporary miniature medal group retaining original ribbons and mounted as originally worn.India General Service Medal, clasp PERAK, India Genera Service Medal, 2 clasps RELIEF OF CHITRAL and PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-8" ... Queen's South Africa Medal, 3 clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE,, TRANSVAAL ... King's South Africa Medal 2 clasps SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and SOUTH AFRICA 1902 ... Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (Unusual variant). Stout pin fitting to the reverse. Unnamed, unattributed. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

62nd Punjabis Indian Army Officer's pagri badge c. 1903-22. Fine British made die-cast gilt crowned quoit on green enamel scroll 62ND PUNJABIS over dragon; Elephant to voided centre. Crown with red enamel. J & Co. (Jennens) Stout pagri pin & hook. VGC Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS Infantry Assault breast badge by Metall und Kunststoff, Gablonz an der Neisse. Good die-cast silvered zinc example with ball hinged vertical needle pin and securing hook, reverse with maker's triangular MK logo. Rifle with fixed bayonet superimposed on oval oak wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. VGC Designed by Junker of Berlin and instituted 20th December 1939. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS Tank Assault Badge. Good scarce die-stamped silvered grey metal example. Approaching Panzer within an oval oakleaf wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. Reverse with needle pin fixing and securing hook. Service wear. GC Instituted 20th December 1939. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS Infantry Assault breast badge by Gerbruder Wegerhoff, Ludenscheid. Good die-cast silvered zinc late war example with vertical needle pin and securing hook, reverse with circular GWL logo. Rifle with fixed bayonet superimposed on oval oak wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. VGC Designed by Junker of Berlin and instituted 20th December 1939. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

31st Punjab Infantry Indian Army pagri badge c. 1901-03. Good scarce British made crowned PUNJAB INFANTRY circlet; voided centre with six pointed star bearing 31. Stout pagri pin & hook. VGC Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

German Third Reich WW2 Army / Waffen-SS Infantry Assault badge for motorised and mechanised infantry units A good die-cast bronzed issue. Rifle with fixed bayonet superimposed on oval oak wreath surmounted by eagle and swastika. Ball hinged vertical needle pin (possible replacent pin) with securing hook. Generally VGC Designed by Junker of Berlin and instituted 20th December 1939; bronze version instituted June 1940. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

Lucknow Volunteer Rifles Indian Army pagri badge c. 1902-17. Good scarce British made die-stamped white metal Lucknow Residency, flying Union flag, on DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW 1857 scroll. Loops replaced with pagri pin & hook otherise VGC Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

Cossipore Artillery Volunteers Indian Army piper's plaid brooch c. 1901-17. Good rare white plain quoit incised with thistle sprays; mounted to the voided centre, a crowned Thistle star bearing oval COSSIPORE ARTILLERTY, to the centre a small Royal Artillery cap badge device. Stout brooch pin & hook. VGC Cossipore Artillery Volunteers raised in 1884; became part of the Bengal Artillery in 1925. Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

Corps of Madras Pioneers Indian Army post 1929 pagri badge. Good scarce British made die-stamped brass crowned SEETABULDEE SERINGAPATAM circlet on THE CORPS OF MADRAS PIONEERS scroll; voided centre with Elephant on ASSAYE over crossed pick and shovel. Stout pagri pin & hook. VGC Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

A WWII Second World War US United States Army MKII Pineapple Grenade. INERT with pin and lever. If this lot is required to be posted please see sale notes regarding age verification.

A vintage enamelled Sterling silver Royal Army Service Corps sweetheart pin / brooch

Selection of fifteen unusual military badges in a velvet-lined display box to include a Royal Navy Air Service Armoured Car Division badge, BBC WWII war correspondent badge, an early U.S. Marine Corps pin, three British Army Jewish Chaplain badges, a Reconnaissance Corps badge, WWI Jewish Battalion of Royal Fusiliers cap badge etc.SHIPPING £33.00 PLUS VAT (UK ONLY)

A ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS SWEETHEART BROOCH in 9ct gold, with enamelled details, secured with a pin clasp and safety chain, stamped '9CT', c.5.2cm, (c.5.4g)

A Display of Twenty One Polish Army Eagle Cap Badges, in white metal, with blade or pin fixings, some with screw fixing posts and spinners; also, three Polish Navy Eagle cap badges in white metal with gilt anchors (24)

British Women’s Land Army & Timber Corps EIIR pin badge, made by Firmin in gilt and enamel.

A C.M.G. mounted group of four miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Brigadier-General C. W. Clark, Royal Garrison Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn on a Spink, Piccadilly wearing pin, extremely fine A C.B.E mounted group of four miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Colonel C. E. T. Rolland, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn on a Spink, Piccadilly wearing pin and housed in a contemporary Spink & Son Ltd., fitted case, extremely fine A D.S.O. mounted group of three miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Major G. R. de la C. Corbett, Royal garrison Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold (18ct) and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine An M.C. mounted group of five miniature dress medals representative of those worn by the Reverend W. Drury, Army Chaplains’ Department Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star and clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted on modern ribands, nearly extremely fine (16) £180-£220 --- C. W. Clark was born in Oxton, Birkenhead, and was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1885 and served in India, Malta and Gibraltar, before being appointed Private Secretary and Aide de Camp to the Governor of Trinidad in 1893. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel in 1913, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 August 1915, and was Brigadier-General, Heavy Artillery, Headquarters, 15/Army Corps. For his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 4 January 1917 and 15 May 1917) and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1917. He retired in 1922 and died on 21 November 1944. Charles Edward Tulloch Rolland was born on 28 November 1874 in Madras, India, the son of Colonel Alexander Tulloch Rolland of the Madras Staff Corps. Emulating his father, he was Commissioned on 16 December 1893 and promoted to full Colonel on 3 June 1921. Whilst serving as Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel during the Great War he was seconded to the Research Department on 19 June 1916, and for his services he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (London Gazette 3 June 1919). He was appointed a Member of the Ordnance Committee on retirement on 1 January 1926. Garnet Robert de la Cour Corbett served with the 206th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War, and for his services was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 3 June 1918). The Reverend William Drury was born in Burton on 19 June 1876 and was educated at Christ’s Hospital and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Ordained a Priest at Worcester in 1900, he was employed as Acting Chaplain to the Forces during the Boer War and was appointed Chaplain to the Forces at Woolwich, Singapore, Aldershot and Crownhill. Raised Deputy Chaplain General 1916-18, he was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 22 June 1915, 4 January 1917, 15 May 1917) and later served as Chaplain to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, from 1918-23. He died at Binstead Rectory on 24 October 1943. Sold with copied research.

Nine: Flight Lieutenant W. F. Diggins, Royal Air Force, late Middlesex Regiment and East Surrey Regiment, a recipient of the scarce clasp for Southern Desert, Iraq, who was subsequently Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Burma British War and Victory Medals (240465 Sjt. W. F. Diggins. Midd’x R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2776 Pte. W. F. Diggins. Midd’x R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Southern Desert, Iraq (358877. Cpl. W. F. Diggins. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, this with reverse pin; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (358877. F/Sgt. W. F. Diggins. R.A.F.) all housed in a glazed display frame, polished, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (9) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 14 January 1944: ‘For gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ Walter Frederick Diggins was born in Paddington, London, on 31 October 1890, and attested for the Middlesex Regiment (Territorial Force) on 22 January 1909. Mobilised on the outbreak of the Great War, he initially served with the 2/8th Battalion, and was stationed in Gibraltar from September 1914 to March 1915. Advanced Sergeant on 10 July 1915, he transferred to the 7th Battalion on 19 July 1917, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 October 1917. Four days later he transferred as a Sergeant to the East Surrey Regiment, and was posted to the 1st Battalion. It was during the Third Battle of Ypres on 6 November 1917 that Diggins was wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound to the left leg, that necessitated his evacuation for treatment via No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station to No. 22 General Base Hospital, and then to England with Cambridge Hospital at Aldershot. Diggins did not see any further active service during the war, but was reduced to Corporal after being found guilty by a District Court Martial for absence without leave on two occasions, the first time from 21 to 27 December 1917, when he then admitted himself for treatment to the Hounslow Military Hospital, and for the second time between 5 and 23 January 1918, being reduced to Corporal on 13 February 1918. He was disembodied on demobilisation on 20 March 1919. Diggins subsequently re-enlisted as a Corporal in the Army Reserve on 2 September 1922, and remained as such until he enlisted as an Aircraftman 2nd Class into the Royal Air Force on 17 November 1924. Posted from the Depot to the Armament and Gunnery School on 26 February 1925, he was promoted to Leading Aircraftman on 31 December 1925, and then joined 99 Bomber Squadron on 6 January 1926, before being posted to the School of Technical Training on 13 July 1926, and then to ‘M’ Depot Squadron from 5 November 1926. Posted out to Iraq on 7 December 1926, he joined No. 4 Armoured Car Company on 27 December 1926. Having transferred to the Armoured Car Wing in Iraq on 1 April 1927, and been promoted to Corporal on 1 March 1928, he rejoined No. 4 Armoured Car Company on 3 April 1928, and was at some staged attached to No. 5 Armoured Car Company. 1i 1928 he saw service in the operations against the Akhwan in the Southern Desert of Iraq, service which qualified him for the General Service Medal 1918-1962, with the rare clasp for Southern Desert, Iraq. Posted back to the Armoured Car Wing on 24 October 1928, Diggins was posted to Headquarters Middle East on 14 November 1928, and then to No. 2 Armoured Car Company on 13 November 1928. Promoted Sergeant on 1 December 1932, he was posted home on 26 April 1934. After a period of leave, and also a spell in hospital, he was posted to the Air Armaments School on 28 August 1934, and was then posted back out to the Middle East on 9 April 1935, where he joined 45 Bomber Squadron on 20 April 1935. After service in Egypt, where he was promoted to Flight Sergeant on 1 February 1937, he was posted back to the home establishment on 1 April 1937. Posted to No. 1 Air Armaments School at Eastchurch on 22 April 1938, he moved with the unit to Manby on 15 August 1938, where he was serving on the outbreak of the Second World War, being promoted to temporary Warrant Officer on 23 September 1939, his award of the Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was announced on 7 November 1939. Diggins was posted to 263 Squadron on 4 November 1939, a fighter unit equipped with Gloster Gladiators which then operated out of R.A.F. Filton near Bristol. Germany invaded Norway on 9 April 1940 and 263 Squadron was soon instructed to prepare for a move. On 20 April, the aircraft were flown, via R.A.F. Sealand, to Scapa Flow, where Fleet Air Arm pilots landed them on the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Glorious and 18 Gladiators sailed for Norway. On 24 April, after two days sailing, the Squadron flew its aircraft off the carrier to a landing strip on the frozen lake Lesjaskogsvatnet in Oppland in central southern Norway. Unfortunately for the enterprise, the squadron was extremely short of ground staff and equipment and few of its Gladiators had been prepared for combat, when the Luftwaffe struck with Heinkel 111s shortly after daybreak on 25 April. By the end of 26 April, although 263 Squadron had managed to destroy two Heinkels, all of its aircraft had been destroyed or rendered unserviceable and by the end of the month the squadron was ordered home. The re-equipped squadron returned to the far north of Norway on 21 May, flying from Bardufoss airfield, near Narvik, reinforced by 46 Squadron whose Hurricanes arrived a few days later, using an airstrip at Skånland. Due to unsuitable ground at Skånland, 46 Squadron moved so that both were operating from Bardufoss by 27 May. The squadrons had been ordered to defend the fleet anchorage at Skånland and the military base at Harstad on the island of Hinnoya. Action was short but intense before the squadrons were instructed on 2 June to prepare for evacuation; 263 Squadron had flown 249 sorties and claimed 26 enemy aircraft destroyed. 263's ten surviving Gladiators were landed on H.M.S. Glorious on 7 June. Glorious sailed but was intercepted by the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. She was sunk and along with the aircraft from four squadrons. 263 Squadron lost its CO, S/Ldr John W Donaldson, F/Lt Alvin T Williams and P.O. Sidney Robert McNamara along with seven other pilots. Posted to another fighter unit, 79 Squadron, on 2 March 1942, Diggins then moved with the squadron to India, arriving there in May 1942, where the squadron flew primarily ground attack missions, initially with later mark cannon armed Hurricanes. It was for his services whilst still a Warrant Officer that Diggins was Mentioned in Despatches. Commissioned Flying Officer on 10 August 1943, and posted to the Technical Branch, he saw service out in Burma, and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 10 August 1946. He transferred to the Retired List on 6 March 1947. Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate; and copied research.

The fine K.C.B., Army of India, Baltic and Crimea group of seven awarded to Admiral C. H. M. Buckle, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1873, and breast star by Garrard & Co., silver with gold and enamel centre, fitted with gold retaining pin; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (C. H. M. Buckle, Mid.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Capt. C. H. M. Buckle, H.M.S. Valorous.) contemporary engraved naming; Baltic 1854-55 (Capt. C. H. M. Buckle, H.M.S. Valorous.) contemporary engraved naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, mounted on a contemporary bar as worn, fitted with gold pin, generally good very fine or better (7) £8,000-£10,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Morton & Eden, December 2003. C.B. (Military) London Gazette 10 July 1855 K.C.B. (Military) London Gazette 29 May 1875. Claude Henry Mason Buckle was the second son of Admiral Mathew Buckle. He entered Portsmouth Naval College in 1817 and first went to sea as a volunteer aboard H.M.S. Heron in 1819. During the Burmese War he served on H.M.S. Liffey at the capture of Rangoon in 1824 and in other naval encounters, hence the Ava clasp on his Army of India medal. Subsequently he served in various ships on the South American and West Indian stations and was Flag-Lieutenant in the San Josef under Sir William Hargood. In 1840-1 he studied the theory and construction of the marine steam engine at Robert Napier's Vulcan Foundry in Glasgow and was subsequently given command of H.M.S. Growler, a new steam sloop. On the Growler he served on the African station in the suppression of the slave trade. His account (to Commander William Jones, Senior Officer, H.M.S. Penelope) of an encounter between the Growler's pinnace, under Lieutenant John Lodwick, and a Spanish slave ship off Shebar in 1845, in which two men were killed, includes the following commendation: "I trust that the successful exertions of a handful of brave men in preventing several hundred slaves from being carried off will meet with your approval and I earnestly hope will also induce you to recommend Lieut. Lodwick to the favourable notice and considerations of My Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty". The Buckle Papers include a letter from Admiral J. Bullen (dated 1st February 1850) to Buckle's father, commenting: "I beg that you will receive my sincerest congratulations on the late noble brave and spirited conduct of your son against the Pirates on the Coast of Africa .....". In 1852 he was appointed Captain of the paddle steamer Valorous and on the outbreak of war with Russia proceeded to the Baltic. He was present at the first bombardment of Bomarsund in the Aland Islands when Valorous maintained fire for almost seven hours, taking part in the second attack and eventual capitulation of the town. He subsequently distinguished himself in the Black Sea. O’Byrne records that he ‘chased the Russian steamer "Vladimir" under the forts of Sebastopol, receiving their fire; assisted in defeating the Russian land attack on Eupatoria, and in the night attacks on the Quarantine Fort, Sebastopol; "Valorous" bore the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart at the attack and surrender of Kinburn (Crimean and Turkish Medals, 4th class of the Medjidjie); C.B. and K.C.B.; was gazetted on three occasions’. He was Captain Superintendent at Deptford Dockyard, 1857-63, subsequently promoted to Rear-Admiral on 14 November 1863 and placed on the retirement list on 24 March 1866. He was appointed Vice-Admiral on the retired list on 1 April 1870 and Admiral on 22 January 1877. See Lot 324 for the recipient’s miniature medals.

‘It is difficult to do adequate justice to an Admiral of the Fleet who was born nearly a century ago and whose life covered such a tremendous range: at sea in the pre-Dreadnought Navy; served in both World Wars; designed, put together and fought a successful major sea action with the most advanced naval weapon of the age; who spent eight months in a Bolshevik prison but 25 years later received the Order of Suvorov, 1st Class, at the hand of Stalin himself; who commanded three Fleets in war; was Controller of the Royal Navy and First Sea Lord; a member of the House of Lords; who made no great mistakes nor great enemies and was loved and respected by all with whom he came into contact … He never boasted of anything and it would be hard to find a man of his talents and position so totally devoid of pretension and pomposity, so unconscious of rank or position, and so very human and endowed with the common touch. He never sought publicity but when it came his way he would use it to promote the Navy, not himself … He had a keen sense of humour and an enormous sense of fun. Like all great leaders he had a streak of independence, a touch of rebel, backed by a dogged determination from which he would not be deflected so long as he was convinced he was right … ’ So stated Admiral Sir Henry Leach, G.C.B., at a Service of Thanksgiving for Admiral of the Fleet Baron Fraser of North Cape, at Westminster Abbey on 8 April 1981. The nationally important Second World War G.C.B., K.B.E. group of nineteen awarded to Admiral of The Fleet Baron Fraser of North Cape, who orchestrated the destruction of the Scharnhorst and signed the Japanese Surrender on behalf of Great Britain in September 1945 Such momentous achievements and historic occasions aside, Fraser had long before gained the glowing approbation of his seniors, from his stoic endurance of seven shocking months as a prisoner of the Bolsheviks at Baku in 1920, after being captured on a secret mission, to his pioneering work as Controller of the Royal Navy in 1939-42: in the latter post he masterminded the ship building programme that won the Battle of the Atlantic and afterwards became the only British Admiral to devise a new weapons system, oversee its production, and then win a major sea battle with it The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with gold centres; breast star, silver, with gold and enamel appliqué centre, with display sash; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) 2nd type, Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. B. A. Fraser, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. B. A. Fraser. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; United States of America, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, gilt and enamels; France, Croix de Guerre, 1939, with palm; Denmark, Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash Badge, Frederick IX, silver-gilt and enamels; breast star, silver-gilt and enamels, with display sash; France, 3rd Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; The Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, with swords, by Casa das Condecoracoes, Lisbon, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels; Norway, Order of St. Olaf, 3rd type, Grand Cross set of insignia by Tostrup, Oslo, comprising sash badge with swords, gold and enamels; breast star without swords, silver, gold and enamels, with display sash; Soviet Russia, Order of Suvorov, 2nd type, 1st Class badge, gold, platinum, silver and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘102’ and stamped Monetny Dvov, original screw-back fitting removed and replaced by a pin-fitting, mounted court-style as worn where applicable, enamel work chipped in places, especially on Legion of Honour which is also lacking its original loop suspension, otherwise generally very fine and better (24) £30,000-£40,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Spink, November 1998. G.C.B. London Gazette 5 January 1944: ‘For good services rendered in the pursuit and destruction of the Scharnhorst on 26 December 1943.’ K.B.E. London Gazette 1 July 1941. Denmark, Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, not gazetted: Visit to Norway as First Sea Lord. France, Commander of the Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre, not gazetted: For services to the Free French Naval Forces when C.-in-C. of the Home Fleet. The Netherlands, Grand Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau London Gazette 19 January 1943: ‘For services to the Royal Netherlands Navy in the United Kingdom and the Far East.’ Norway, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olaf London Gazette 13 January 1948: ‘For service to the Royal Norwegian Navy in the war.’ Soviet Russia, 1st Class of the Order of Suvorov London Gazette 29 February 1944: ‘For distinguished services in the action which resulted in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst.’ United States of America, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, not gazetted. Admiral of the Fleet Baron Fraser of North Cape, G.C.B., K.B.E. - ‘the victor of the Royal Navy’s last battleship action and Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful fleet Britain has ever sent to sea’ - was born Bruce Austin Fraser, the youngest son of General Alexander Fraser, C.B., R.E., in London on 5 February 1888. The General allotted his sons their respective careers shortly before his death in 1898, telling the older one he would join the Army and the younger, Bruce, that he would go into the Navy. Mrs. Fraser never thought of altering her husband’s choice, and in due course the boys went to Bradfield which offered both Army and Navy classes. In September 1902, the younger Fraser passed well into H.M.S. Britannia and on completing his Cadetship with distinction in January 1904, he was appointed a Midshipman in the Channel Fleet battleship Hannibal. Over the next seven years, amid Lord Fisher’s white-hot crusade for efficiency, he advanced steadily to the rank of Lieutenant, serving in a succession of battleships and destroyers in home waters. In 1911, having decided to specialise, he commenced the forbidding Long Gunnery Course at H.M.S. Excellent, Whale Island, where for ten months or more candidates were exhaustively examined on every subject from ballistics and dynamics to personal marksmanship with rifle and pistol. When the results of the Long Course were published in October 1912, Fraser emerged top of his class and carried off the Egerton Prize. Now ‘a man of mark in the branch of the Service in which promotion was regarded as most certain,’ he was next sent on the Advanced Gunnery Course at Greenwich and then returned to Whale Island as a Junior Instructor to produce, on the eve of the First World War, the Navy’s handbook on Director Firing. Yet, even though recognised as a leading exponent of modern Naval gunnery in 1914, he was destined to serve the first two years of the war far from the technical excellence of the Grand Fleet’s Battle Squadrons massed in Scapa Flow. In July 1914, he was appointed Gunnery Officer of the elderly light cruiser Minerva, and subsequently saw active service patrolling Akaba at the head of the Red Sea, landing agents, firing on forts, rescuin...

A mid 19th century Thüringen composition Vivandière reclining drunkenly on the back of galloping donkey, the figure wearing blue uniform with red trim, white tunic front and apron, bearskin and swigging from a bone wine bottle, ridding side saddle on a grey donkey with tinplate ears and string tail, rocking on metal pin with painted wooden stand with original paper label to underside —6 ¾in. (17cm.) high (some and cracking and wear) - Vivandière or cantinière is a French name for women who are attached to military regiments as sutlers or canteen keepers. Their actual historic functions of selling wine to the troops and working in canteens led to the adoption of the name 'cantinière' which came to supplant the original 'vivandière' starting in 1793. The use of both terms was common in French until the mid-19th century, and 'vivandière' remained the term of choice in non-French-speaking countries such as the US, Spain, Italy, and Great Britain. They served in the French army up until the beginning of World War I, but the custom (and the name) spread to many other armies. They also served on both sides in the American Civil War, and in the armies of Spain, Italy, the German states, Switzerland, and various armies in South America.

A small collection of British Army cap and other badges, including Parachute Regiment, three GQ parachute pin badges, comprising two enamelled examples, marked 'GQ Parachutist' to reverse, and one in white metal, perhaps an early variant, another parachutist badge and two Non-Combatant Corps shoulder titles, including a silver officer's example.

A collection of largely military uniform buttons, collar badges, shoulder titles, cap badges etc., to include a Women's Land Army enamel badge by Marples & Beasley, an enamel Renfrewshire Veteran Reserve lapel badge, Sterling silver Royal Scots Fusiliers enamel sweetheart brooch, Isle of Wight (Princess Beatrice's Own) Rifles cap badge, hallmarked silver and enamel Argyll & Clyde College of nursing pin badge, a hallmarked silver fob medal engraved verso "Champ. Coy. 1st G. Bn. H.L.I., Fort George 1916"; otherwise to include the Highland Light Infantry, Royal Artillery, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Machine Gun Corps, Royal Signals etc. Condition Report:Available upon request

A SELECTION OF MILITARY RELATED CHALLENGE COINS AND PIN BADGES, mainly U.S.A. and Canada, to include FBI Counter Terrorism, US Army Warrant officer Corps, 105th Military Intel Btn, NEWAC 2005 Canada, Intel CorpsUK, NCO Acadamy US, Egypt Army Divers badge an Octopus, nine in total

A selection of British military related items, ranging from the Boer War era through to WW2. To include: a Boer War Queen Victoria chocolate tin (minus contents) from circa 1900, a Bishop’s Move tobacco tin, a circa 1860 bronze Rifle Association ‘Revolver’ prize medallion, 2 x WW2 South East Asia embroidered shoulder titles (one in bullion), a Royal Artillery khaki slip on title, a WW1 cast brass model of a Tommy from 1914 with 2 mounting holes to the reverse, a WW2 gilt metal and enamel Women’s Land Army badge by HWM, a hallmarked silver Royal Army Reserve buttonhole badge, a gilt metal and enamel Civil Defence Corps badge with buttonhole fitting, a bullion kings crown rank patch, and an unmarked silver medal pin back medal mount (marked J&Co) to the reverse (possibly for the Lincolnshire Regiment). 11 items. Condition: some normal age and service related wear.

A WW2 / Palestine & Malaya General Service medal group, awarded to 8308310 Pte Thomas Conn of the 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders. To include: a George VI General Service Medal, with clasps for Malaya and Palestine, the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, and the 1939-45 War Medal. The medals are court mounted on a pin back bar for wear. Notes: information supplied by the vendor suggests that Pte Conn first attested for service as a Gunner with the Royal Artillery in 1933. He would later serve with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in Palestine in 1936, earning himself the Palestine clasp for his GSM, which is confirmed on the roll. The same roll also states that he transferred to the 12th Pioneer Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment on April 22nd 1940. His WW2 medal entitlement is also confirmed on the relevant medal card, with these being awarded in 1953 while he was serving as a Sergeant with the 1st Queen’s Royal Regiment, as part of the British Army on the Rhine. Thomas rejoined from the reserve in 1947 to complete 12 years service. Condition: good. Normal age related toning to the medals, and a little soiling to the ribbons in places.

A small selection of circa WW2 era Royal Air Force, Royal Fleet Reserve, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and 1st Glider Pilot Wings / Army Flying Badge sweetheart brooches. To include: a silver, enamel, and quartz RAF brooch (marked 935 indistinctly to the reverse), a silver and enamel RAF sweetheart ring (marked sterling silver), an unmarked silver RAFVR lapel badge with brass buttonhole fitting, a silver and enamel Royal Fleet Reserve brooch (marked sterling), a silver and enamel Glider Pilot Wings brooch (marked TLM), a silver plated RAF example, a chromed RAF example with rhinestones, and a gilt metal and enamel RAAF bar brooch. 8 items total. Condition: some flaws to a couple of items. The chrome and rhinestone brooch has multiple stones missing, and the Glider Pilot’s Wings example has a tiny enamel chip to one of the wings. Some minor wear to the silver plated example, with the brassy base metal showing through to some of the high points. The ring remains in good condition, and each of the brooches has its pin or fitting intact.

A selection of British Women’s Land Army apparel, including some original WW2 era pieces, together with some later re-enactment items. To include: a likely reproduction felt hat, fitted with a genuine WW2 era die stamped gilt metal and enamel badge - with hinged pin and C clasp to the reverse. Another loose WW2 era die stamped metal and enamel badge, with hinged pin and C clasp. Reproduction long socks for wear over the breeches. Reproduction brown leather belt. 2 modern black wool berets. A pair of good quality reproduction beige coloured corduroy breeches. An original WW2 ere WLA tie, with ‘Tootal Tie’ label. A WW2 era tan coloured over jacket, with faded broad arrow stamped issue label to the inside, and the words ‘Women’s Land Army’. A long khaki green undershirt (possibly a period piece) A reproduction green woollen sweater. 2 likely WW2 era collarless white shirts, one with ink stamped marks to the collar, which read ‘LA&S 15 1402 41543’. And a WLA armband, with embroidered 2 year service diamonds (this likely being a reproduction). It’s believed that whole ensemble has been previously used for re-enactment purposes, and could certainly be used again if desired. Condition: good to most pieces. The green undershirt has a small hole / tear to the right sleeve, plus some wear to the collar area. The tan overjacket has some rust coloured stain spotting to the front, and is missing one of its horn buttons. The felt hat has some small punched holes to the crown area, in groups of 5, which suggests that something has been attached previously. The original tie remains in good condition, as does the later armband. Both metal WLA badges show a little age wear, but remain in good condition. The socks, belt, and sweater remain in good condition. The cord breeches remain generally good, with just some light soiling to the nap of the cloth from wear. The 2 white shirts remain in good condition.

A WWI regimental sweetheart pin cushion. Modelled in the shape of a heart with an applied 'The Army Service Corps' crest to the centre surrounded by decorative glass beads and studded pins and possibly two lengths of military ribbons, bordered by a black fringe trim, L15cm

Collection of 10 Second World War British Campaign Medals, comprising 1939-45 Star Medal, Atlantic Star Medal with France & Germany clasp, Africa Star Medal, Italy Star Medal, France & Germany Star Medal, Burma Star Medal, Pacific Star Medal, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45 and an India Service Medal. Medals all unnamed as issued. Lot also includes a Royal Army Medical Corps cap badge, Royal Irish Rangers anodised cap badge and a pin back 32 Squadron enamelled badge

A Good Great War 1918 Oise-Sambre Canal Crossing Military Cross Medal Group of 4 to an Officer in the Machine Gun Corps who was Commissioned from the 28th London (Artists Rifles) and Finished the War as a Major, Military Cross, GVR, reverse neatly engraved in 3 lines, “CAPTAIN F A LOTT, 1ST BN WELCH REGT, ATTD M.G.C.” on investiture pin in faded case of issue, 1914-15 Star Medal, “1778 PTE. F.A. LOTT 28-LOND. R.”, British War and Victory Medal, “MAJOR F.A. LOTT”. With some original documentation, Army Order 6th March 1919 listing the Military Cross to Captain Lott, telegram notification of investiture dated 11th March 1919, letter confirming availability to attend investiture on 15th and an investiture ticket for Buckingham Palace on 15th March 1919, this in official envelope.Military Cross, London Gazette 2nd April 1919 - T./Lt. (A./Capt.) Francis Albert Lott, Welsh R., secd. 32nd Bn., M.G. Corps:Citation, London Gazette 10th December 1919 - T./Lt. (A./Capt.)-Francis Albert Lott, Welsh R., secd. 32nd Bn., M.G. Corps. For conspicuous, courage and devotion to duty at the crossing of the Oise-Sambre Canal near Ors on 4th November 1918. He carried out personal- reconnaissance and pushed his guns boldly forward before the attack; during the. attack he opened an intense fire on enemy machine-guns and swept the points from which the bridging parties could .be fired on. This made it. possible for the canal to be bridged very quickly.Francis Albert Lott was born in July 1886 in Hackney, London. By 1911 was residing in Lambeth and was employed as a Bank Clerk. When war broke out, he initially served with the 28th (County of London) Battalion, Artists Rifles, arriving in France on 6th December 1914. He was commissioned into the 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment on 25th May 1915 and was later attached to the 32nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps with whom he won his Military Cross.Post war he continued his work in the banking world and by 1939 he was a Bank Manager living in Sevenoaks. Francis Lott died in Sevenoaks on Christmas day 1953.

1897 Punjab Frontier Long Service Medal Pair to the Royal West Kent Regiment, India General Service Medal 1895-1902 with clasp Punjab Frontier 1897-98, “1507 COLOR S SERGT J. HOLLAND 1ST BTN RYL W KENT REGT.”, Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, EVII, “1507 C SERGT J.E. HOLLAND RL. W. KENT REGT.” Remaining in good condition. Accompanied by a Khedive’s Star Medal, 1882 dated, reverse stamped ‘2451’, 1911 Coronation Medal, unnamed as issued on original pin fitting and a Regimental Medal, reverse engraved “1st BATT/THE QUEEN’S OWN/ROYAL WEST KENT/ BEST SHOT OF H COMPANY/1895”Born in Oswestry, Shropshire, 18-year-old James Edward Holland attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment on 16th June 1886 at Maidstone. He served for a total of 22 years and 108 days before his discharge on 30th September 1908 on termination of his 2nd period of engagement. During his service he spent 9 years and 81 days in India and is confirmed on the medal roll of the 1st Battalion Royal West Kents for the medal and Punjab clasp. His Long Service Medal was announced in Army Order 172 of 1904. It seems probable that the Regimental Medal in this lot was awarded to James Holland but we have not been able to confirm the relationship of the other 2 medals in this lot. James Holland died on 29th September 1944 in Troubridge.

Third Reich Badge Grouping, lot containing an NSDAP party pin in zinc, cap skull, army drivers badge in bronze and three tinnies. Good condition with signs of age

Regimental Sweetheart Brooches.
Five Great War era hallmarked Silver and Tortoiseshell Regimental Sweetheart Brooches with regimental emblems to the Household Battalion, Tyneside Irish (Northumberland Fusiliers), Army Cyclist Corps, Military Police, and The United States of America ‘Fighting For Humanity’, one lacking its fitted hinged pin for wearing, approximately 25mm diameter, generally very fine (5) £70-£90 --- Note: The lot is subject to CITES legislation. Organic materials, such as tortoiseshell may be covered by CITES legislation and this may impact export to other countries. Please be aware that it is the buyer’s responsibility to arrange for any CITES export licences for their purchase. In addition to CITES, tortoiseshell, if imported into the United States of America, will be subject to USA Fish and Wildlife regulations.

The superb Naval General Service, Davison’s Nile Medal, and Sultan’s Medal for Egypt group of three awarded to Rear-Admiral of the White Sir John Hill, Royal Navy, who served as First Lieutenant in H.M.S. Minotaur at the Battle of the Nile, coming to the rescue of Nelson’s flagship H.M.S. Vanguard, for which his Captain was given the utmost praise by Admiral Nelson and Hill himself was slightly wounded; he later had the responsibility of commanding all the transport vessels conveying the British army to Belgium prior to the Battle of Waterloo, being Mentioned by and earning the Duke of Wellington's distinct thanks for the efficient manner in which he conducted the operation, thus securing the praise of both the foremost sailor and soldier of his day Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Nile, Egypt (John Hill, Lieut.); Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, silver, Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801, 2nd Class, gold, 48mm, on its original gold chain and hook, traces of lacquer and pin marks to the edges of the medals from when they have been held in an old display case, otherwise good very fine and better (3) £10,000-£14,000 --- Approximately 45 2nd Class Sultan's Gold medals awarded to officers of the Royal Navy. John Hill was born at Portsea, Hampshire, in 1774 and entered the Royal Navy as a Captain's Steward aboard the bomb vessel H.M.S. Infernal on 25 September 1781 at the age of 7; this appointment at such a young age was undoubtedly due to the fact that the Infernal was commanded by his uncle, Commander James Alms (and such patronage at such an early age was not unusual at the time). He served in H.M.S. Infernal until March 1783, and subsequently served in various other ships before being posted to the frigate H.M.S. Proserpine, 24 guns, again under the command of his uncle James Alms. Advanced Lieutenant on 28 July 1794, he transferred in 1798 as First Lieutenant to H.M.S. Minotaur, 74 guns, under the command of Captain Thomas Louis The Battle of the Nile
Fought over 1 - 3 August 1798, the Battle of the Nile was the climax of a three-month campaign across the length and breadth of the Mediterranean. With the enemy fleet discovered moored in Aboukir Bay shortly after 2 p.m. on 1 August, Nelson’s fleet entered the bay just after 6pm and engaged Vice-admiral Brueys' fleet directly. Minotaur was sixth in the British line of battle, immediately astern of Nelson’s flagship H.M.S. Vanguard; those four ships immediately ahead sailed around the front of the French line, consequently engaging their enemy from an unprepared (and unexpected) direction. Bruyes’ fleet was enveloped in deadly fire from all sides but fought back bravely. With the Vanguard coming under accurate cannon and musket fire from the Spartiate, the Minotaur came to their flagship’s aid and Hill himself later recalled his experiences in a fascinating eye-witness account of Admiral Nelson conveying his thanks to the Minotaur’s captain, Thomas Louis: ‘On the 1st of August when the Vanguard anchor'd alongside the Spartiate, she became exposed to the raking fire of the Aquilon, the next ship in the enemy’s line, by which the Vanguard had between fifty and sixty men disabled in the space of ten minutes. Captain Louis took his station ahead of the Vanguard; the Minotaur not only effectually relieved her from this distressing situation but overpowered her opponent. Lord Nelson felt so grateful to Captain Louis for his conduct, on this important occasion, that about nine o’clock, while yet the combat was raging with the utmost fury, and he himself was suffering severely in the Cockpit from the dreadful wound in his head; he sent for his Lieutenant, Mr Capel, and ordered him to go on board the Minotaur, in the jolly boat, and desired Captain Louis would come to him; for that he could not have a moment's peace, until he had thanked him for his conduct. The subsequent meeting which took place between the Admiral and Captain Louis was affecting in the extreme, the latter being over his bleeding friend in silent sermon, “Farewell my dear Louis” said the Admiral, “I shall never forget the obligation I am under to you for your brave and generous conduct, and now whatever may become of me my mind is at peace”.’ An indication of the fierceness of the duel between the Minotaur and Aquilon, 74 guns, can be seen from the casualty figures: whilst Minotaur lost 87 men killed and wounded but was overall only lightly damaged, the Aquilon lost her captain and over 300 men killed and wounded, and was completely dismasted. Hill himself, in his Memorandum of Services dated 30 June 1846, states that he too was ‘slightly wounded, but did not return myself as such never having left my quarters’. Promoted Commander as a reward for his services at the Battle of the Nile, Hill was additionally tasked with taking command of the captured Aquilon and sailing her to Malta for repairs. After spending the next two years on half-pay, he was appointed to the command of the troopship Heroine on 12 February 1800. As commander of Heroine, he spent two years in the Mediterranean conveying troops, and in this capacity he participated in the Egyptian Expedition and the landing of soldiers prior to the Battle of Abukir on 8 March 1801. The Log Book of the Heroine notes he also physically served ashore between 24 and 30 April 1801, and it was for these services that he was awarded the Sultan's Gold Medal, Second Class. For the remainder of his career, Hill had the command of various transport ships, punctuated with periods on the half-pay list, notably spending just over two years in charge of transport ships in the Baltic, as his Memorandum of Services notes: ‘Two years and a half in the Transport Service during which time embarked and disembarked the Swedish Army from Sweden to Swedish Pomerania - received on board my ship the Crown Prince Count Bernadotte (late King of Sweden) and was honoured with his thanks for the care I had taken of his army. Sent twice to St. Petersburg to embark 5,000 Spanish Troops for which was thanked by the Spanish Ambassador.’ Recalled for duty closer to home, Hill then became responsible for transporting Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham's force to Holland for the abortive attack on Bergen-op-Zoom, and also for embarking the wounded after the attack and withdrawal, for which services he was specifically mentioned by General Graham in General Orders of 16 August 1814: ‘ The Commander of the Forces is no less indebted to Captain Hill, of the Royal Navy, for that cordial co-operation which he has on all occasions experienced from him.’ The Waterloo Campaign The following year, as principal Transport Agent at Ostend, Hill was responsible for the safe delivery of all British troops arriving in Flanders for the upcoming Waterloo Campaign. Hill's own recollections note the following: ‘Disembarked the whole of the British Army and materiel prior to the Battle of Waterloo without a single accident to a soldier and the loss of only two horses. After that memorable Battle embarked all the wounded British soldiers and a large number of French wounded and prisoners.' Hill was also mentioned by name in Captain Cavalie Mercer's ‘Journal of the Waterloo Campaign’, which illustrates the tact required in his job:
‘Our keel had scarcely touched the sand 'ere we were abruptly boarded by a naval officer (Captain Hill) with a gang of sailors, who, sans ceremonie, instantly commenced hoisting our horses out, and throwing them, as well as our saddlery, etc., overboard, without ever giving time for making any disposition to receive or secure the one or the other. To my remonstrance his answer was, “I can...

A gold and platinum polcyhrome enamel and vari-cut diamond Royal Army Service Corps regimental sweetheart brooch, length 2.8cm, 5.6gOverall fair to good conditionEnamel in fair condition, some nibbles and small chips to the ends of some of the green enamel leaves, half of the red enamel is damagedDiamonds are fairly bright considering size and settingPin is metal replacement and wobbles on hingeClasp is brokenModerate general wear throughoutClients are advised to view and inspect items before bidding and they must satisfy themselves as to the condition of every lot For enquiries about this lot please contact David Pregun at david@kinghamsauctioneers.com

A Collection of Late 19th/Early 20th Century and Later Items to include Egyptian Silver Mounted Faience Scarab Cufflinks, Stud for The Territorial Army, Stamped Verso 361507, Scottish Silver Kilt Pin/Brooch, Hallmarked for Edinburgh and with Makers Mark for Ward Brothers and a Fob Seal with Key Decoration in Onyx Etc

15x Corps Cap Badges including Royal Marines ... Royal Artillery ... Army Trained Nurse (pin Missing)  15 Items Payment by Bank Transfer ONLY

British 8th Army Medal Group & Pin Badges, WW2 British medal group, consisting of the 39-45 star, the North Africa star (with 8th Army clasp), Defence and War medals. Nicely mounted on a pin backed medal bar, nice condition. Also included, 5 pin badges, ASC, RAMC etc.

Three generations of Burtenshaw family medal groups:  British War and Victory medal (DM2-189431 PTE G.M. Burtenshaw A.S.C.), 1939-1945 Star, War medal, Defence medal & QE2 Regular Army Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (7720890 W.O.CL.1. G.A Burtenshaw R.A.E.C.), plus General Service medal with Northern Ireland clasp, UN peacekeeping medal, Gulf Medal, together with dress medal set and 1st and 2nd grade Kuwait Liberation Medal, in presentation boxes with paperwork from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (MAJ P.J.Burtenshaw RCT) Together with a collection of various associated cap badges, patches, fobs, pin badges and medals

An Elizabeth II silver pin cushion, of circular form having embossed rose decoration to the rim with a purple velvet cushion, with a matching silver trinket box, with 'J' initial to the lid, marks for London 1977, maker House of Lawrian, along with two silver and white metal mounted scent bottles and a white metal sewing kit holder, of pear form with decorative engraving, marks to include London 1894, maker Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd

Large collection of pin badges, including Army, RAF and Navy examples

A small group of antique and vintage badges and jewellery - including a HM silver St John Ambulance medal, Birmingham 1913, engraved '462570 Ernest Timmins'; a plated St John Ambulance cap badge; a HM silver shield Salvation Army badge, Birmingham 1923; a 9ct gold and green stone wishbone stick pin; a carved mother-of-pearl love birds brooch; a litho tin King George V and Queen Mary coronation pendant; a Victorian ebonised carved wooden, steel and glass faux-jet fob chain; a gilt metal and enamel United Nations tie pin; a 1950s faux-pearl and paste hat pin; and an Edwardian rolled gold and faux-citrine brooch.