Coins, Medals & Militaria
Jewellery & Antiques
Auction Friday 24th June 2005
Viewing Thursday 23rd June 9am till 7pm
and on morning of sale from 9am
Enquiries John White
j.white@mctears.co.uk
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a.salani@mctears.co.uk
telephone 0141 221 4456
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186
173,172
164,8,155,184
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153,154
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139
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1 1914-18 War and Victory Medals
and bronze death plaque, named to ‘Capt.
J.(James) Thomson’, in period oak frame
£200 - 300
2 1914-15 Star Trio,
named to ‘6694 PTE. J. DICK. K.O. SCO:
BORD:’, with death plaque named to
‘DAVID DICK’, all in original packaging
£100 - 150
3 1914-18 War and Victory medals,
named to ‘146659 PTE. D. CALLANDER.
LABOUR CORPS.’, in original box of issue
£20 - 30
4 Victorian OR’s helmet plate,
of the ‘2ND VOLUNTEER BATTLN.
KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS’,
1887-1901
£100 - 150
5 A family related group of items,
comprising
of an
Medal
1895, with clasp ‘
FRONTIER 1897-98’ named to ‘5164 Pte.
C. Lewington 2nd Btn. Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders’, a George V Meritorious
Service Medal named to ‘485505 C.S. MJR.
C. LEWINGTON. LAB.C.’, a Queen Mary
Christmas 1914 tin, ribbon bar for I.G.S.
and First War trio, a plated presentation tea
set of three pieces with the teapot engraved
‘PRESENTED TO BAND SGT. C.
LEWINGTON ON THE OCCASION OF
HIS MARRIAGE, BY HIS BROTHER
BANDSMEN. 25. OCTOBER, 1912’, a
reference letter from the Band Major 2nd
A. & S.H. dated 1923; 1939-45 Star,
Atlantic
original box of issue to ‘M.S. Aitken,
£250 - 350
6 1914-18 War and Victory Medals
and death plaque named to ‘4435 PTE.
G.G. THOMSON. (George Grant) HIGH.
L.I., plaque in original packet
£150 - 200
7 1914-18 War and Victory medals,
named to ‘41907 CPL. R. HAMILTON.
SCO.
£25 - 35
8 George V Military Medal,
named to ‘202105 PTE. C.P. STROYAN.
5/HIGH.L.I.’, 1914-18 War and Victory
medals named to ‘202105 PTE. C.P.
STROYAN. H.L.I.’
£300 - 500
9
with leaflet in original box
£10 - 20
10 Lot of family related medals,
comprising of 1914-18 War and Victory
medals named to ‘420136 A.C.O.M. SJT.
R.M. BROWN. 16-CAN. INF.’, 1914-18
War and Victory medals named to ‘S-
14677 PTE. J.W.G. BROWN.
R.HIGHRS.’, 1914-18 War and Victory
medals named to ‘43970 PTE. T.
BROWN. L’POOL R.’; a pair of mounted
miniature First War medals, two ribbon
bars, two War Service badges and a
British Legion badge
£80 - 120
10A Elizabeth II Fire Brigade Long Service and
Good Conduct medal,
named to ‘FIREMAN DAVID
CROMBIE’, in fitted box
£25 - 35
10B Third Reich naval High Seas Fleet award,
maker marked ‘ADOLF
BOCK.SCHWERIN.BERLIN’
£120 - 160
10C Third Reich naval Mine sweepers badge
£50 - 80
10D First World War Belgian Victory medal,
Edward VII Coronation medal, George V
silver Jubilee medal, and two other medals
(5)
£20 - 30
11 Silver
and enamel
in the form of an American eagle and
wording ‘E PLURIBUS UNUM’ above
shield shaped Star and Stripes, engraved
to reverse ‘Our gratitude FROM THE
BOYS OF
THE
£20 - 30
12 Nine carat gold brooch,
in the form of a rifle and fixed bayonet
with a Seaforth Highlanders badge affixed
to centre
£20 - 30
13 1914-18 War and Victory medals,
named to ‘296057 PTE. A. LITTLE.
R.S.FUS.’
£25 - 35
14 1914-18 War and Victory medals,
named to ‘202026 PTE. A. MC RAE.
SEAFORTH.’, and a ‘STONEYKIRK
WAR MEMORIAL’ medal, engraved to
reverse ‘A. MCRAE. S.F.H.
£30 - 50
15 1914-15 Star Trio,
named to ‘DEAL 2284-S-PTE. C.J.
medals ‘R.M.L.I.’), in a Queen Mary
Christmas 1914 tin
£60 - 90
16 Lot of family related medals and items,
comprising of 1914-18 War and Victory
medals named to ‘22795 PTE. R.
Imperial Service Medal named to
‘ROBERT JACKSON’ in fitted box, War
Service badge numbered ‘124841’, 1939-
45 Defence and War medals, an Italy Star
and three dog tags marked ‘3327818
PRES W JACKSON.
£60 - 90
17 Ancient Order of Foresters (International),
Lodge
approximately twenty gilt medals with
ribbons and various appendages
£40 - 60
18 Border Rifle Volunteers,
cap badge
£50 - 70
19 1914-18 War and Victory medals,
named to ‘202966 PTE. J. SCOTT.
GORDONS.’, with two extra medal
ribbons
£25 - 35
20
1939-1945 Star,
Star,
Defence and War medals in original box
of issue addressed to ‘Rev W.M.
Mauchline,
£30 - 50
20A Third Reich army Infantry Assault badge
£45 - 65
20B Third Reich naval Coastal Artillery badge
£50 - 80
20C Third Reich naval Blockade Breaker
award,
maker marked ‘OTTO PLACZEK
£100 - 150
20D Queen’s South African medal,
with
clasps ‘
NEK’ and ‘
named to ‘6389 PTE. D. THOMPSON,
SCOTTISH
RIFLES’, King’s
medal,
with clasps ‘
1901’ and
‘
named to ‘9895 PTE. J. THOMPSON.
SCOT: RIFLES.’, 1914-15 Star Trio,
named to ‘4838 SJT J. THOMPSON.
SCO:
tin
£500 - 600
21 1914-18 War and Victory medals,
named to ‘LIEUT. A.R. CHESNEY.’ (A. &
S.H.), with a copy photograph of Lt.
Chesney and his comrades, and a
photocopy of his daughters birth
registration in 1918. Note: Family
connection with lot 112
£30 - 50
22 1914-18 British War and Victory medals,
named to ‘625934 DVR J.R. Calvert
H.A.C. - ART’
£20 - 30
23 The Black Watch,
officer’s badge (1937-52)
£20 - 30
24
medals,
comprising of 1914-15 Star and Victory
medals named to ‘4258 DVR A
STEVENSON. A.S.C’, 1914-18 War and
Victory medals named to ‘1035 PTE A
STEVENSON. RIF.BRIG’, and an A.S.C.
shoulder title
£40 - 60
25 1914-18 British War and Victory medals,
named to ‘2 Lieut A. Waterhouse’; and a
silver St John Ambulance Assoc. medal
engraved to reverse No. 70468 Sarah M
Waterhouse
£35 - 45
26 The 1st Dumbartonshire Volunteer Rifle
Corps,
O/R’s glengarry badge 1887-1908, one lug
broken and a small hole pierced to thistle
emblem on the right side of badge
£20 - 30
27 The 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal
Scots, O/R’s glengarry badge 1888-1908,
The Royal Scots glengarry badge (gilt
centre), a pair of Royal Scots collar
badges and a pair of Royal Scots shoulder
titles, an Edinburgh University OTC
shoulder title and a few other small items
of Royal Scots and L & B Horse insignia
£60 - 80
28 The 10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King’s
(
1908-37,
Tyneside Scottish O/R’s badge ‘second
pattern 1915, Lovat’s Scouts Yeomanry
badge 1903-20, another Lovat’s Scout’s
badge, a Lovat’s Scouts beret badge and
tunic button, and a Royal Scots glengarry
badge
£70 - 90
29 The Royal Scots glengarry badge,
a Machine Gun Corps badge, a Tank
Corps badge, a Victorian Devonshire
Regiment cap badge, MFP, MGC and 8
Royal Scots shoulder titles, a
Newfoundland Highlanders collar badge
and tunic button and an Edward VII
£70 - 90
30 1914-18 British War Medal,
named to ‘19391 PTE. J. McCULLOCH.
H.L.I.’, and a silvered and enamel
commemoration medal 1914-18,
‘presented by the people of the Burgh &
Parish of Maybole’ to ‘J. McCULLOCH
H.L.I.’
£25 - 35
30A Edward VII Visit to Scotland medal 1903,
named to ‘P.C. J. McDonald’
£50 - 70
30B 1939-45
Star,
War medals, to ‘Sgt. Colquhoun R.’
(casualty), with recognition of service slip
and in original box of issue, addressed to
‘Mrs E Colquhoun, Renfrew’, a Tank
Corps cap badge, HLI sweetheart brooch,
silver RA badge, silver A.R.P. badge, Tank
Corps tiepin, and other small items of
insigmia
£60 - 90
30C 1939-45 Star,
Atlantic
Star,
Defence and War medals, mounted as
worn, a mounted group of miniature
medals, two ribbon bars, a naval officers
cap badge and a naval officers bullion
embroidered badge, an Edward VIII
Coronation medal, and another
embroidered naval badge
£90 - 120
30D 1914-15 Star trio,
named to
‘3108 PTE.J.
Highrs’
£70 - 90
31 1914 Star Trio,
Star named to ‘C.3/2064. J.H.
SMEATON, A.B.R.N.V.R. HOOD BTTN.
R.N.D.’, War and Victory medals named
to ‘M. 21377 J. SMEATON. JR 4 R.N.’
£80 - 120
32 Order of
the
awarded to Dr. S. Harvey in recognition
of service as ‘Medical officer of Health’
for Dumbartonshire, in fitted box of issue
£80 - 120
33 Two Third Reich exhibition medals,
‘Reichsnahrstands-Ausstellung. Blut und
Boden.
Munchen 1937 and
in fitted boxes, and a Third Reich German
Mother’s Cross with ribbon
£25 - 35
34 Reproduction Third Reich Knight’s Cross
of the Iron Cross,
with Oak leaves and Swords, with ribbon
£20 - 30
35 1914-18 British War and Victory medals,
named to ‘34357 PTE. J. PAXTON. R.
SCOTS.’, a British Red Cross Society
medal with ‘PROFICIENCY IN ANTIGAS
TRAINING’ bar brooch, engraved
to reverse ‘6293 J. PAXTON’, and a
British Red Cross Society merit medal,
engraved to reverse ‘6832 J. PAXTON.’
(4)
£30 - 50
36 1914-15 Star trio,
named to ‘S.2984, T.FRANKLIN, STO.,
R.N.R’ (War and Victory ‘L. STO.’) and a
George V Royal Naval Reserve Long
Service and Good Conduct medal named
to ‘1844
V, T.
R.N.R.’, mounted on bar
£80 - 120
37 George V Military Medal,
named to ‘20482 PTE W. INGRAM,.
10/CHES:R.’
£250 - 350
38 1914-18 British War and Victory medals,
named to ‘14899 PTE. A. MCPHERSON.
S.GDS’.
£50 - 60
39 WWII Pennsylvania National Guard
medal,
with ribbon and pin
£10 - 20
40 Edward Prince of Wales,
‘Visit of
His Royal Highness.
November 1921’, bronze medal
£50 - 70
40A Cabul medal 1842,
unnamed, with suspender
£150 - 250
40B 1939-45 Star,
Atlantic Star and War medal, to ‘William
Bradford Watson’ (casualty), with
recognition of service slip, and in original
box of issue addressed to ‘MR J.
WATSON, WREXHAM’
£30 - 50
41 Scots Guards sweetheart brooch
£15 - 25
42 George V Military Medal,
named to ‘16938 PTE. H.
EASTERBROOK. I/
War and Victory medals named to ‘16938
T.CPL. H. EASTERBROOK.
DEVON.R.’,a ribbon bar
(MM and pair), a Devonshire Regt cap
badge, Pte Easterbrook’s dog tags and a
sports medal, engraved to reverse ‘TUG
OF WAR.
£450 - 550
43 Seaforth Highlanders silver officers badge
of three
piece construction,
marks (1906-1930)
£120 - 180
44 Iron Cross second class 1914 (1930’s
issue),
Iron Cross second class 1939 and a War
Merit Cross with swords 1939
£40 - 60
45
1945,
WWII British Defence medal and a Croix
de Guerre des Theatres d’Operations
Exterieurs, (3)
£30 - 50
46 Reproduction Victoria Cross,
with ribbon
£15 - 25
47
(Sergeant/Piper),
of circular design with central badge, circa
1900, 3 ½in (8.9cm) diameter
£60 - 80
48 1914-18 British War and Victory medals,
named to ‘S-22630 PTE A. BEAN. A. &
S.H.’, an
‘HLI’ badge and a ‘
High School OTC’ shoulder title (4)
£30 - 40
49 The Canadian Scottish Regiment badge
(Kings Crown),
The Suffolk Regt. cap badge, an ASC cap
badge, a 6th Rifle Battalion-King’s
Defence medal, (5)
£30 - 40
50 Mixed lot of Scottish glengarry badges,
including Gordons, Camerons, Seaforths,
A & SH, RSF, Cameronians, Black Watch,
other items of Scottish insignia, including
shoulder titles-RSF, HLI, KOSB, a
Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers pouch badge,
HLI collar badges and other small items
£80 - 100
50A Queen’s South Africa medal,
with
clasps ‘
STATE’, ‘
1902’, named to ‘24876 PTE. J.R.
FORBES. 20TH COY IMP:YEO:’
£100 - 150
50B 1914-18 British War medal,
named to ‘167341 DVR. W.P.
BOWMAN. R.A.’, two First World War
Victory medals, named to ‘K.47878 W.
PORTER. STO. 2 R.N.’ and ‘99093
GNR.A.DRUMMOND. R.A.’, a
silver tiepins ‘R.A.M.C.’ and ‘CAMERON
HIGHLANDERS’, 1939-45
and
medals, ribbon bar, and a Queen Mary
Christmas 1914 tin
£70 - 90
50C Third Reich wound badge in black,
maker marked
£10 - 15
50D Victorian cross belt plate,
‘XVIII ROYAL IRISH’
£80 - 100
50E Victorian ‘2ND VOLR. BATTN. WEST
a glengarry badge
£70 - 90
51 Three First World War British Victory
medals,
named to ‘152647 GNR. J.
FLANNIGAN. R.A.’, ‘M.31654 E.
STEVENSON. E.R.A.4.R.N.’ and
‘334936 PNR. J. YOUNG. R.E.’
£15 - 25
52 Mixed lot of British and Commonwealth
badges,
including Royal Warwickshire Regt.,
Bedfordshire Regt., Worcestershire Regt.,
Military Police, shoulder titles, buttons
and other small items
£30 - 50
53 Queen’s
with
clasps ‘
1902’,
named to ‘3755 TPR: A.F. WILLIAMS.
S.A.C.’, a medal ribbon bar QSA, KSA
and Africa General Service 1902, a pair of
SAC epaulettes, a silver SAC sweetheart
brooch, 1914-15 Star named to ‘CPL A.F.
WILLIAMS S.A.S.C.- M.C.’, 1914-18 War
medal named to ‘18136. CPL. A.F.J.
WILLIAMS. R.F.C.’, a cloth observers
wing, a compass, Sgt. Pilot Williams’ RFC
Rough log book containing documents
and information, and a quantity of
military and other photographs relating to
the Williams family
£200 - 300
54 First World War British Victory medal,
named to
‘15270 PTE. A.
MUN.FUS.’,
1939-1945 Star,
Italy Star, Defence and War medals, a
‘534’(Queen Mary) medal 1934, and an
£30 - 40
55 1914-18 British War and Victory medals,
named to ‘53114 PTE. J. DUFF. R.S.
FUS.’, mounted with scroll in a period
frame and under glass
£150 - 200
56 First World War bronze death plaque,
named to ‘WILLIAM SHEARER’, with
Mercantile Marine slip, in original packet
£30 - 50
57 1914-18 British War and Victory medals,
named to ‘J. 60079 W. FAIRFIELD. BOY.
I.R.N.’, and an Elizabeth II Imperial
Service Medal, named to ‘WILLIAM
£40 - 60
58
with
clasps ‘
to ‘13732 CORL. R. POULTER, A.S.C.,
King’s
‘
R. POULTER. A.S.C.’,1914 Star trio
named to ‘T-13732 SJT. R. POULTER.
A.S.C.’, (Victory medal ribbon with
M.I.D. oakleaf), a George V Meritorious
Service medal named to ‘T-13732 SJT.-
T.S.S.MJR R. POULTER R.A.S.C.’, a
Certificate of Service for the South
African campaign, and other military
documents relating to R. Poulter
£550 - 650
59
no clasp, named to ‘Sgt J. Berlangett,
Packenham R. Co’
Note; with later official clip suspension
£150 - 200
60
with ‘
RFN O. McGarvey R.U.R’. and a First
World War British Victory medal, named
to ‘2832 Pte. J. Moreton. L’pool R.’
£50 - 70
60A Polish enamelled breast badge,
with screw back fitting, maker marked
£60 - 80
60B ‘The Border Regt’ cap badge,
and three other badges
£60 - 80
60C Victorian cap badge,
‘THE KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS’,
embroidered ‘Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders’ badge, buttons and other
items
£20 - 30
60D Three silver military hallmarked badges
£80 - 120
60E ‘
brooch,
and an Edward VIII Coronation medal (2)
£15 - 25
61 Edward III 1327-77, groat,
Edward IV 1461-70, two groat pieces
£50 - 70
62 Alexander III 1249-86, two penny pieces,
Henry III 1216-72, “short cross” coin,
Henry VI 1422-61, groat (pierced), Henry
VII 1485-1509, groat, Edward VI
1547-53, two shilling pieces
£70 - 90
63 George III 1760-1820 crown dated 1820
(brooch marks),
half crown 1819, George IV 1820-30, two
half crown pieces 1821 and 1825, shilling
1824, and a sixpence 1826, five shilling
pieces dated 1787 (4) and 1816, two
sixpences 1787, 1816, fourpence 1776,
threepence 1763, and a silver penny 1800
£80 - 120
64 William and Mary 1688-94, five shilling
pieces dated 1696 and 1697 (4),
fourpence 1689, and a threepence 1689,
William III 1694-1702, three crown pieces
1696 (2), and two sixpences
1696 and 1697
£100 - 150
65 Elizabeth I 1588-1603, three shilling
pieces,
and seven sixpences with dates 1566 (2),
1568, 1569 (2), 1582 and 1593
£80 - 120
66 Five silver and enamel Curling Club
badges,
The Royal
Cup Canadian Branch R.C.C.C. 1938,
The
Country Club
Shawiningan
C.C., and
£60 - 90
67 Fifteen late eighteenth and early
nineteenth century penny, halfpenny and
other tokens,
including 1813 Peninsular penny with
bust of
£30 - 40
68 Edward III 1327-77, seven penny pieces
£30 - 50
69 Roman occupation-silver-Augustus,
Tiberius and Gordian III,
bronze-Severus
Alexander,
four others and a Greek Commodius coin
£80 - 120
70 Charles II 1660-85, three crown pieces
dated 1662 (initial engraved to obverse
and reverse),
1673 and 1679, shilling 1673?, two
fourpence pieces 1670 and 1679,
twopence 1679, a Scottish merk 1672,
and a quarter dollar 1677
£150 - 200
70A James I (VI) 1567-16, 1603-25, Thistle
merk,
seven shilling pieces, three sixpence piecesone
dated 1605, another with Harp
reverse, James II 1685-88, shilling 1685,
fourpence 1687, and a threepence 1686
£100 - 120
70B George I 1714-27, two shilling pieces
dated 1717 and 1723,
two sixpences 1723, and a fourpence
1717 (pierced), George II 1727-60, half
crown 1745, four shilling pieces 1739,
1743, 1745 and 1758, and five sixpences
1757 (2), 1758 (2)
£80 - 120
70C Edward III 1327-77, six penny pieces
£30 - 50
70D Forty late eighteenth and early nineteenth
century penny, halfpenny and other
tokens,
including Barbadoes 1788, Prosperity to
Old
aninteresting lot
£80 - 120
70E Lot of Victorian copper coins,
pennies dated 1848, 1851, 1853 (2), 1854
(2), 1855 (2), 1856 and 1859, halfpenny
1855 (2), farthing 1840, 1841, 1842,
1843, 1845, 1846, 1850 (3), 1853 (3) and
1859 (2)
£80 - 100
71 Commonwealth 1649-1660, shilling dated
1651
£30 - 50
72 Charles I 1625-49, three half crown pieces
(different markings),
three shilling pieces (different markings),
Scottish-twelve shilling piece, three
quarter merk pieces, and two eighth merk
pieces
£100 - 150
73 Queen Anne 1702-14, crown dated 1707,
five shilling pieces dated 1702, 1707,
1709 and 1711 (2), sixpence dated 1705,
threepence 1710, and a twopence 1704
£100 - 150
74
Countermarked coinage-Bank of
Carolus IV 8 Reales 1791 (George III in
oval), Carolus IIII 8 Reales 1793 (George
III in oval) with and enamelled reverse,
Carolus IIII 8 Reales 1797 (George III in
oval), Carolus IIII Spanish 4 Reales 1793,
and a Spanish 2 Reales 1723 (5)
£150 - 250
75 Republic
of
Balboas 1974,
in casing and with certificate, in fitted box
£20 - 30
76 George III crown,
dated 1819 with an enamelled reverse,
George IIII crown, dated 1821 with an
enamelled reverse, brooched, George IIII
sixpence, with an enamelled reverse,
brooched,
dated 1879 with an enamelled reverse,
Victorian crown, dated 1887 with an
enamelled reverse, brooched, Victorian
double florin, dated1887 with an
enamelled reverse, brooched, Victorian
florin, dated 1887 with an enamelled
reverse, brooched, Victorian shilling,
dated 1887 with an enamelled reverse and
a George V half crown, dated 1918,
brooched
£80 - 120
77
banknotes,
including 1920’s city pfennig notes,
in an album
£30 - 50
78 Five
Bank of
and one Bank of England shilling note, all
1948 ND issue (Peppiatt). and all in used
condition
£15 - 25
79 Henry VIII (Posthumous coinage) gold
half sovereign
£300 - 400
80 George III gold half-guinea,
dated 1788
£60 - 80
80A James IV 1488-1513, three Plack pieces
and two pennies, James V 1513-1542,
Plack, James VI 1567-1625, Plack
£40 - 60
80B George III 1760-1820, three cartwheel
twopence pieces dated 1797,
pennies 1797 (2), 1806 and 1807,
halfpennies 1772, 1775, 1799 (3), 1806,
1807, farthings 1773 (2) and 1806 (2)
£60 - 80
80C Mary 1542-67, three Bawbee pieces
£30 - 40
80D Charles I 1625-49, Turner (2),
Bodle (2), and two Rose farthings
£30 - 40
80E Lot of Victorian crowns, dated 1844,
1845, 1887 (2), 1888 (2), 1889 (2), 1890
(3), 1891 (2), 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895
(2), 1896 (2), 1897 (2) and 1899
£100 - 150
81 George III gold guinea,
dated 1794
£80 - 100
82 St
Mungo’s College
bronze medallion, engraved to edging
‘SUMMER TERM, 1944. ELLIS
BARNETT. MEDICAL
JURISPRUDENCE.’, in a fitted box, and
a British Medical Ultrasound Society-Past
President silver medal, engraved to reverse
‘Dr Ellis Barnett 1979-80’, in a fitted box
£20 - 40
83 William IV one rupee dated 1835, five
Victorian one rupee pieces dated 1840,
1884, 1887, 1890 and 1892, three
Edward VII one rupee pieces dated 1905,
1907 and 1910, three George V one rupee
pieces dated 1911, 1913 and 1919 and
two George VI one rupee pieces dated
1940 and 1942
£30 - 50
84 Edward VII gold sovereign, dated 1907
£50 - 70
85
dated 1840
£40 - 60