17th June 2016
There were 185 lots of medals and militaria in this sale. Lot 19, a Military General Service Medal with 2 clasps and a re-named Waterloo Medal to William Brake, 28th Regiment, sold for £2,006.
The Boer War was well represented with 15 pairs or singles of QSAa and KSAs. The best result was a 7 clasp medal to Corporal Jenner, 2nd Dragoons, which sold for £342.
WW1 gallantry was again well represented in the sale with lot 42, a scarce Military Cross, Military Medal group to Sergeant/2nd Lieutenant Frank Vessey, who died in October 1918, selling for almost double estimate at £3,894.
Lot 45 was another double gallantry group with a Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal awarded to Sergeant Joseph Moran, Lancashire Fusiliers and Machine Gun Corps. These sailed past the estimate costing a room bidder the sum of £2,596.
The highlight of the WW2 section was a 1943 Military Medal group to Gunner J M Hume, Royal Artillery, awarded for his bravery as a wireless operator in support of 2nd London Irish Rifles in Italy, which sold for £974.
There were 26 lots of foreign medals and 22 lots of militaria. Lot 164 was a Third Reich SA dagger which sold for £413.
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