Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). GV issue

An un-named & un-marked specimen struck by the Calcutta Mint

The GV issue Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies) were only issued issued in India, Bermuda and the Isle of Man between 1911-1930

Condition: About EF  read more

Code: 21577

Volunteer Long Service (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Voltr. T. Shaw Kolar Gold F. R. Voltrs.)

Medal verification: The medal confirmed per Indian Army Order 290 of 1914

Thomas Shaw (1858-1921) was a long-term European resident of the Kolar Gold Field, where he was employed firstly as a Miner, rising to a 'Shift Boss' and latterly employed as a Millman, during which time he was employed at the Champion Reef Mine, Kolar, Mysore State. When not working at the mine, Thomas, li...  read more

Code: 21501

A Banbury, Oxfordshire 'Father & Son' medal pair: The Nason family, late Banbury Volunteer Fire Brigade & 'Banbury Detachment' 2nd Volunteer Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry, the 'Banbury Volunteers'

1). Banbury Volunteer Fire Brigade Medal. ‘Fire Brigade Competition Medal 1874'. With top pin-back brooch buckle

- Obverse: Borders comprising sprays of tied & tasseled laurel leaves, with centre engraved inscriptions on 2 x lines

- Reverse: Inscription engraved on 4 x lines ‘Fire Brigade Competition at Banbury, July 1874'

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Code: 21362

Sarawak: Long Service Decoration. Rajah Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke obverse. Awarded circa 1928-1946. Silver

The medal complete with original issue silk riband suspended from a white metal mounting bar. The mounting bar retaining its hinged pin & clasp fittings

Awards of the handsome hexagonal shaped 'Long Service Decoration' were made to officials & officers of the administration, local indigenous nobles, village headmen etc and was much less prolific than the circular 'Long Service Me...  read more

Code: 21226

British India: Army Rifle Association, India, 1921. Regular size prize medal. Bronze

Metal: Bronze

Dimension: Approximately 35mm

Weight: Approximately 20g

Maker: Pinches of London

The Army Rifles Association, India, conducted and promoted a rifle shooting throughout British India, with a number of annual national and regional competitions that were open to 'All Ranks & Races', both individuals and teams drawn from amon...  read more

Code: 20824

India Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. GVI issue. Un-named

The medal is an un-named and un-marked specimen

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 20644

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel

Complete with full-length silk neck cravat riband with fittings

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- Fitted with full length silk neck cravat riband, together with fittings. As issued
- Original leatherette plush lined hinged case of issue, With gilt tooled letters C.B.E. on lid
- Original card insert 'Instructions For Wearing The Badge Of The Third Class Of An Orde...  read more

Code: 26035

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem: Officer (Sister) silver & enamel lady’s shoulder badge

A quality item of insignia manufactured by 'Spink & Son' Ltd, London

Dimension 40mm

The insignia with heraldic beasts in angles, mounted on lady’s silk bow riband

The riband complete with white metal mounting bar, this retaining its long hinged pin and clasp fittings. The white metal mounting bar with makers marks 'Spink & Son Ltd, 5 King St'
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Code: 26034

The Order of St. John of Jerusalem: Officer (Sister) silver & enamel lady’s shoulder badge

This is the scarce 1936 'Regulation' insignia of 30mm dimension

The insignia with heraldic beasts in angles, mounted on lady’s silk bow riband

The riband complete with white metal mounting bar, this retaining its long hinged pin and clasp fittings

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- Plush lined hinged leatherette case of issue

The cas...  read more

Code: 26033

A 'Folkestone' - Man of Kent - Great War Aden & East Africa medal group of 4: Private Frank Robert Moyle, 2nd Home Counties Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) attached 1/4th Battalion The Buffs, East Kent Regiment

- 1914-15 Star (2569 Pte F. R. Moyle. R.A.M.C.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (495076 Pte F. R. Moyle. R.A.M.C.)
- Interallied Victory Medal  (495076 Pte F. R. Moyle. R.A.M.C.)
- Territorial Force Efficiency Medal. GV (495076 Pte F. R. Moyle. R.A.M.C.)

Aden Field Force Service 1915: Uncommonly for a 'Theatre of War' first entered on active-service, Privat...  read more

Code: 26030