| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2656 Price realized: 500 AUD (Approx. 328 USD / 300 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Pair: Crimea Medal 1854-56, - clasp - Sebastopol; Turkish Crimea Medal (Sardinia Issue) 1855-56. 1925 John Pratt 1st Bn 4th Foot on first medal, second medal unnamed as issued. The named medal engraved. Contact marks, otherwise good fine - good very fine. John Pratt, moulder, age 21, born at Pocklington, York; attested 31Mar1842 at Bristol, Gloucester in 4th The King's Own Regiment; Disch.24Nov1863 at age 43 at Chatham, Kent. With copy of Discharge Papers and Medal Roll. Estimate: 400 AUD |  |
Match 1:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2777 Price realized: 1,000 AUD (Approx. 656 USD / 601 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trio: Queen's South Africa Medal 1899 (type 2 reverse with very faint ghost dates), - four clasps - Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King's South Africa Medal 1902, - two clasps - South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Coronation Medal 1902 in silver. 269 Cpl R.Payne , N.S.W.Bushmen on first medal, much of naming on second medal erased, details noted 4??5 Pte J.???p. Gordo? Hi?hrs, last medal unnamed as issued. The named medals impressed. Court mounted, spotting on first two medals and surface marks on last medal, otherwise fine - good very fine. The first and third medals ex Noble Numismatics Sale 123 (lot 3634). Together with British Transvaal War, Success to Australian Imperl. Bushmen medalet, 1899-1900, in bronze (23mm) (C.1899-1900/15); book titled Steinaecker's Horsemen, South Africa 1899 - 1903, by William (Bill) Woolmore, published by South African Country Life, Barberton, South Africa, 2006, hardcover with dust jacket, 352pp with b&w photos and maps. Robert Payne, horse driver and bushman, born 02Nov1868 at Liverpool, UK (Australia stated on 1901 attestation form); Embarked London for Qld and arrived Brisbane 02May1889; Enlisted for service in South Africa and Emb.23Apr1900 from Sydney, NSW with A Coy NSW Imperial Bushmen; served in ops in Rhodesia, Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony; RTA and Disemb.17Jul1901 at Sydney, NSW and later discharged; Enl.26Nov1901 in Durban, Sth Africa in Steinaecker's Horse; Trooper No.1573 (Australian) Robert Payne was one of the 12 man contingent of Steinaecker's Horse to attend and ride in the 1902 Coronation parade; trf to South African Constabulary at Komati Port 03Jan1903; his QSA was issued from the NSW Imperial Bushmen's roll and his KSA was issued from the Steinaecker's Horsemen roll. With research by Mostly Unsung, medal rolls of NSW Imperial Bushmen and Steinaecker's Horse as well as the book, Steinaecker's Horsemen. Estimate: 1000 AUD |  |
Match 2:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2665 Price realized: 750 AUD (Approx. 492 USD / 451 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Group of Five: 1914 Star with Mons clasp; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19 with MID; Defence Medal 1939-45; Jubilee Medal 1935. Capt: C.R.B.Carrington. R.F.A. on first medal, Lt Col. C.R.B.Carrington. on second and third medals, Col: C.Carrington D.S.O., O.B.E., Wilts. H.G. on fourth medal, last medal unnamed as issued. All named medals impressed. Swing mounted, provision for one extra medal at the start and the last medal unmounted due to no ribbon, toned and the second and fourth medals with contact marks, otherwise fine - very fine. Entitled to DSO (LG 3/6/1916) and OBE (Military) in connection with services in the Home Guard. These awards would be unnamed so the above group could be restored to a group of seven. Went to France with original B.E.F. and took part in the retreat from Mons; was in Battle of Aisne, the Marne, Loos, the Somme and others; Mentioned-in-Despatches 5 times; won many point-to-points and steeplechases; CO of Artillery unit in 1st British Armoured Brigade. Estimate: 550 AUD |
Match 3:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2655 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Group of four and a single medal to brothers: Baltic Medal 1854-55; Crimea Medal 1854 - clasp - Sebastopol; Turkish Crimea Medal 1855-56 British issue; Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (VR)(type two). J.George Blake H.M.S.Tribune on second medal, Josh G.Blake Chf.Boats Mte H.M.Yt.Victoria & Albert on fourth medal. First and third medals unnamed, second and fourth engraved. Single medal: Crimea Medal 1854 - clasp - Sebastopol. C.William Blake H.M.S.Retribution. With original ribbons. Fine - very fine. With Certificate of Service in the Royal Navy, on vellum, for Joseph G.Blake, born 16Sept1839 at Wickham, Hampshire, confirming medals issued; and photo on card of J.G.Blake wearing the four medals. Estimate: 2000 AUD |  |
Match 4:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2657 Price realized: 2,600 AUD (Approx. 1,707 USD / 1,562 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CB Group of Four: The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion breast badge with brooch bar suspender; India General Service Medal 1854-95, - two clasps - Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89; Afghanistan Medal 1878-80; Coronation Medal 1911. First order unnamed as issued, Major F.W.Hemming 5th Dn Gds on second medal, Capt: F.W.Hemming. 5th D G. Gds on third medal, last medal unnamed. The named medals engraved, the second in script style. Heavy contact marks on the second and third medals, otherwise fine - extremely fine. Ex Barry Hibbard Collection from Status International Sale 256 (lot 9668). CB: Supplement to LG 23/5/1900, p3327 - Colonel (temporary Major-General) Frederick Wilson Hemming, Commanding Cavalry Brigade, Aldershot (temporarily). An obituary published in The Times, London read as follows. 'Major-General Frederick Wilson Hemming, C.B., who died at Brighton yesterday at the age of 84, was a cavalry officer of the old school, whose manners were as perfect as his seat on a horse. A veteran of the Second Afghan War, he was not a Staff College graduate, but qualified for staff employment by service in the field. From the number of personal appointments he held at different times he might have been described in his younger days as the perfect A.D.C. The son of Mr. F.Hemming, late of Lisar-hall, Londonderry, and Merrywood, Somerset, he was born in August, 1850, and after leaving Clifton purchased a cornetcy in the 4th Hussars in April, 1868. He joined his regiment in India and got his first step in October, 1871. In June, 1877, he became A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General F.F.Maude, V.C. - father of Sir Stanley Maude, the victor of Baghdad in the Great War - in the Bengal Command, and accompanied him on active service when the Second Afghan War began in 1878. Thus he was in the two Bazar Valley expeditions and gained brevet majority after having been promoted captain into the 5th Dragoon Guards in October, 1878. He rejoined his regiment at home at the end of 1879, and from April to December, 1881, was A.D.C. to Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, then commanding a brigade at Aldershot. In April, 1882, he went to the Eastern District as A.D.C. to Major-General Sir H.H.Clifford, V.C., but in September he returned to Aldershot on appointment in a similar capacity to the staff of Brigadier-General H.Rowlands, V.C. In March, 1883, he returned once more to regimental duty and received his promotion to major in December, again becoming A.D.C. to General Rowlands when the latter took over command in Madras in April, 1884. From December, 1885, to February, 1886, he was staff officer for Intelligence duties with the forces engaged in Upper Burma, and was then appointed Military Secretary to Sir C.G.Arbuthnot, Commander-in-Chief, Bombay, and afterwards Commander-in-Chief, Madras. Nevertheless Major Hemming saw more service in Burma, 1887-9, being twice mentioned in dispatches for his services there and gaining another brevet. In March, 1891, he left Madras and was promoted brevet colonel in December, 1894, going on half-pay in January, 1897. In the following March, however, he reached the substantive rank of colonel, and was appointed military attach� at Tokyo, but reverted to the half-pay list again in June, 1898. In October 1899 at the outbreak of the South African War, he gained command of the South-Eastern District Cavalry Brigade, and in February, 1900, that of the 1st Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot. The whole of this period was chiefly devoted to the training of the recruits who passed through the reserve squadrons and regimental depots. In 1900 he was created a C.B. He spent from April, 1903, to September, 1906, on half-pay, and then retired from the Army with the honoray rank of major-general. General Hemming married Ada Cecil, the second daughter of his chief, Sir Frederick Maude, in 1878; she died in 1886. The funeral service will be held at St. Mark's, Brighton, to-morrow, at 10.30.' With research. Estimate: 4200 AUD |  |
Match 5:
| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 134 | Auction date: 21 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 2814 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Group of Six: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Serice Medal 1939-45. 3018 S.A.Wilson on first two medals, N391172 S.A.Wilson on last four medals. The third and fourth medals are engraved, the other medals are impressed.; Pair: War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45. First medal unnamed, Q268153 A.G.Thompson on second medal. The named medal impressed.; Single: Victory Medal 1914-19. 3018. Pte. S.Wilson. 2 MG. AIF. Impressed. A swing mounted group of six, a pair and a single, the fourth ribbon in the group of six damaged, the pair of medals without ribbons, and the last medal with incorrect ribbon, fine - very fine. Together with Army Statement of Service for WWI for Private Sydney Wilson. WWI: Sidney Archibald Wilson, labourer, age 18, born at Blayney, NSW; Enl.05Apr1916 at Armidale, NSW; Emb.23Nov1916; various training as well as hospitalisations including with severe epilepsy; to 2MG Sqn 28Apr1918; to France 04May1918; WIA 16Jul1918 GSW back; RTA 27Jun1919; Disch.07Oct1919. WWII: now aged 39; Enl.06Apr1942 at Recruiting Depot E; Disch.13Nov1944 at own request on compassionate grounds, with 330 days on service outside Australia serving with Garrison Bn and CMF; on 31May1963 reported all WWI and WWII war medals lost and these were replaced. Perhaps the second Victory Medal 1914-19 that is correctly named, as Wilson only stated his name as Sidney Wilson on his WWI enlistment form, was found after replacements were issued. Alan George Thompson, born 05Jul1888 at London, England; Enl. at Clayfield, Qld; Appt Chaplain 20Jun1944; no overseas service; Disch.02Aug1946 as Captain ex AA CH D (116AGH). Estimate: 500 AUD |
