Vimy Militaria - Victorian Medals

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Two. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, and King's South Africa Medal 1901-1902 with clasps SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902. QSA named in slanted engraved capitals to 4417 Pvte. W.H. SWAN 7/Dn Gds, and KSA named in impressed capitals to 4417 PTE. W.H.SWANN. 7TH DRGN: GDS: William Henry Swann was born in St. Andrews, London, Middlesex in October 1870. He joined the 7th Dragoon Guards on a short service engagement on 9 September 1893. He was a shop assistant at the time of his enlistment, according to his two page engagement form, which confirms his surname was spelled SWANN, vice SWAN, suggesting an error in the naming of his QSA. Both medals and associated clasps are confirmed on the medal rolls. Otherwise unresearched.

Good VF Condition $400

Two. Family group. Father. Silver 1st Place Marksman Medal. Reverse engraved HANTS COUNTY WON BY I. J. BARNHILL 30th OCTr 1867. Isaac Logan Barnhill ( father of Jacob Lynds Barnhill ) was born 23 May 1836 in Belmont, Colchester County, Nova Scotia and moved as a young man to Shubenacadie, Hants County, Nova Scotia. He was a long serving militia man in the Hants County area. He served as a Sergeant in 1866 with the Shubenacadie Volunteer Company and was awarded the Canada General Service Medal with clasp Fenian Raid 1866 for his service. The 1885 Militia List shows him as a Captain with the 78th Colchester /Hants /Pictou Battalion. Barnhill passed away on 10 January 1911 and his obituary (copy included with medal) documents his skill as a marksman. He travelled to England with the Canadian team to international shooting events at Wimbledon and Bisley on three occasions, and was twice a member of the Canadian team that won the Kolapore Cup. It appears that this medal was won at the yearly match of the Nova Scotia Rifle Association, which traces its origins back to 1861. Son. Colonial Auxiliary Force Officers' Decoration (VRI). Named to CAPTAIN J. L. BARNHILL 78th REGIMENT. Jacob Lynds Barnhill was born in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia in 1859. He started his career as a teacher and joined the 78th Regiment (Colchester - Hants - Pictou Battalion of Infantry) in 1885. Period Militia lists show him as a 2nd Lieutenant with the unit in 1885, and indicate he was still serving as a Major in 1909. His name does not appear in the 1911 list; of note, the 78th was split into the 76th Colchester and Hants Rifles and 78th Pictou Highlanders in 1910, and it appears that Barnhill retired from militia service around this time. He was awarded his decoration on 11 June 1904, in General Order 83, page 247. In civilian life Barnhill became a lawyer, being admitted to the Bar in May 1884. He became very prominent in the legal profession in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as evidenced by his lengthy obituary, a copy of which accompanies the decoration. Barnhill passed away in November 1941. He is interred in Camphill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Good VF Condition $1750

One. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902. Named to 2773 PTE. T. DUCEY. K.R.R.C. With copy of medal roll indicating entitlement to clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State, which are not with the medal. Ducey died of disease on 3 April 1900 at Naauw Poort while serving with the 9th KRRC. Medal has had the suspension re-pinned, and it is badly edge-knocked, thus...

Fair Condition $150

One. Khedive's Sudan Medal with clasp KHARTOUM. Named to 4145 RIFN G. NICHOLLS. 2ND BN RIFLE BDE in engraved capital letters. Unresearched. Loose on clean modern ribbon.

VF Condition $500

One. East & West Africa 1887-1900 with clasp Sierra Leone 1898-99. Named to 824 PTE WUSANI, W.A.R.

VF Condition $475

One. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL. Named to 6832 PTE. F.G. HALLIDAY. 2ND RL: BERKS: REGT. Un-researched. Medal is loose and unmounted on short length of older ribbon.

Good VF Condition $250

One. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901. Named to 6439 PTE. T. KAY D. OF C. L.I. Court-mounted on original ribbon stiffened by card. With copy of medal roll confirmation of award, and a researcher's letter indicating that a 6437 Pte T. Kay, likely the same man, died of disease at Middleburg on 12 November 1901.

Good VF Condition $250

Four. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-20, and Victory Medal. QSA named 378 TPR. G.J.W. MCTURK. S.A.C., and trio named RFM. G.J.W. MCTURK 4TH S.A.M.R. With electronic copy of medal roll entries for QSA and clasps, but otherwise un-researched. Previously sold in Jeffrey Hoare Sale #58, 21 Februsry 1998, as lot# 2187. Medals are loose on modern ribbons.

Good VF Condition $550

One. Egypt Medal 1882-89 (undated reverse) without clasp. Named in impressed capitals to J. TOWNSEND, LDG SEAMn, H.M.S. BRITON. John Townshend was born on 18 September 1859 in Pill Newport, Monmouth, Wales. He joined the Royal Navy on 18 September 1877, serving with HMS Impregnable, Impacable, Resistance, Royal Adelaide, Sirius, Bellerophon, Tover, Valiant, Hector, Britomart, Briton and Duncan. Copy service record with medal indicates Townsend was discharged 'dead' 3 January 1886 while serving on H.M.S. Duncan; copy medal roll indicates that his medal was sent to his widow on 12 January 1888.

Good VF Condition $250

Family group. Father. India Mutiny Medal 1857-59, Crimea Medal 1854-56 with clasp Sebastopol, and Turkish Crimea Medal. India Mutiny is renamed in engraved capitals J. MOLAND; Crimea is named in engraved capitals PTE JAMES MOLAND 1377 1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS (the letters AGOON in DRAGOONS are heavily rubbed and indistinct), and Turkish Crimea is named PR JAMES MOLAND 1377 1ST ROYAL DRAGOONS (the letters AGOON in DRAGOONS are heavily rubbed and instinct). Unresearched. Son: Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps CAPE COLONY, TUGELA HIGHTS, RELIEF OF LADYSMITH, TRANSVAAL and LAING'S NEK, King's South Africa Medal 1901-1902 with clasps SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902; British War Medal 1914-20, Meritorious Service Medal (GV) with CANADA reverse, and Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. QSA named 18263 GNR. P.H. MOLAND. R.G.A., KSA same number, inits, name, unit but rank BOMB, BWM named 222779 A.SJT. P.H. MOLAND, 85-CAN. INF., MSM named S/SGT. P.H. MOLAND. R.C.A.P.C., and PFEBS LSGC named PRIVATE H. MOLAND. C.O.C. Philip Henry Moland served in the British Army and the Canadian Permanent Force for 27 years, with 6 years in the British Army including his service in South Africa. A clerk in civilian life, he served as a clerk in the Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps and the Canadian Ordnance Corps. KSA has some EKs at 6 o'clock, and all medals are well polished and show signs of wear, to be expected for a Permanent Force senior NCO who would have worn his medals frequently. Moland's MSM award was published in General Order 113 of 1938, and his medal is one of one of only approximately 90 issued with GV effigy, out of approximately 165 issued with the 'CANADA' reverse. A very scarce 'CANADA' reverse MSM group to a long serving Permanent Force NCO.

VF Condition $2800

One. King's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902. Named to 10967 DVR. G. STUART. A.S.C.. Un-researched. Medal is unmounted with older original quality ribbon. Some edge knocks but otherwise...

VF Condition $140

One. Canada General Service Medal with bar "Fenian Raid 1866". Named to Cpl. G.H. Cutlip 1st Halifax. V.A. George Henry Cutlip served in the 1st Halifax Volunteer Artillery which was called up for service from 6 June to 31 July 1866. The medal roll indicates that Cutlip performed guard duty at Ordnance and participated in nightly harbour patrols by steamer with 1 gun, 1 Sgt. and 7 men of the battery on board. He received his medal in August 1900. The rolls for the CGS held at Library and Archives Canada show that Cutlip was one of 54 men in his unit who received the medal. A copy of Cutlip's obituary that accompanies the hard copy research file with the medal shows that he was a painter by profession, and notes that he passed away on 22 October 1909. Medal is toned black on short length of original ribbon.

EF Condition $750

One. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps 'CAPE COLONY', 'ORANGE FREE STATE', 'TRANSVAAL'. Named to 71913 GNR: C. MACKIE. 14:S.D, R.G.A. Un-researched. Loose on clean older ribbon.

EF Condition $225

One. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasp 'ORANGE FREE STATE'. Named to 5380 PTE. J. WHITE. RL: LANC: REGT. Copy medal roll with the medal indicates that White served with the 3rd Bn Rl Lanc Regt and was also entitled to the clasp 'CAPE COLONY'. Otherwise un-researched. Loose on modern ribbon with tape residue on reverse, one large EK near name of unit.

VF Condition $200

One. India General Service Medal 1854-95 with clasp 'PEGU'. Un-named. Loose on older faded original ribbon. Un-researched.

Good VF Condition $250

One. Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal(VR). Named to E.T.J. TURNER H.M.S. COAST GUARD. On short length of worn original ribbon.

Good VF Condition $240

One. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasp 'CAPE COLONY'. Named to 3327 PTE. J. DAVIS. DERBY: REGT. Un-researched. Loose on short piece of modern ribbon.

Good VF Condition $200

One. Royal Canadian Humane Association Medal. Engraved on reverse "Awarded to Gilbert Gilmour for conspicuous courage in saving a man from drowning in the River St Lawrence in September 1903". Accompanied by copies of some period newspaper clippings from the Montreal Gazette of 3 September and 24 December 1903, which describe the circumstances of Gilmour's act of bravery. The rescue for which he received this award took place on 2 September 1903 near Longue Pointe in Montreal's East End. Gilmour was in a rowing skiff at the time of the incident, and spent about 15 minutes rescuing the man, who had suffered from cramps while bathing nearer to shore and had been swept downstream. The drowning man resisted Gilmour's attempts to save him, striking the latter in the face at one point with his elbow and almost knocking him unconscious. Gilmour apparently saved another man from drowning sometime in the previous month, and the rescue for which this medal was awarded was his fifth. Medal suspender is loose and moves freely around the circumference of the medal, and could benefit from being crimped. The medal is missing its ribbon, and has some verdegris on the obverse, but is otherwise in ...

F Condition $875

One. Royal Navy Long Service and Conduct Medal (VR). Named to HENRY JOHNS LG. SHIPWt. H.M.S. WILDFIRE. Un-researched, other than a short note indicating that Henry Johns was Welsh, and originally from Vars Market, Pembrokeshire. Loose on clean older ribbon.

Good VF Condition $250

One. King's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps 'SOUTH AFRICA 1901', 'SOUTH AFRICA 1902'. Named in impressed capitals to 3635 PTE. J. KAY. SCOT: RIFLES. Un-researched. Court-mounted on card on clean newer ribbon.

Good VF Condition $150

One. India General Service Medal 1854-1895 with clasp "BURMA 1885-87". Named to 770 Pte. J. Davies 1st Bn R.W. Fus. in engraved running script. Un-researched. Loose on older silk ribbon.

Good VF Condition $250

One. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps "CAPE COLONY", "ORANGE FREE STATE", "SOUTH AFRICA 1901", "SOUTH AFRICA 1902". Named to 5439 PTE. S. HAIR. HIGHLAND. L.I. in impressed capitals. Unresearched. Medal is loose on clean new ribbon.

Good VF Condition $250

One. Egypt Medal 1882-89 (undated reverse). Named to C. BONNING, PTE. R.M.L.I. Chaarles Bonning was born on 23 January 1846 at Ilminster, Somerset, and was working as a flax dresser before he enlisted in the Royal Marines on 20 February 1864. He was appointed Private in 27 Company and served at Plymouth Headquarters until 8 February 1866 when he embarked on HMS INDUS. He returned to Plymouth Division on 1 October 1868 and embraked on HMS LIFFEY for the Flying Squadron-World Cruise from 1869-1870. His other ships included WARRIOR, CALEDONIA, and AGINCOURT. He served in the Royal Marine Battalion Egypt from 9 February 1884 until 20 November 1884, when he was invalided at Suakin, and he was in hospital before being returned to England on 26 December 1884. He completed 21 years of service and was discharged 27 February 1885. With copy of medal roll confirming Egypt Medal, service record, and summary of service. Medal is suspended on older slightly stained ribbon.

VF Condition $300

One. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps 'CAPE COLONY', 'ORANGE FREE STATE', 'TRANSVAAL'. Named to 79616 GNR. A.H. WOOD. 6TH E.D., R.G.A. in impressed capitals. Service number officially corrected. Unresearched. Medal is loose on clean new ribbon.

Good VF Condition $175

Two. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps "CAPE COLONY","ORANGE FREE STATE", "TRANSVAAL", "SOUTH AFRICA 1901" and "SOUTH AFRICA 1902" and British War Medal 1914-20. Named to 4799 PTE. W. NIGHTINGALE. 7TH HUSSARS on QSA, and to 228862 A. SJT. W. NIGHTINGALE 92-CAN. INF. on BWM. William Nightingale was born 1 March 1881 in Middlesex, England. He was married and working as a coachman in Montreal when he joined the 1st Reinforcing Company, 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada at Montreal on 21 August 1916. He noted on enrollment that he had served 8 years with the 7th Hussars, and an additional 4 years in the Reserves. Nightingale served in the 92nd Battalion CEF in England only, and the BWM represents his full medal entitlement for his First World War service. His service with the 7th Hussars is unresearched. Medals are loose and unmounted on older ribbons.

Good VF Condition $475

Two. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with clasps "TRANSVAAL", "SOUTH AFRICA 1902", and British War Medal 1914-20. Named to 171 PTE. A. BERRY. CANADIAN M.R. on QSA, and to 190174 PTE. A.E. BERRY 91-CAN. INF. on BWM. Albert Edward Berry as born in St. Thomas, Ontario on 31 October 1880. He stated on attestation to the Canadian Expeditionary Force that he had previously served in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment for a year, and the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, serving in South Africa for one year. He earned the Queen's South Africa Medal for the latter service. On his enrollment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Berry gave his civilian trade as 'woodturner', and also noted that he had served in the 25th Elgin Regiment for 10 years, holding the rank of Sergeant. He was married, and his wife, Mrs. Eulia Berta Berry, was living at 53 West Avenue in St. Thomas, with their three children, when he attested in the 91st Battalion on 24 March 1916. Berry arrived in England in July 1916, but medical issues (rheumatoid arthritis in his right hip and knee) led to him being medically discharged and returned to Canada in October 1916, with the BWM his full medal entitlement for his service. Medals are loose and unmounted on relatively clean older ribbons; the QSA has been plated, and the BWM silvered.

Good VF Condition $1050