MISCELLANEOUS 785 A Worshipful Company of Musicians pair of medals awarded to Band Corporal George James Steele
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MUSICIANS MEDALLION, obverse: a female figure in classical garments, holding a harp; reverse: arms of the company, 55mm., silver (Band Corporal George James Steele); another smaller medal, 24mm., silver, unnamed, with ribbon and silver brooch bar, the two in slightly worn fitted case of issue, the lid, inscribed, ‘Presented to Band Corporal George James Steele by the Worshipful Company of Musicians 29th October 1929’, extremely fine and attractive (2)
£70-90 786
‘GREAT BRITISH REGIMENTS’, Birmingham Mint limited edition cased set no. 1652, consisting of 52 frosted silver medallions, 45mm., dia., each approx. 44g., each bearing the name of a regiment with a depiction of an action on the obverse and further details on the reverse, each bearing hallmarks for Birmingham 1977 on the edge; together with 52 base metal copy cap badges for each regiment; the medals and badges mounted on two trays and contained within a wooden presentation case, 540 x 358 x 132mm., with gilt plaque and fittings, with lock and key, extremely fine (lot)
£1000-1200
With card leaflets on each of the regiments; together with a Birmingham Mint ‘Collector’s Book’. Note: this is a heavy lot.
787
COPY MEDALS: Victoria Cross (9); George Cross (2); Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Flying Cross (2); Air Force Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (2); Air Crew Europe Star; Gulf Medal 1990-91 (2), 1 clasp, 16 January to 28 February 1991, of varying quality, some marked ‘copy’, very fine and better (21)
£50-80 788
BOOKLET: King George V Long and Faithful Service Medal, institution and regulation booklet; CASES (35) including: Order of the British Empire (3), C.B.E. (military) 1st type; C.B.E. (civil) 2nd type; O.B.E. (civil) 2nd type; Order of St. John (5), various, one damaged; Royal Victorian Medal; Royal Household Medal; foreign medal cases (11); medallion cases (5) one damaged, generally good condition (36)
£10-20 789
AN INTERESTING ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL PAPERS, relating to Lieutenant-Colonel James G. P. Hefferman, D.S.O., M.C., Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, some damaged but generally good condition (lot)
£60-80
D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘T/Major, 1st Battn. R. Dub. Fus.’ M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘T./Capt., R. Dub. Fus.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917.
Papers include: letter of admission to the Royal Military Academy, 10 January 1911; Commission Documents (2) appointing him a 2nd Lieutenant in the Special Reserve of Officers, 5 March 1913 and a 2nd Lieutenant in the Land Forces, 17 September 1914; bestowal document for the Distinguished Service Order, 3 June 1919, with accompanying letter; War Office letter, 14 August 1920 concerning his Army rank; Russian letters (3), dated 1919, two with translations; bestowal document for the Coronation Medal 1953, to ‘Colonel J. Hefferman’; letter to ‘James Heffernan Esq (sic), 1625 Delorimier Avenue, Montreal’ from the Belgian Ambassador, dated Ottawa, 20 September 1949; damaged newspaper clipping announcing ‘Lt. Col. James Heffernan, chairman of Canadian Legion provincial command’s employment and rehabilitation committee was awarded the Legion Medal of Merit ....’; some notes on the Hefferman/Heffernan family and a photograph of Heffernan.
Translation of Russian letters:
‘18 October 1919, No. 2131 Novocherkassk’ ‘Chairman of the Council of the Heads of the Departments of the Government of the Grand Don Army Region’ ‘Certification: The Government of the Grand Don Army certifies that the bearer is indeed a member of the English Mission. Major Heffenen is on assignment for the British Government for liaison with the Government of the Grand Don Army. All government premises, institutions and persons are obliged to provide Major Heffernan with every assistance in fulfilment of his assigned duties.’ The above certified by signature and seal of Major General Alferov.
‘1 December 1919, No. 75714 Kaledinsk’ ‘Memorandum - From: Senior Officer for special duties of the Quartermaster General. To: Officer of the British Mission. Re: Location of the reserve brigade of the 3 Corps.’ ‘The reserve brigade of the 3rd Don Corps is presently enroute in march formation to the Kaledinsk Rayon for billeting in the nearest village. The exact time of arrival of the brigade in Kaledinsk is unknown. Tomorrow, that being December 2, the brigade will advance on Velitskoye, which is 6 versts southwest of Chertkovo, where the brigade will camp the night.’ ‘Officer of the Operational Department’.
790
LETTER, dated 4 June 1916, from a worker at the Royal Aircraft Factory to his sweetheart - hand-written on three sides of two sheets of ‘R.A.F. Farnborough, Hants’ headed paper - the writer makes a passing reference to the losses suffered at the battle of Jutland, good condition (2)
£10-20 791
COMMISSION DOCUMENT, appointing Frederick Baldwin Childe, a Second Lieutenant, Coldstream Guards Supplementary Reserve of Officers, 30 May 1930, good condition
£30-40
Frederick Baldwin Childs was born in 1907, a son of Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Childe, of Roundhay, Oxford. He was educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards Supplementary Reserve in 1930 and attained the rank of Major in 1944.
With a passport photograph of the recipient and a letter to him from Kelly’s Handbook, dated 23 September 1953 with an amended copy of his entry for that book.
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