Miscellaneous 785
A Portrait Miniature of Captain T. A. Mein, 18th and 37th Regiments, Native Infantry.
A fine quality portrait miniature, watercolour on ivory, 93mm x 78mm, unsigned, but believed to be by William Owen, R.A., housed in a small rectangular glazed wooden frame, good condition
£200-£300
Thomas Alexander Mein was born in Fowey, Cornwall on 15 June 1788, the eldest son of Dr. Thomas Mein, M.D., R.N., of Eildon Hall, Roxburghshire, and was appointed a Cadet in the Honourable East India Company’s Service in 1806. He arrived in India on 1 August 1807, and was commissioned Ensign on 21 August 1807. Posted to the 18th Regiment Native Infantry in 1809, he was promoted Lieutenant on 23 March 1811, and served during the Third Mahratta War. Promoted Captain, he transferred to the 37th Regiment (late 2/18th) Regiment, Native Infantry in May 1824, and retired on 10 December 1831. He died on 29 March 1835.
786 787
Princess Mary Christmas 1914 Gift Tin, complete with original packets of tobacco and 20 monogrammed cigarettes; and Princess Mary Christmas Card, very good condition
£100-£140
Cases of Issue: The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion, by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd., London; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (4), C.B.E., Commander, by Garrard, London, additionally embossed ‘Mily.’, lacking insert and inside inscribed in biro; O.B.E., Officer (3), one by Garrard, London; and two by Royal Mint, all additionally embossed ‘Mily.’, mould damage to last; Distinguished Service Cross, by Garrard, London; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), by Garrard, London; Royal Victorian Medal, unmarked; together with an empty Princess Mary Christmas Tin 1914, the leather slightly torn on the RVM case, otherwise generally good condition (9)
£100-£140 788 789
Riband bar for the Victoria Cross, together with the miniature cross emblem, one of the tiny retaining clips missing otherwise very good condition
£30-£40
Victoria Cross, a replica manufactured by Hancocks, London, the reverse embossed ‘Replica Victoria Cross supplied by Hancocks & Co. (Jewellers) Ltd. for Display Purposes’, nearly extremely fine
£100-£140
Hancocks & Co. Ltd. have been (and still are) the official manufacturers of the Victoria Cross since its institution in 1856 to the present day. This particular replica is believed to date from the 1960s.
790
Copy and Defective Medals (4): Victoria Cross, copy; British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, 1 clasp, Rundum, edge stamped ‘copy’; British North Borneo Company Medal 1898-1900, 1 clasp, Tambunan, silver issue, edge stamped, ‘copy’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (77. Trooper C. Cohen. S.A. C.) renamed, last with scratches to obverse field, therefore nearly very fine, the copy medals extremely fine (4) £60-£80
791
Four contemporary tailor’s copy clasps representative of the entitlement for the Naval General Service 1793-1814 awarded to Captain B. Reynolds, R.N. The clasps being: Amazon 13 Jany. 1797, 29 Aug Boat Service 1800, Java and Syria, neatly rivetted together, on a contemporary riband, with silver top riband bar, toned, good condition £200-£300
The N.G.S. was sold at Glendining’s in March 1996, and is known to be held in a private collection. 792
Copy Second World War Clasps (31): Battle of Britain (4); Air Crew Europe (4); France and Germany; France & Germany; Atlantic (6); 1st Army (2); 8th Army (3); North Africa 1942-43 (4); Burma (4); Pacific (2), of varying qualities of manufacture, generally very fine (31)
£70-£90 793
Defective Medal: Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Fort Detroit (Gunda Mootee. Warrior.) naming unofficially re-impressed, suspension re-fixed, nearly very fine
£200-£300
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