Miscellaneous 546
2nd Norfolk Artillery Volunteers’ Medal, 32mm, silver, the obverse featuring four artillerymen standing by a cannon with regimental standard, the reverse embossed ‘Hony. Member 2nd Norfolk Artillery Volunteers’ within wreath, unnamed, fitted with scroll suspender, complete with stick-pin from top riband bar, extremely fine
£50-£70
547
3rd Volunteer Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Marksman’s Medal, 32mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the regimental crest and embossed ‘Charles Thomas Volunteer Prize Fund’, the reverse embossed ‘3rd V.B. Gloucestershire Regiment, Marksman’ and engraved ‘1902 Corpl. A. A. Forty’, with claw and small ring suspension, minor edge bruising, very fine
£50-£70 Provenance: Brigadier Brian Parritt Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2007. The 3rd Battalion Gloucester Regiment was raised in Bristol in February 1900 and served in South Africa during the Boer War.
548
Manchester Rifle Regiment Reward of Merit 1804, gold, 31mm, obverse engraved with strung bugle ‘Reward of Merit’ above, ‘Mr Jno. Holdsworth’ below; reverse inscribed ‘Manchefter Rifle Regt. March 1804’, fitted with loop and small ring for suspension, good very fine
£300-£400 Referenced in Balmer V608, similar but 26mm, awarded to Mr J. Horsfall.
549
Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal 1899-1900, obverse, shield, ‘Borough of Portsmouth’, reverse, inscribed, ‘Naval Brigade, South Africa 1899-1900; North China 1900’, unnamed, 27mm., silver and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1902, the reverse with brooch fittings, otherwise good very fine
£80-£120
550
2nd Cruiser Squadron Medal 1908, 14 clasps, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Ladysmith, East London, Port Elizabeth, Simonstown, Capetown, St. Helena, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, Buenos Aires, unnamed as issued, complete with detached top suspension brooch, extremely fine and scarce with full tally of clasps £200-£300
551
Memorial Plaque (2) (William Gordon Low; James Robertson) small spots of verdigris to first, nearly very fine and better (2)
£60-£80
William Gordon Low was born in Brechin, Forfarshire, and attested for the Royal Scots at Edinburgh. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 February 1915, was advanced Company Sergeant Major, and was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 9 July 1917). He was killed in action on 24 May 1917, aged 23; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Numerous men with the name James Robertson are listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.
552
Memorial Plaque (Edwin John Miller) good very fine
£60-£80
Edwin John Miller was born in Hove, Sussex, and attested for the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) in London. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 August 1914, and was killed in action on 31 October 1914. He is buried in Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.
553
Memorial Plaque (Gert Johannes Jacobus Lubbe) good very fine M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919.
£100-£140
The original Recommendation states: ‘On 17 October during the attack on Le Cateau this soldier showed great resourcefulness and bravery. Strong uncut enemy wire was met with which for a time held up the advance. Private Lubbe brought his Lewis Gun into action in the open under heavy machine gun fire and cut a large enough gap to allow his Company to get through and the advance to be continued. Throughout the operation this soldier showed magnificent gallantry, being left alone to handle his gun, his section leader and all his team having become casualties.’
Gert Johannes Jacobus Lubbe served in ‘D’ Company, 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment) in German South West Africa. He subsequently enlisted in the 3rd South African Infantry and served on the Western Front. He was wounded (gunshot wound to the legs) on 11 April 1917 and subsequently gassed three times on 19 March 1918, 4 May 1918 and 9 July 1918. On 18 October 1918 he received a gunshot wound in the knee, which proved fatal the same day. He was awarded the M.M. for gallantry in action on the day before he died.
Sold together with original (damaged) slip that accompanied the plaque, addressed to his next of kin; and copied research.
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