Miniature Medals 639 The group of three miniature dress medals attributed to Captain R. B. Creyke, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria; Baltic 1854-55; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, mounted on triple ribbon brooch bar with steel pin for wearing, nearly extremely fine (3)
£200-£300
Richard Boynton Creyke entered the Navy in July, 1829, as first-class volunteer, and served in the Bellerophon, as a Mate,during the operations on and off the coast of Syria, and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean D’
Acre.In February 1855 he was appointed First Lieutenant of the Merlin, attached to the Baltic fleet, and was present at the bombardment of Sweaborg; for his services on this occasion he was strongly recommended by the Commander-in-Chief to the favourable consideration of their lordships, and was promoted to the rank of Commander.
For the recipient’s full size medals, see Lot 247. 640
Waterloo 1815, 22mm, silver (... Chas. Gregorie 13th. Dra...ns) contemporarily engraved in running script, with ball and ring suspension, edge bruising, heavily polished and worn, therefore about fair, the reverse better
£240-£280
Charles Gregorie was initially commissioned Ensign in the Coldstream Guards, and was promoted Captain, by purchase, in the 2nd Ceylon Regiment on 4 August 1808. He exchanged into the 72nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot the following month, before transferring as Captain to the 6th Dragoon Guards on 10 May 1810, and then to the 13th Light Dragoons on 20 June 1811. He served with the 13th Light Dragoons in the Peninsula from September 1811 to January 1814, and was present at the actions at Arroyo dos Molinos, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, and Garris (awarded the Military General Service Medal with three clasps), as well as during the Waterloo Campaign, 16 -18 June 1815. Later transferring to the 22nd Light Dragoons, he retired by sale of his commission on 14 September 1820. He died in Florence, Tuscany, on 16 October 1858.
641
George Cross; The Royal Victorian Order, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (2), C. B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type badge, silver; The Imperial Service Order (2),
G.VI.R., silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; E.II.R., silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue, T. & A.V.R., generally good very fine, the last a numismatic impossibility! (8)
£60-£80
The T. & A.V.R. suspension bar was not introduced to the Efficiency Medal until 1969, 15 years after the medal changed from the 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ issue to the 2nd ‘Dei Gratia’ issue.
642
An unattributed M.B.E. pair of miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type badge, silver; British War Medal 1914 -20, mounted as worn; together with three miniature Silver War Badge lapel badges, good very fine
A Prussian group of four miniature dress medals Germany, Prussia, Railway Long Service Decoration, for 25 Years’ service, silver; Order of the Crown, gilt and enamel, lacking reverse central medallion; Order of the Red Eagle, silver and enamel; War Aid Merit Cross, zinc, mounted as worn continental-style form a gilt chain with fixing pins at each end, generally very fine (9)
£70-£90 643
An unattributed Great War D.C.M. group of five miniature dress medals Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband; Jubilee 1935, mounted as worn in this order, very fine
British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, generally very fine (14)
£50-£70 644
1914 Star, with clasp; 1914-15 Star (2); British War Medal 1914-20 (3); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3); General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., no clasp; 1939-45 Star (3); Atlantic Star (2); Africa Star (2); Pacific Star; Italy Star (2); Defence Medal (4); War Medal 1939-45 (4); Coronation 1911; Special Constabulary L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue; Malta George Cross 50th Anniversary Medal 1992, mounted as seven separate groups, generally very fine and better (31)
£60-£80 645
United States of America, Army Distinguished Service Medal; Purple Heart; Air Medal; Allied Victory Medal, 1 clasp, Foreign Service; Army of Occupation Medal; American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic- Pacific Campaign Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; together with a full-sized ‘Sharpshooter’s’ Cross, silver, with top riband bar; and a N. S. Meyer, New York, card box of issue for a miniature award, generally good very fine (11)
£40-£50
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