A positively attributed Officer's 'Home Front' & Cadet Forces long service pair of miniature medals: Flying Officer Frederick Beresford Dudley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch) 

- Defence Medal
- Cadet Forces Long Service Medal. GVI issue (Fg. Off. F.B. Dudley. R.A.F.V.R.(T)

Frederick Beresford Dudley son of Edgar John Dudley (a Telegraph and Electric Light Assistant Draughtsman & Estimator, with North Staffordshire Railway Company) and Annie Dudley (nee Hilditch) was a native of Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, where he was born in 1903. A...  read more

Code: 25476

A Metropolitan Police Second World War 'Home Defence' and Police Long service medal pair: Sergeant Frederick Denis Plummer, Metropolitan Police

- Defence Medal
- Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. EIIR 1st issue (Sergt. Frederick D. Plummer)

Frederick Denis Plummer, son of Frederick Plummer (a Shepherd / Farm Worker) and Jane Plummer (nee Wyatt)  was a native of, Shirburn near Thane, Oxfordshire, England, where was born on, 7 December 1909. At the time of the compilation of the 1911 National Census for Engl...  read more

Code: 25474

An Infantryman casualty campaign medal pair for the Korean War, to a soldier who later died in Germany: Private Raymond Heslop, 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Wounded-in-Action: Private R. Heslop 1is Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry, is confirmed being 'Wounded-in-Action' in Korea, reference the War Office casualty list published in 'The Times' newspaper issue of 8 December 1951

Died-in-Service, Germany: Private Raymond Heslop (born 1931) is confirmed to have died in Germany on 25 May 1953, while serving there with his battal...  read more

Code: 25473

Played for Hearts, followed Celtic, fought Chinese, Koreans and likely 'Dropped a Mau Mau' all achieved by the time he turned Twenty : Private John 'Johnnie' McAuslan, 1st Battalion Black Watch

Minor official correction of single letter 'C' in surname - and a common occurrence with this particular campaign medal issue, and exactly as issued

- Korea Medal 1950-53 (22574296 Pte. J. McAuslan. B.W.)
- United Nations Service Medal: With clasp 'Korea'

Medals Verification: The medal rolls for post 1948 campaigns are not yet in the public domain, however b...  read more

Code: 25472

Turkey: Crimea Medal 1855. With 'Sardinia' flag reverse

Medal plugged at 12 o'clock. with Crimea type swivel suspension. This latter with loose suspension clip

Un-named as issued

With 'Sardinian Flag' in centre reverse

The medal fitted with a silver claw with loose claw & swivel scroll suspension

Condition: About VF  read more

Code: 25468

India General Service Medal 1854. Silver issue with clasp 'N.E. Frontier 1891 (1804 Rifleman Guman Singh Thapa 1st Bn 2nd Gurkha Regt)

The recipient was a Nepalese soldier of Gurkha ethnicity and Hindu faith from Western Nepal, holding the rank of Rifleman while serving with the 1st Battalion 2nd  (The Prince of Wales's Own) Gurkha (Rifle) Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles) of the Bengal Army

On 1 January 1948, the descendent 1/2 Gurkha Rifles transferred to the British Army

The campaign in the North E...  read more

Code: 25464

India General Service Medal 1895-1902. Edward VII obverse. Silver issue with clasp 'Waziristan 1901-02' (2461 Duffr Kale Singh 5th Punjab Cavy)

The recipient was an Indian soldier of the Sikh faith holding the rank of Duffadar (Sergeant) with the 5th Punjab Cavalry Regiment of the British Indian Army

Per the official despatch of Major-General C. C. Egerton  dated Abbottabad, 15 March 1902, it is recorded that the 5th Punjab Cavalry were deployed from the very start of the operations during the Waziristan Campaign of 1901...  read more

Code: 25459

India General Service Medal 1895-1902. Silver. Victorian issue with 2 x clasps 'Punjab Frontier 1897-98' & 'Tirah 1897-98' (3556. Pte R. Thorne. 1st Bn Som: Lt Infy:)

Rare to regiment clasp: The 'Tirah 1897-98' clasp is extremely rare to the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry - and only an estimated 17 x 'Tirah 1897-98' clasps issued to men of the battalion who served on attachment / secondment away from their parent battalion during the Tirah, North West Frontier campaigns of 1897-1898

Medal & Clasps Verification: This medal and 2 x clasps...  read more

Code: 25458

Queens South Africa Medal. Silver issue & 3 x clasps 'Cape Colony', 'South Africa 1901' & 'South Africa 1902' (37314 Pte L. Keill. Lovat's Scouts.)

Medal is officially impressed, and as issued showing surname 'Keill' (sic) - it should be Keil - and as wrongly shown on the respective campaign medal roll. A clerical error, with the medal being issued as transcribed from the medal roll

Clasps are in a 3 x clasp riveted block are loose on riband - and typical for medals awarded to this particular regiment (with majority of medal...  read more

Code: 25455

Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902. Silver issue with 6 x clasps, 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', 'Johannesburg', 'Diamond Hill', 'Belfast' & 'South Africa 1901' (25637 Sapr T.J. Gallagher. Rl: Engineers.)

The recipient was an Irishman who served in the South African War with 12th Company Royal Engineers

Medal and clasps verification: The medal with all 6 x clasps to Sapper Gallagher, is confirmed as entitled per the respective campaign medal roll of the 12th Company Royal Engineers (ref WO 100/156) that was compiled and signed in South Africa. The latter medal roll entry with rema...  read more

Code: 25454