1966 British Empire & Commonwealth Games Pin Badge
£45.00A rare 1966 British Empire & Commonwealth Games England Team Pin Badge
The 66 games were held at Kingston, Jamaica
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1970 British Empire & Commonwealth Games Pin Badge
£35.00A rare British Empire & Commonwealth Games enamel pin badge
Edinburgh Scotland 1970
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A Great War M.C. & Territorial Decoration Group First London (City of London) Brigade RFA
£1,375.00A Great War M.C. & Territorial Decoration Group of 5 awarded to Colonel Henry John Percy Oakley First London (City of London) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Awarded the M.C. in 1917, he later commanded the 90th (City of London) Field Brigade of the Royal Artillery (T.A.) between 1927 and 1933, and was Honorary Colonel of the Brigade jointly with the Lord Mayor after 1938 and into WW2, comprising: Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. J. P. Oakley. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1919, the latter with bronze ‘M.i.D.’ spray of oakleaves upon ribbon (Capt. H. J. P. Oakley.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Medal court-mounted on bar as worn, with matching set of miniatures, a very good contemporary watercolour portrait of the recipient, in uniform, during the Great War, and a black and white portrait photograph of the recipient, in uniform, c.1926, old dark tone, extremely fine (12) M.C.: London Gazette: 1 January, 1917 (New Year Honours)T.D.: London Gazette: 5 February, 1926M.i.D.: London Gazette: 20 December, 1918Colonel Henry John Percy Oakley (1878-1942) was born on 22 September 1878 in the City of London. A proud ‘cockney’, he was educated at Birkbeck School, and afterwards joined the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company - where he would in fact remain as an employee for his entire ‘civilian’ career.
He was made a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1905, and after an initial period of service as Squadron Quartermaster-Serjeant with the City of London (Rough Riders) Yeomanry, he was appointed Second Lieutenant with the 1st London (City of London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 14 February 1914, just prior to the Great War.Mobilised for service in the Great War, he landed in France and Flanders on 3 October 1915, was promoted to Lieutenant and then received the Military Cross on 1 January 1917. Promoted to Captain on 3 September 1917, he was appointed Staff Captain attached to Headquarter Units on 15 March 1918 (attached to the 40th Division R.A.) in which position he remained until the end of the war.After the war he served on the Council of the Institute of Actuaries almost continuously from 1921 (and was elected President in 1939) but retained his interest in the Territorials. He was promoted to Major with the 90th (City of London) Field Brigade R.A. (T.A.) on 24 June 1921, and was awarded his T.D. on 5 February 1926, after which he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel (11 November 1927) and placed in command of his unit between 1927 to 1933.
Retiring from this position on completion of his tenure on 1 November 1933, he was appointed as Honorary Colonel of the Brigade jointly with the Lord Mayor after 1938 and early on in WW2, apparently also undertaking duties with the Thames Valley Home Guard by family repute.He continued to be employed by the ‘North British’ in his civilian career, rising to the position of ‘Actuary and Life Manager’ in his latter years. At the time of his death on 3 February 1942, he was Military Member of the Council, and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the City of London Territorial Army Association.
See his son's medals Major J.L.D Oakley also available for purchase.
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Contemporary WWI India General Service Miniature Group
£55.00-1914-15 Trio
-India General Service 1908 clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919
-WWII Defence Medal
Mounted for wear, unnamed as issued.
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Devonshire Regiment 16th Battalion Home Guard WWII Medallion
£25.00Approx 50mm diameter
Inscribed on reverse- 16th Bn. Devonshire Regt. HG. Bombing Competition, highest individual score, Lt. W. C. Heywood 21.2.43
Unusual item with Devonshire Home Guard interest
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Dunkirk Veteran's Association Car Badge
£25.00Please email if you would like to arrange standard postage instead of special delivery for higher value items as shown
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Empire Mining & Metal Lurgical Congress London 1924 Lapel Badge
£35.00Measures approx 42 x 30mm
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Messina Earthquake Medal 1908
£145.00Unnamed as issued
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The 1908 Messina earthquake (also known as the 1908 Messina and Reggio earthquake) and tsunami took about 123,000 lives on December 28, 1908, in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy. The major cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria were almost completely destroyed.
On December 28, 1908 from about 05:20 to 05:21 an earthquake of 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale occurred centered on the of city Messina, in Sicily. Reggio on the Italian mainland also suffered heavy damage. The ground shook for some 30 to 40 seconds, and the destruction was felt within a 300-kilometer (186-mile) radius. Moments after the earthquake, a 12-meter (39-foot) tsunami struck nearby coasts, causing even more devastation; 91% of structures in Messina were destroyed and some 70,000 residents were killed.
Rescuers searched through the rubble for weeks, and whole families were still being pulled out alive days later, but thousands remained buried there. Buildings in the area had not been constructed for earthquake resistance, having heavy roofs and vulnerable foundations.
The obverse of this medal bears the bust of King Victor Emanuel III with the inscription; 'VITTORIO EMANUELE III RE D'ITALIA'. He awarded this medal to Royal Naval, Royal Marine and Mercantile Marine crew members who were engaged in relief operations in the aftermath of the Earthquake.
Miniature WWI/WWII Royal Naval Long Service Medal Group
£55.00-WWI War Medal, Victory Medal, 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, George V Silver Jubilee Medal, Royal Naval Long Service Medal& Good Conduct Medal George V
-WWI War Medal & Long Service Medal quality period examples
Mounted for wear
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National Service Medal 1939-60
£25.00In original Royal British Legion case supplied by Award Productions Ltd. with National Service Medal card numbered 13343
Unnamed as issued
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Northern Ireland, Gulf, Double Long Service Medal Miniature Group
£45.00-General Service Medal clasp Northern Ireland
-Gulf Medal clasp 2nd August 1990
-Golden Jubilee Medal 2002
-Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal Elizabeth II - regular army clasp
-Volunteer Reserves Service Medal
Court mounted for wear
Note the more unusual 2nd August clasp on the Gulf Medal
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Northern Ireland, Iraq, Volunteer Long Service Miniature Group
£35.00-General Service Medal clasp Northern Ireland
-Iraq Medal 2004
-Golden Jubilee Medal 2002
-Volunteer Reserve Service Medal
Court mounted for wear
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