July 21, 2016 - LONDON
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2 Baronet’s Badge, Ireland, 45mm x 36mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1929) and enamel, shamrocks around central shield and crown, reverse engraved ‘Gore of Castle Gore 1662’, good very fine, with neck riband £500-700
5 A Rare Crimea ‘Sharpshooter’s’ D.C.M. to Private A. Bowie, Black Watch Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Angus Bowie. 42nd Highlanders.), edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £2,000-2,500
The Gore Baronetcy, of Castle Gore, of Newtown in the County of Mayo, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland for Arthur Gore, who represented County Mayo in the Irish House of Commons, in April 1662. The 3rd Baronet, Sir Arthur Gore, Bt., was subsequently elevated to the Peerage as Baron Saunders and Viscount Sudley, in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1758, and additionally created Earl of Arran, in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1762. The 5th Earl, and 7th Baronet, was created Baron Sudley, of Castle Gore in the County of Mayo, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1884.
D.C.M. Recommended 4.1.1855 2217 Private Angus Bowie, D.C.M., enlisted in the 42nd Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), November 1845; served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and awarded the D.C.M. for ‘gallant conduct when employed as a sharpshooter before Sebastopol between 17th and 24th October 1854’ (Chronology and Book of Days of the 42nd Royal Highlanders refers); died of disease, Barielly, India, August 1859. Approximately seven Distinguished Conduct Medals awarded to the 42nd Royal Highlanders in respect of their sharpshooting at Sebastopol, 17-24.10.1854.
3 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Civil Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1929), nearly extremely fine, in Garrard, London, case of issue The Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s Breast Badge, star type, silver, good very fine Victoria Cross, copy (3) £100-140
6 British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., Civil Division (Alexander Herman), good very fine £100-140 Able Seaman Alexander Herman, B.E.M., an Estonian national, served during the Second World War in the Merchant Navy on the Arctic convoys, and was awarded the B.E.M. for service in the S.S. Dan-y-Bryn during air raids off North Russia, January to March 1943.
4 Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Major A.G.T. Fisher R.A.M.C.’ in upright serif capitals, good very fine, in case of issue £400-500
B.E.M. not Gazetted as awarded to a foreign national.
M.C. London Gazette 18.6.1917 Capt. Alfred George Timbrell Fisher, M.B., R.A.M.C. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. The advanced dressing station of which he was in command was destroyed by shell fire, and although himself severely shaken, he succeeded in forming a fresh dressing station.’
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