This is a new department for The Cotswold Auction Company as specialist Henry Meadows has been with the firm since March 2009.
Henry has worked for some of the major auction houses notably Dreweatts for whom he worked for four years, and ran an incredibly successful Medals and Militaria department, and more recently the Spink Medal Department in Bloomsbury, London.
The Cotswold Auction Company has three specialist sales a year and here are a number of lots sold during 2009.
A Victorian Albert Patten helmet of the West Yorkshire Yeomanry, sold for £1,450
A Victorian Blue Cloth Helmet of the Sherwood Foresters, sold for £520
Great War Gallantry Decorations to recipients of the Gloucestershire Regiment comprising:
Military Cross to Captain N M Chivers, sold for £450
Distinguished Conduct Medal to Lance Corporal A J Hornegold, sold for £800
Military Medal to Sergeant G C Smart, sold for £480
A Boer War and Great War Group to Captain C E Norgate, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, sold for £900
A Casualty Group to Private W J Ody, North Staffordshire Regiment, sold for £500
A Group of Six to Able Seaman W E Price, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Awarded the Order of St George, 3rd Class, sold for £650
Royal Air Force Medals and related items to Flight Sergeant W T S Caldwell, sold for £600
A Casualty Group to Lieutenant W J Sivewright, Manchester Regiment, sold for £350
A Fine Turkish Made Order of the Medjideh Breast Star, sold for £380
An Early 19th Century Austrian Cavalry Trooper's Sabre, sold for £240
If you require a valuation for probate, insurance or sale purposes, please contact:
Henry Meadows MRICS
01242 256363
h.meadows@cotswoldauction.co.uk