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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  03 Dec 2022 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 670) 10am (AEDT)
  04 Dec 2022 ~ Session 2 (Lots 671 - 1277) 10am (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  711
• Lot Description:
  CAPTAIN JOHN CLAUDE MOSELEY HARPER, 7th Australian Field Ambulance - The Military Cross awarded to Captain Harper:
  “During the operations on the Somme River and east of Mont St.Quentin on August 29 and Sept 2, 1918, he displayed the greatest gallantry and coolness in attending the wounded although he was under heavy shell and machine gun fire the whole time.” Engraved verso “CAPT. J.C.M. HARPER, A.M.C., A.I.F.” in the original case of issue. Accompanied by the formal letter and the extract from the London Gazette of 31 Jan.1919 announcing the award, which is also present. Accompanied by a number of other items from the Harper family: 1: The 1882 Grant-of-Arms awarded to Cecil Henry Harper together with the “freedom of the city of London” which accompanies lavish presentation document in it’s VR and crown gilt-decorated case; 2: A folio of original artworks prepared during the design of the Harper Coat-of-Arms; 3: A JUBILEE OF VICTORIA EXHIBITION 1884-85 silver medal (30mm; by J.H. Knipe; Stokes & Martin) depicting a trefoil compartment with Plenty emptying a cornucopia and pointing to a scroll with the motto NOBLE AND USEFUL WORKS. In the three compartments outside the trefoil, a leaf and scroll work; and verso “AWARDED to Cecil Harper”; 4: A Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, Jubilee April 1908 bronze medal engraved for “J.C.M. HARPER, Stamps, Jubilee Exhibition” in Stokes & Sons case of presentation; 5: The O.B.E. medal awarded to J.C.M. Harper (in the case of issue from the Royal Mint); 6: A printed “Pedigree of the Family of Harper of Plymouth, co. Devon, which has been partly extended in ink; 7: A range of photographs, most identified verso; 8: A box containing Harper family copper printing plates, seals, etc.
• Estimate:
  A$3,500 - 4,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Militaria & Weapons

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