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The Historic Great War Victoria Cross group awarded to Major-General E. W. Alexander, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., Royal Artillery, who, with the help of Captain Grenfell of the 9th Lancers, saved the guns of the 119th Battery at Elouges on 24th August 1914 Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar inscribed ‘Lt. Col. E. W. Alexander, 119th Battery R.F.A.’, the reverse centre of the cross dated ‘24 Aug. 1914’; The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) neck badge, silver-gilt an...
Hammer Price: £80,000
The Second World War D.S.O., D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commander Robert Alexander, Royal Navy, commanding H.M.S. Vivacious in the torpedo attack on the German battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in February 1942 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., the reverse of the lower suspension officially dated 1942; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal, with companion set of miniature me...
Hammer Price: £6,800
The Zulu War medal awarded to Lieutenant A. F. Henderson, Commanding the Hlubi Troop, Natal Native Horse, one of the few survivors of the massacre at Isandhlwana, later awarded the C.M.G. for services during the Siege of Ladysmith, and commanding the Estcourt Militia Reserves during the Natal Rebellion 1906 South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1879 (Lieut. A. F. Henderson, Natal Native Horse) extremely fine and very rare £2500-3500
Hammer Price: £5,400
A good Flying C.G.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant J. M. Hall, No.180 Squadron, Royal Air Force Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying), G.VI.R. (605494 F/Sgt. J. M. Hall, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, the last four privately inscribed (F/Sgt., C.G.M. R.A.F.), mounted as worn, light contact marks and minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine and scarce (5) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,600
A rare Northern Ireland A.F.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant F. A. Owbridge, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, a Lynx helicopter pilot serving with No. 663 Squadron, Army Air Corps Air Force Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (23947293 Sgt., A.A.C.); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (23947293 Pte., R.A.O.C.); Regular Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (23947293 Cpl., R.A.O.C.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,600
The group of six miniature dress medals worn by Major-General E. W. Alexander, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., together with original bestowal documents for his foreign awards, comprising: Victoria Cross; Order of the Bath (Military) gold and enamels; Order of St. Michael and St. George, gilt and enamels; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, the group mounted as worn, good very fine; Together with original bestowal documents for the foreign awards awarded to Major-General E. W. Alexande...
Hammer Price: £3,300
An exceptional Royal Flying Corps M.C. and “Givenchy” D.C.M. group of six awarded to Captain C. G. D. Napier, No. 48 Squadron, Royal Air Force, late Army Cyclist Corps, shot down and killed in June 1918 with 9 confirmed kills to his credit Military Cross, G.V.R., with case of issue; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1771 L.Cpl., 47/Div. Cyc. Co. -T.F.); 1914-15 Star (269 Pte., A. Cyc. Corps); British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.A.F.); French Medaille Militaire, with case of issue;...
Hammer Price: £2,900
A rare Balloon Section Defence of Ladysmith and 1914 Mons group of six awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. E. Cullen, an original member of the Royal Flying Corps and one of only 37 R.F.C. recipients of the Army L.S. & G.C. Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony, S.A. 1901 (574 Bglr., R.E.) the last two clasps unofficially attached; 1914 Star, with clasp (18 F.Sjt., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf...
Hammer Price: £2,800
An exceptional Tugela Heights D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Colour Sergeant W. Roberts, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (4085 L.Sgt., 1st Rl. Welsh Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (4085 Corpl., R. Welsh Fus.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (4085 Serjt., Rl. Welsh Fus.); 1914-15 Star Trio (4085 C.Sjt., R.W. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (4085 Sjt., R. Welsh Fus.) toge...
A scarce Royal Flying Corps M.M. group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant A. F. Nethey, Royal Air Force, late Cape Mounted Rifles Military Medal, G.V.R. (104 Fl. Sjt., No. 2 Sq. R.F.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, S.A. 1902 (3857 Pte., Cape M.R.) second clasp loose as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (104 Sjt., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem (2.Lieut., R.A.F.) good very fine (5) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Exchange George Cross awarded to 16-year-old Bertie Crosby for his bravery in attempting to save life during a serious fire at a London film processing works in 1927 during which he suffered extensive burns George Cross, the reverse officially inscribed (Bertie Frederick Crosby, 1927) contained in its Royal Mint fitted presentation case, extremely fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,500
An important Kaffir War medal awarded to General George MacKinnon, C.B., Divisional Commander and Colonel Comandant in British Kaffraria 1847-52, Colonel of The Cameronians 1862-99 South Africa 1834-53 (Geo. Mackinnon, Comg. a Division) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £2,400
Art Nouveau Portrait Locket, silver-gilt and blue enamels set with seed pearls, containing a hand-painted portrait miniature, head and shoulders, of Major-General E. W. Alexander, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., as a Captain in Royal Artillery uniform, with enamelled suspension loop; together with a Victorian gold fob seal engraved with the Alexander family crest, good condition (2) £250-350
Hammer Price: £2,300
A Large Quantity of 1914-15 Stars (202), including, Asst. Payr. P. G. Walker, R.N.R.; Skipper W. Budge, M. F. A.; Capt. L. A. M. Jones, S. & T. Corps; 1st Life Guards; Royal Horse Guards; 2nd Dragoons; 12th Lancers; 14th Hussars; Hertfordshire Yeomanry; King Edward’s Horse; 3rd Scottish Horse; Lothian & Border Horse; Honourable Artillery Company; Coldstream Guards; Grenadier Guards (3); Welsh Guards; Royal Irish Regiment; Royal Irish Fusiliers (3); Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (4); Leinster...
Hammer Price: £2,100
A scarce Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Corporal-Major John Herbert, 1st Life Guards, later Yeoman of the Guard Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Toulouse (Serjeant, 1st Life Guards); Waterloo 1815 (1st Regiment Life Guards) fitted with replacement silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine but a scarce pair (2) £1500-1800
A fine C.B., C.B.E., M.C. group of sixteen awarded to Major-General Sir Charles Lane, 19th and 20th Lancers, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) neck badge in silver-gilt and enamels; The Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 2nd type neck badge; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star (Lt., 19/Lncrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem (Capt.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Capt., 20-Lancers); 1939-45 Star; Africa...
Hammer Price: £2,000
An impressive Great War D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Williams, King’s Dragoon Guards, late Regimental A.D.C. to Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (Capt., 1/Drgn. Gds.) the last two clasps contemporary tailor’s copies; 1914 Star (Major, 1/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem (Lt. Col.); Genera...
Hammer Price: £1,850
The important campaign and Colonial Administrator’s group of four awarded to Major-General Sir Archibald Anson, K.C.M.G., Royal Artillery, Governor of Penang and Administrator of the Straits Settlements, and in charge of the Expedition in Sungei Ujong and Negri Sambilan during the Perak Campaign 1875-76 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captain, Royal Arty.) contemporary engraved naming; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (Maj. Genl., R.A. (Administrator of the Govt.); Order...
Hammer Price: £1,800
Eight: Captain A. J. Cross, Scottish Rifles East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1898 (2939 Cpl., Scottish Rif.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2939 Serjt., 2/Scottish Rif.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (2939 Serjt., 2/Scottish Rif.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (Capt., Sco. Rif.); Ar...
Hammer Price: £1,550
The Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G., a magnificent set, circa 1880, with large type neck badge in gold and enamels, and silver breast star with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, complete with full neck cravat with gold clasp, in its R. & S. Garrard case of issue, a perfect set, extremely fine and very scarce thus £1000-1200
Peking Siege Commemoration Medal 1900, bronze, 57mm, impressed on the edge ‘Jeanne Isabelle Piry. (14 ans)’, contained in its J. Taylor Foot, Medallist, fitted case of issue, the lid embossed in gold letters ‘Peking Siege 1900 J. I. Piry’, small edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine and rare £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel John Harvey, Commanding 10th Battalion, Royal Highlanders, wounded in the Boer War at the battle of Magersfontein Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (Lieut., 2nd Rl. Highldrs.); 1914-15 Star (Major, R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.) with named card boxes of issue for the last three and an original portrait photograph, good very...
A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Harvey, East Yorkshire Regiment, Chief-of-Staff to General Knox in Siberia 1918-19 The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, fitted with replacement suspension ring; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., obverse centre a little depressed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Lieut., 1/Border Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Major,...
Hammer Price: £1,400
An outstanding 1940 Advanced Air Striking Force D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. A. P. Drummond, Royal Air Force, who twice baled out, took part in the first three Thousand Bomber Raids, and was killed in action in a raid on Hamburg in August 1943 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (550408 Cpl., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals, together with Caterpillar Club brooch in gold with enamelled eyes (P/O J. A. P. Drummond), Memorial Scroll...
A 1914 ‘Festubert’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private E. W. Chatten, 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9600 Pte., 2/Leic. R.); 1914 Star (9600 Pte., 2/Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9600 A.Cpl., Leic. R.) good very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,350
Pair: Private James Gearns, 42nd Royal Highlanders Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Jas. Gearns, 42nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (James Gearns, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, two letters of surname corrected on the second, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine but an attractive pair (2) £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £1,300
Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Wakefield, 1st Reg. Dragoon Guards) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruising and surface marks, otherwise good very fine and a rare casualty £900-1200
Hammer Price: £1,200
Three: Private Archibald Telford, slightly wounded at the Battle of Amoaful 1874 with the 42nd Royal Highlanders, and dangerously wounded at Tel-El-Kebir with the Cameron Highlanders Ashantee 1873-74, clasp, Coomassie (215 Pte., 42nd Highds. 1873-4); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (215 Pte., 1/Cam’n Highrs.); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and a rare double casualty (3) £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,150
A Korean War B.E.M. group of nine awarded to Chief Petty Officer (Gunnery Instructor) Joseph McCann, Royal Navy British Empire Medal (Military) E.II.R. (C.P.O. Joseph McCann, P/JX.152929); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal; Korea 1950-53 (C.P.O. R.N.); U.N. Korea; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (C.P.O., H.M.S. Daedalus) mounted Court style as worn, the stars plated, otherwise very fine and...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver (Private J. Leech, S.L.I.) very fine £550-650
Hammer Price: £1,050
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, B.C.A. 1899-1900 (Capt. J. H. W. Guise, Scot. Rif.) toned, extremely fine and unique to the regiment £500-700
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (E. P. Charlewood, Lieut. R.N.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle and pin brooch, toned, very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Superb Presentation Quality Mameluke, by Henry Wilkinson, the steel scabbard with ornate ormolu mounts, finely carved ivory grip, the etched blade numbered ‘59618’, very good condition and an extremely attractive piece £1000-1200
An interesting K.C.V.O. group awarded to Sir William Bennett, H.M. Inspector of Anatomy for London and Surgeon-in-Chief of the St John Ambulance Brigade, Knighted in 1901 for his services to the sick and wounded returning from the South African War The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., neck badge numbered ‘K3’, and breast star numbered ‘3’, the set in its Collingwood & Co case of issue, the bottom stamped ‘K2’; Coronation 1911; St John Service Medal, silver (8066 Surg. in Chief Sir William...
A good Path Finder Force D.F.C. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Herbert Smith, No. 156 (P.F.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1945, with case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals, the group mounted for display, together with his original ‘Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book’ for the period November 1940 to February 1945, R.A.F. Service and Release Book, Path Finde...
South Africa 1877-79, clasp, 1877-8-9 (1123 Corpl J. Graham, 90th Foot) renamed in a contemporary style, nearly very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £900
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign J. Bowlby, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot) fitted with original steel clip and silver swivel-ring bar suspension, light surface marks, otherwise very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £880
An intersesting group of six to The Reverend A. R. Fuller, who served as a Chaplain to the Forces at Gallipoli in 1915, subsequently serving as Domestic Chaplain to George V, Edward VIII and George VI 1914-15 Star (Rev., C.T.F.); British War and Victory Medal, with M.I.D. oakleaf (Rev.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; King’s Chaplain Badge, G.VI.R, silver-gilt and enamels, reverse hallmarks for ‘1949’; together with a) corresponding miniatures, including M.V.O. (to which he was entitled) and...
Hammer Price: £820
The Boer War Victoria Cross group of six miniature dress medals attributed to Major A. C. Doxat, V.C., 3rd Imperial Yeomanry, and King’s Royal Rifle Corps, comprising: Victoria Cross; Q.S.A., 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901; 1914-15 Star Trio; Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £600-800
Hammer Price: £800
Austria, Flying Badges of the Great War (16), including Squadron cap badges for FK1, FK8, FK9, FK16, FK17 and FK18, the last in silver, otherwise bronze, bronze-gilt or bronze-gilt and enamels; K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppe badges (2), and various others (8), generally good condition and an interesting lot (16) £200-300
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