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A good Great War ‘Givenchy’ D.C.M. group of four to Private T. Barton, Grenadier Guards, whose gallantry for rescuing wounded men from a trench destroyed by the explosion of an enemy mine is illustrated in the book ‘Deeds That Thrill The Empire’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (15529 Pte., 5/G. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (15529 Pte., G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medal (15529 Pte., G. Gds.) very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £800
A Path Finder Force D.F.M. group of four awarded to Flight Sergeant G. B. R. Gerry, No. 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed in an air crash along with General Sikorsky and his Polish Staff Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (552537 F/Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, the first rhodium plated, otherwise good very fine (4) £800-900
A scarce Chindit M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Harrold Bottomley, Commando Platoon, 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3451647 Sjt. H. Bottomley, Lan. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, together with L.F. cap badge, cloth Chindit patch and Army Commando patch, nearly extremely fine (5) £800-900
Hammer Price: £750
Germany, Third Reich, War Order of the German Cross 1941, four rivet construction, the pin marked ‘20’, good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £720
A C.B. group of four awarded to Major General F. F. Minchin, Royal Artillery The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (Military) C.B., neck badge in silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Captn., No. 7 By. 1st Bde. C.P. Dn. R.A.); British War Medal (Maj. Gen.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, good very fine (4) £550-600
A fine Great War M.C. group of nine awarded to Captain F. L. Reeves, 1st Life Guards, late Trumpeter in the Grenadier Guards and subsequently Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., 1-L. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1902, bronze, mounted Court style as worn, together with original printed certificate of congratulations from General Plumer for the M.C., and printed Army...
Hammer Price: £700
Germany, Third Reich, A Crete Fallschirmjager award document group to Sonderfuhrer (later Feldwebel) Karl-Heinz Murken, comprising: 1939 Iron Cross, 2nd class; War Merit Cross, 2nd class with swords; ‘Kreta’ Cuff Title; together with original award documents for each award, two with original signatures of General Student, and three related photographs, the edge piping a little frayed on the cuff title, otherwise good very fine (3)
Hammer Price: £680
Four: Doctor George Mackay, M.D., Royal Navy, Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets and Honorary Surgeon to Queen Victoria China 1842 (Asst. Surgeon, H.M.S. Samarang) fitted with contemporary swivel-bar suspension; Crimea 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Surgeon, H.M.S. Agamemnon) depot impressed naming; Order of the Medjidie, 5th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Surgeon, H.M.S. Agamemnon) fitted with ring suspension, light contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain R. A. B. Young, Army Pay Department, late Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, S.A. 1901 (Lieut., 1/Rl. Innis. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (Capt., A.P.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, together with mounted group of seven...
Hammer Price: £620
A great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major Sir D. W. Gunston, Irish Guards Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut., I.Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) edge bruises and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (4) £450-550
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Moffatt, 19th Foot and Military Knight of Windsor Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Ensign, 19th Regt.) officially impressed naming but rubbed and weak in places, suspension pin re-fixed; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Captn., 1st Bn. H.Ms 19th Regt.); Coronation 1911, all fitted with silver ribbon brooches and contained in a damaged fitted carrying case, nearly very fine or better ...
Hammer Price: £600
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/JX 660859 W. T. J. Williams, Ord. Smn., R.N.), nearly extremely fine £300-350
A good Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. group of four to Corporal F. White, Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2410 Pte., 1/7 Manch. R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2410 Pte., Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (275627 Cpl., Manch. R.), very fine (4) £300-400
Chile, Star for Anchachs 1839, silver and enamels with plain ring suspension; Officer’s Cross for the Campaign against Bolivia and Peru 1879-80, gold and enamels, with 7 gilt ribbon clasps, Arica, Tagna, Anjeles, Tarpaca, San Francisco, Pisagua, Antofagasta; Officer’s Cross for Huamachuco 1883, gold and enamels, with gold ribbon buckle; Uraguay, Medal for Paraguay 1865-69 (2), bronze with silver Sun in Splendour suspension, one in case of issue, the first three with minor enamel damage,...
Hammer Price: £580
A Second World war ‘Burma’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Colonel J. B. Roberton, 5th Burma Rifles, attached Corps of Indian Engineers, Commanding Inland Water Transport Operating Group Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., reverse of the lower suspension officially dated 1943, with case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed as issued, together with his khaki uniform tunic, this with medal ribbons and G.V.R. Royal Engineers buttons, with name tag...
A Great War D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant W. Lynch, 1/5th Royal Lancaster Regiment, subsequently killed in action Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1406 L.Cpl., 1/5 R. Lanc. R.-T.F.); Russian Cross of St George, 4th class, the reverse numbered ‘256 985’, nearly extremely fine (2) £350-400
Air Force Cross, E.II.R., the reverse dated 1952, and additionally inscribed ‘Flt. Lt. E. C. Powles’, in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £500-550
An Abyssinia campaign M.C. group of seven awarded to Major J. H. Carmichael, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1942; British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, nearly very fine or better (7) £500-550
Hammer Price: £550
A Wireless Operator’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant Harry Taylor, Nos. 77 and 102 (Ceylon) Squadrons, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’ and additionally inscribed ‘157976 Flight Lieutenant Harry Taylor’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals, the first in its Royal Mint case of issue, together with named Buckingham Palace transmission slip for D.F.C., Royal...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Maida (John Jones, 81st Foot) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £450-550
Hammer Price: £520
An O.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Laverton, Royal Highlanders The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Wittebergen, Transvaal (Lieut., 2nd Rl. Highldrs.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (Lt., Rl. Hgrs.) very fine (3) £400-450
A Selection of 1914-15 Stars to Great War Casualties (32), comprising: Lieut. T. S. Lukis, 13-Lond. R.; 3855 Pte. W. Fergusson, Sco. H.; 14725 Pte. F. Johnson, G. Gds.; 16788 Pte. D. J. Okey, G. Gds.; 17875 Cpl. S. C. Gregory, Leic. R.; 4420 Pte. S. Taylor, Leic. R.; 11553 Pte. W. Poole, Leic. R.; 17480 L. Sgt. A. H. Kennedy, Welsh R.; 11237 Pte. W. Roberts, Welsh R.; 6548 Pte. J. Thompson, R. W. Fus.; 12050 Pte. W. Cadden, R. Innis. Fus.; 18139 Pte. W. Clifford, R. Innis. Fus.; 12317 Pte....
British Naval Medals, by the Marquess of Milford Haven, published by John Murray, London 1919, 499pp, a rare copy of this monumental work covering commemorative medals, Naval rewards, war medals, naval tokens, portrait medallions, life saving medals, etc., much descriptive detail and numerous illustrations, 16” by 11’, original cream cloth binding, very good condition and rare £200-300
A Great War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer J. H. Cresswell, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps, later Major in the Home Guard Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1065 Sjt., 1/R. War. R.); 1914-15 Star (Sjt., R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (W.O.Cl.2, R. War. R.); Defence Medal; French Croix de Guerre, with palm; Belgian Croix de Guerre, very fine (7) £400-450
Hammer Price: £510
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (John Horton, Gunr. Royal Arty.) dark toned, extremely fine £340-380
Hammer Price: £500
A fine Second World War ‘Burma’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Jemadar Lal Khan, 15th Punjab Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal; India Service Medal; Pakistan General Service Medal, bar, Kashmir 1948; Pakistan Insdependence Medal 1947 (PJO-22076 Jem Lal Khan 15 PR MC); Pakistan Republic Medal 1956; Medal of Service (Tamgha-I-Khidmat) 1st class neck badge, gilt and enamel, the first eight mounted as worn with the Pakistan medals...
An M.B.E. and Great War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to 1st Class Staff Sergeant Major A. J. Ryan, Royal Army Service Corps, late Suffolk Regiment The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (S-20332 S.Sjt., A.S.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901 (6553 Pte., Vol. Coy. Suffolk Regt.); 1914-15 Star (S-20332 S.Sjt.- A.S.Q.M. Sjt., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals...
Hammer Price: £490
Onori E Glorie, by Antonio Spada, a superb set of the three volumes of this valuable work, detailing and illustrating in colour period awards of Italy, Malta, Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, Brasil, France, Russia and Austria, a total of 840pp, each volume numbered ‘279’ of a run of 1,000, signed by the author, fully bound in red calf and contained in its marbled card slip case, an unused set in extremely good condition (3) £200-300
A Second World War D.F.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. J. Adair, No. 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (526603 Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, good very fine (4) £500-550
Hammer Price: £480
General Gordon’s Star for the Seige of Khartoum 1884, in pewter, accompanied by two contemporary letters of provenance, a) ‘A Star struck by General Gordon to commemorate the Siege of Khartoum. Twelve were struck in gold, a few in silver for the officers and some in lead for the soldiers. This one is a lead Star and was purchased from one of Gordon’s soldiers who came from Khartoum in his Steamers‘, signed C. L. S., Korti, 22 February 1885. b) ‘I hereby certify that the Gordon Star...
Hammer Price: £470
A Very Rare ‘Easter Rising’ M.I.D. group of three to Lieutenant H. E. Archer, Royal Navy whose ship Adventure carried Lieutenant Spindler and the captured crew of the German Steamer Aud after their ill-fated attempt to deliver arms to Roger Casement for use in the Sinn Fein Rebellion 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R. N.); British War and Victory Medal, with M. I. D. oak leaf (Lieut. R. N.), nearly extremely fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £460
Battle of Britain Clasp, for a 1939-45 Star, extremely fine and rare £300-350
Medal Ribbon, approximately 35 ten-yard rolls of British medal ribbon, including M.G.S., Sutlej, Crimea, Indian Mutiny, Afghan 1878, Sudan 1896, Q.S.A., joint Q.S.A. and K.S.A., I.G.S. all issues, China 1900, Tibet, G.S.M. 1962, various WWII stars and medals, Jubilee, Coronation etc., together with various odd lengths, mostly of good quality earlier manufacture (Lot) £150-200
A Second World War D.S.M. awarded to Regulating Petty Officer H. A. Gibney, H.M.S. Cleopatra, for gallantry during an attack by enemy aircraft whilst en-route to Malta in February 1942 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (MX.54671 H. A. Gibney, R.P.O.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine £300-350
Three: Joseph Taylor, Boatswain’s Mate, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Azoff, unnamed as issued; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated ‘1863 to 1864’ (Bosns. Mate, H.M.S. Esk) good very fine (3) £450-550
Hammer Price: £450
Light Cavalry Officer’s Sword, 1796 style, slender plain unfullered blade, in steel scabbard; together with, European cavalry sabre, circa 1840, in brass scabbard; Victorian English Naval Sword, no scabbard, this in fair condition; German sword, late 19th Century, with etched blade, folding guard, bearing state arms and bakelite grip, in its black painted steel scabbard; French Gladus side arm, circa 1840, no scabbard, with brass handle, the blade lightly pitted overall; English socket...
An Italian theatre M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant I. D. Lange, South African Artillery, attached 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem; Africa Service Medal, the last six all officially impressed (26018 I. D. Lange) mounted as worn, together with R.A. and S.A.A. cap badges, very fine (7) £500-600
Waterloo 1815 (Lewis Gaskin, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, polished, good fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £440
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (147 Pte. J. McNally, 1/Rl. Highrs.), nearly extremely fine £450-550
Four: Sergeant William Telfer, 101st Fusiliers, late 79th Cameron Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (No.2857 Corpl., 79th Highlandrs.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Corpl., 79th Highlanders); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1269 Sergt., 101st Foot); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, all fitted with brooch buckles and sold with original parchment certificate of service and Chelsea Out...
Hammer Price: £430
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