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Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Maheidpoor (Capt. W. Borthwick, Brigde. Major) short hyphen reverse, impressed naming, with ornate silvered brooch bar on ribbon, some naming lightly struck, good very fine, scarce £2600-3000
Hammer Price: £3,600
Family group: An interesting Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. S. Lister, The Buffs, who went on to command No. 4 Commando in the Lofoten raid in 1940: ‘A fine swashbuckling type of soldier, a regular Bulldog Drummond’, between the wars he excelled as a heavyweight boxer and represented Great Britain in the Golden Gloves contest in Madison Square Gardens, New York Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘2/Lieut. D. S. Lister, 1st Bn....
Hammer Price: £3,500
A fine Second War Coastal Forces D.S.M. group of six awarded to Leading Seaman J. J. Phillips, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his deeds as a Coxswain in a brilliant night action in the Channel in March 1943, when M.G.B. 333 accounted for a brace of E-boats, one of them by ramming at high speed: such was the calibre of the bravery displayed that night that five members of 333’s crew were decorated and three more mentioned in despatches Distinguished Service Medal,...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Thomas Jessep) edge nicks and bruising, especially to the obverse, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £3,400
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (W. S. Addington, Lieut. R.N.) small edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £3,300
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Martinique, Pompee 17 June 1809, Guadaloupe (Thomas Hitchcock) very fine £3000-3500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Corunna, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (David McKelvie, 52nd Foot) nearly very fine £2000-2500
Family group An attractive Heavy Brigade group of three awarded to Sergeant George Horne, 5th Dragoon Guards Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Geo. Horne, 5th Dn. Gds.), correctly engraved regimental naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letters reverse (1232 Sergt. Geo. Horne, 5th Dragoon Gds.), this last with officially re-impressed naming, all with old riband brooch-bars for wearing, generally very...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Pair: Private Oscar Pettit, 66th Foot, killed in action at Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1673 Pte. O. Pettit, 66th Foot) minor official correction to last letter of surname; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1673 Pte. O. Pettit, 66th Foot) nearly extremely fine and a rare casualty as a pair (2) £1800-2200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, Camperdown (William Merritt) backstrap of clasp carriage slightly buckled and some minor nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
A very impressive Great War Gallipoli operations group of six awarded to Petty Officer 1st Class (Pensioner) J. F. Sheppard, Royal Navy: having retired in 1901 after active service in the Suakin operations 1884-85, he was recalled in the Great War, aged 52 years, and was decorated for his gallant work in motor lighters during the evacuation of the Peninsula Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (106247 J. F. Sheppard, P.O. 1 Cl., Gallipoli Opns 1915-16); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated...
Hammer Price: £3,100
A fine Second World War Coastal Forces D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman L. Cousins, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his deeds as a Radar Operator in a brilliant night action in the Channel in October 1943, when M.G.B. 607 accounted for a brace of E-boats, one of them by ramming at speed - five of 607’s crew were killed and another six wounded, including Cousins: such was the calibre of the bravery displayed that night that six members of 607’s crew were decorated and four...
A Great War Battle of Jutland D.S.M. group of six awarded to Yeoman of the Signals A. J. Colyer, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (186278 Yeo. Sigs., H.M.S. Kempenfelt, 31 May-1 June 1916); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (Qd. Sigln., H.M.S. Widgeon); 1914-15 Star (186278 Y.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (186278 Y.S., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (186278 Yeo. of Sigs., H.M.S. Venus), this last with minor official correction,...
Hammer Price: £2,900
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Copenhagen 1801 (Alexr. Kirkland) minor edge bruising, very fine £2000-2400
The Boer War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Warre, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar, slight enamel damage; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891 (Lieut., 1st Bn. K.R. Rif. C.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Capt., 1st Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of...
Hammer Price: £2,800
An extremely rare “Naval Brigade” Boer War Medal awarded to Leading Stoker D. J. Sandford, H.M.S. Doris: his award is believed to be the only extant example with a “Wepener” clasp Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Wepener, Diamond Hill, Belfast (159980 Ldg. Sto. D. J. Sandford, H.M.S. Doris), the Wepener clasp sometime re-riveted, good very fine, together with his official duplicate Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Captain H. Treacher, Royal Sussex Regiment, late London Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, ‘H. Treacher, Messines, 1916’; 1914-15 Star (3647 Pte., 28-London Regiment); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); War Medal 1939-45, some contact marks, very fine and better (5) £1800-2200
A fine Great War Somme July 1916 operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant G. L. Davidson, Dorsetshire Regiment, who died of the wounds he received in winning his decoration for a daring attack over open ground in broad daylight Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.), generally good very fine (4) £1200-1500
Waterloo 1815 (James Kilkenny, 1st Batt. 52nd Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement silver loop and steel ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine £1200-1400
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Lieut. M. C. Lynch, 14th Foot), short-hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £1200-1400
A Second World War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Acting Chief Motor Mechanic L. P. Stanton, R.N., for an action in M.T.B. 666 off the Dutch coast in June 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A/Ch.M.M. L. P. Stanton, P/MX. 125009); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals, nearly extremely fine £1600-1800
The K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G. group of thirteen awarded to Major-General Sir Samuel Guise-Moores, Royal Army Medical Corps, Honorary Surgeon to King George V, Colonel Commandant of the R.A.M.C., 1927-33 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, replacement pin; The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt...
Prince of Wales’ Visit to India 1875-76, gold, by Phillips Brothers, London, 55.5mm x 83mm, 96.3gms, the edge impressed ‘No. 25’, and additionally inscribed to ‘H.H. Maharana Nihal Sing of Dholepore’, good very fine and extremely rare £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £2,700
A Second World War G.M. group of five awarded to House Surgeon Mostapha Kamill, Clayponds Emergency Hospital, later Surgeon Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Mostapha Kamill) minor official correction to naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, minor edge bruising, good very fine and better (5) £1600-1800
A Boer War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal T. Scrase, Royal Sussex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (4927 L. Cpl., R. Sussex Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4927 Corpl., Rl. Sussex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4927 Pte., Rl. Sussex Regt.); 1914-15 Star (17 Pte., R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals (S-17 Pte., R. Suss. R.); War Medal 1939-45, first three with some...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A rare Great War Gallipoli operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer E. H. Jennings, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in Hood Battalion, R.N.D., with whom he was wounded in May 1915: a pre-war Constable in the Metropolitan Police, he was present at the famous Sidney Street siege, on which occasion he was photographed alongside the Home Secretary, Winston Churchill Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R.(301908 E. H. Jennings, P.O., Hood Bn., R.N. Div.);...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 23 June 1795, Egypt (William Hazard) nearly very fine £2000-2500
The Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of twelve awarded to Brigadier J. W. C. Stubbs, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1937; Iraq, King Feisal’s War Medal, no clasp, minor contact...
A very rare Great War group of six awarded to Chief Stoker H. E. Woodland, Royal Navy, who was decorated by the Russians and the Roumanians for his part in the battle of Jutland aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Onslow, in addition to being officially commended by Their Lordships on the same occasion: the epic return voyage of the badly damaged Onslow, in the company of the Defender, was subsequently described by Kipling as the voyage of ‘the Cripple and the Paralytic’ 1914-15 Star (297947...
The Second World War C.B., C.B.E. and Great War M.C. and Bar group of thirteen to Major-General J. C. A. Dowse, Royal Army Medical Corps, Honorary Surgeon to King George VI, Colonel Commandant of the R.A.M.C. 1951-56 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badges, silver-gilt and enamel, slight enamel damage; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Military Cross, G.V.R.,...
The Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Bar group of four awarded to Major H. H. Robinson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 21st London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, rev. engraved, ‘Capt. H. H. Robinson, R.A.M.C., M.O. att. First Surrey Rifles’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major, R.A.F.), mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (4) £1600-1800
An extremely rare H.E.I.C. long and meritorious service pair awarded to Sergeant-Major J. Hogan, Bengal Artillery Indian Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, anchor reverse (Sergt., 2nd Battn. Arty., 11th Feby. 1858); Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R., H.E.I.C. issue (Sergt. Major, 2nd Battn. Arty.), minor surface marks to the first, generally extremely fine (2) £1600-1800
A most unusual and impressive Great War D.S.O. group of nineteen awarded to Brigadier G. S. Parkinson, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer ‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silvered-metal and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (15492 Tpr., 75th Coy. 18th Imp. Yeo.); 1914 Star (Capt., R.A.M.C.); British War and...
Hammer Price: £2,500
Six: Commander A. J. G. Piffard, Royal Indian Marine Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Mr., I.G.S. Amberwitch); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (2nd Gde. Officer, H.M.I.M.S. Sir W. Peel); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Commr., R.I.M.S. Canning); China 1900, no clasp (Commr., R.I.M.S. Canning); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Comdr., R.I.M.S. Hardinge); Khedive’s Star 1882, onetime cleaned and...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. and Bar, M.M. pair awarded to Staff Serjeant W. Brookes, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. and Second Award Bar (339298 S. Sjt., M.M., R.A.M.C.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (339298 S. Sjt., 63/(2/2 W. Lanc.) F.A. R.A.M.C.-T.F.), second with slight edge bruise, good very fine and better (2) £1600-2000
The Great War M.C. group of ten awarded to Major R. A. Abercromby, Scots Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Capt. R. A. Abercromby, S. Gds., 27.9.18’; 1914-15 Star (Capt., S. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, these five named, (Major R. A. Abercromby, S. Gds.); Coronation 1953 (R. A. Abercromby), mounted court style as worn; together with an Army Rifle Association Medal, silver, inscribed,...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of nine awarded to Sergeant J. H. Bratton, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment, later Leicestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5050102 Sjt. J. H. Bratton, Worc. R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Korea 1950-53 (22219120 Sjt. J. Bratton, M.M., R. Leicesters); U.N. Korea; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (22219120 Sgt. J. H. Bratton, M.M., R. Leicesters) mounted as worn, contact marks, otherwise good very fine (9) ...
Four: T. H. Mortimer, Armourer, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (T. H. Mortimer, Armourer) officially impressed naming; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1864 (T. H. Mortimer, Armr., H.M.S. Esk); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Ts. H. Mortimer, Armourr. H.M.S. Excellent 21 Yrs); Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, edge bruising and contact marks to the first, nearly very fine, otherwise very fine or better (4) £1200-1400
The C.B., C.I.E., D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Colonel A. B. Fry, Indian Medical Services The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar (lacking pin); India General Service...
A C.B. group of four awarded to General J. H. E. Dalrymple, Scots Fusilier Guards The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, gold and enanel, hallmarks for London 1877?, with swivel ring and straight bar suspension; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lt. Col. I. H. E. Dalrymple (sic), S.F. Gds. 18th May 1855), engraved naming; Turkey, Order of Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian...
Hammer Price: £2,300
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