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A Great War ‘Mediterranean Station’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Leading Stoker R. McCoy, Royal Navy, who was also awarded the Japanese Order of The Rising Sun Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (300584 Ldg. Sto., Mediterranean Station 1917); 1914-15 Star (300584 L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (300584 L. Sto., R.N.) contact wear, therefore nearly very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £920
A particularly fine Great War D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Petty Officer M. E. Casey, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Benin 1897 operations who went on to witness further action at Heligoland Bight in 1914, Dogger Bank in 1915 and Jutland in 1916, the whole aboard H.M.S. Southampton: on the latter occasion his ship was caught in the enemy’s searchlights and fought a desperate point-blank engagement, some 75% of her upper-deck personnel becoming casualties - Casey among...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A fine Second World War “sub-on-sub” D.S.M. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander (E.) W. E. Glass, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for his part in the destruction of the Italian submarine Capitano Tarantini in 1940, won a “mention” for further patrols in the Pacific in 1945 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C.MX. 50778 W. E. Glass, E.R.A. 3, H.M.S. Thunderbolt); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, minor...
Hammer Price: £5,200
An impressive and early Second World War minesweeping operations D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Engineman P. Clark, Royal Naval Reserve, who was decorated for services in H.M. Trawler Seamist in 1940 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (262 E.U. P. Clark, Engn., R.N.R.); 1914-15 Star (E.S. 3460 Engn., R.N.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (3460 E.S. Engn., R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19, erased naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals; Royal...
Hammer Price: £1,200
An early Second World War minesweeping operations D.S.M. group of six awarded to 2nd Hand P. E. Lockwood, Royal Naval Reserve: he handled the sweep of H.M. Trawler Norse as she was being heavily bombed and strafed Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (LT/JX. 180418 2 Hd. P. E. Lockwood, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, generally good very fine and better (6) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,000
A fine Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Petty Officer F. G. Stallard, Royal Navy, for gallant deeds aboard the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious when she was severely damaged in a sustained attack by enemy dive bombers in the Mediterranean on 10 January 1941 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 133035 F. G. Stallard, A./L.S., H.M.S. Illustrious); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX....
Hammer Price: £3,800
A Second World War anti-U-boat operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman F. Whitehead, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 154129 F. Whitehead, A.B., H.M.S. Nasturtium), swivel suspension, officially impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, generally good very fine (5) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,300
A fine Second World War Dieppe raid D.S.M. group of six awarded to Petty Officer G. T. Boothroyd, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the destroyer H.M.S. Berkeley, which ship had her back broken by a direct bomb hit that made her rear ‘like a bucking horse’: it is likely that Boothroyd was the Torpedo Gunner’s Mate, ‘who had been below and left behind’, and who was plucked to safety moments before his ship was finished off by torpedo Distinguished Service...
Hammer Price: £6,200
A fine Second World War Malta convoy D.S.M. group of six awarded to Petty Officer A. V. Edwards, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry aboard H.M.S. Kenya in “Operation Pedestal”, which ship was torpedoed and much shot about: but Edwards was no stranger to enemy fire, having witnessed numerous direct hits from the Graf Spee’s 11-inch guns in H.M.S. Exeter during the Battle of the River Plate Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 133610 A. V. Edwards, T./A./P.O.);...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A rare Second World War “Operation Agreement” D.S.M. group of six awarded to Leading Stoker G. Graham, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his bravery and initiative in the destroyer H.M.S. Zulu, which ship took severe punishment from the enemy’s shore batteries at the height of this disastrous raid on Tobruk on the night of 13-14 September 1942 - but was ultimately sunk as a result of sustained and accurate air attack: Graham was no stranger to experiencing heavy enemy fire, having...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A rare Great War Royal Naval Division M.M. and Bar awarded to Leading Seaman W. Dudley, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a Gallipoli veteran who won his M.M. for services in France with Nelson Battalion, and a Bar for like services in Hawke Battalion Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (TZ-2023 L.S. W. Dudley, Nelson Bn. R.N.V.R.) minor official correction to surname, good very fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £2,100
A good Great War Royal Naval Division M.M. group of four awarded to Sub. Lieutenant T. B. Wall, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his bravery in Howe Battalion in the operations north of the Ancre in November 1916: having then been commissioned, he was wounded while serving in Hood Battalion in September 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (M.Z.-194 P.O. T. B. Wall, Howe Bn. R.N.V.R.); 1914-15 Star (MZ-194 A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt., R.N.V.R.),...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Private M. E. Booth, Coldstream Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (12798 Pte. M. E. Booth, 3/C. Gds:); 1914-15 Star (12798 Pte., C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (12798 Pte., C. Gds.); Defence Medal, unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine (5)
Hammer Price: £520
An interesting and intriguing Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Temporary Second Lieutenant T. R. Innes, Cameron Highlanders, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Scottish Rifles Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-31768 Pte., 5/Cam’n. Highrs.); 1914 Star (7107 Pte., 5/Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (S-31768 Pte., Camerons), mounted as worn; with Camerons Highlander’s other ranks’ cap badge, good very fine (5) £500-600
Hammer Price: £680
A good Great War company runner’s M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Corporal J. W. Hickman, South Staffordshire Regiment, a Gallipoli veteran who went on to serve with distinction on the Somme in 1916 and in the Wytschaete operations of 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (10915 Pte. J. W. Hickman, 7/S. Staff. R.); 1914-15 Star (10915 Pte., S. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10915 A. Cpl., S. Staff. R.), together with an original portrait photograph, minor contact marks, very...
Hammer Price: £980
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private H. Freeman, 14th Worcestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (29769 Pte. H. Freeman, 14/Worc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (29769 Pte. H. Treeman, Worc. R.), note different spelling of surname, small edge bruise to the first, otherwise extremely fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £270
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal V. F. Tate, 122 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (374389 Bmbr., 122 Sge. By., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (374389 Cpl., R.A.) generally nearly very fine or better (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £280
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to J. L. de Keersmaeker, a Belgian National, imprisoned by the Germans for Espionage, 1916-18 Military Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as awarded to foreign nationals; British War Medal 1914-20, M.I.D. oak leaf (J. L. de Keersmaeker); Belgium, Victory Medal 1914-18, unnamed; Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher; Civic Medal 1914-18, 1st Class, with swords, gilt, with clasp, 1914-1918; together with a British War Medal 1914-20 (L. M. Oeters) good very fine and...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War Royal Naval Division M.M. awarded to Able Seaman J. P. Moran, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was twice wounded in action Military Medal, G.V.R. (TZ-6814 A.B. J. P. Moran, Hawke Bn. R.N.V.R.) lightly engraved pawnbroker’s marks between 9 and 12 o’clock, initials officially corrected, good very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War M.M. awarded to Private R. Brabin, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (242879 Pte., 4/5 L.N. Lanc. R.) minor edge bruising, very fine £200-240
Hammer Price: £240
A Great War M.M. awarded to Private T. Crank, Machine Gun Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (7481 Pte., 91/Coy. M.G.C.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £220
A Great War M.M. awarded to Private W. Bertin, Eastern Ontario Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (4..139 Pte. W. Bertin, 21/E.O.R.), attempted erasure of naming, which is now faint and obscurred, nearly very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
An early Second World War Maginot Line M.M., Croix de Guerre group of four awarded to Fusilier J. Worsley, Lancashire Fusiliers: decorated for his gallantry in a successful contact with the enemy near Saar in March 1940, he was killed in action eight weeks later Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3446868 Fsr. J. Worsley, Lan. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; French Croix de Guerre 1939, with star riband fitment, nearly extremely fine (4) £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £3,500
An extremely rare British Empire Medal for Gallantry awarded to Trooper M. E. Downs, 14/20th King’s Hussars, ‘the youngest soldier in the British Army’ to receive the award British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R., with gallantry emblem (23923263 Tpr. Michael E. Downs, 14/20th King’s Hussars), in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £600-800
A rare Second World War blockade runner’s B.E.M. group of four awarded to Apprentice L. F. Fletcher, Merchant Navy: 18 years of age at the time of being decorated - for his part in the very first of Commander Sir George Binney’s clandestine operations out of Sweden (a.k.a. “Operation Rubble”) - he was lost in the S.S. Zurichmoor when that ship was torpedoed east of Philadelphia by the U-432 in May 1942 British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Leslie Frederick Fletcher);...
A B.E.M. group of three awarded to Flight Sergeant G. Colledge, Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (No.977113 F. Sgt. Gilbert Colledge, R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (977113 Sgt., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (977113 F. Sgt., R.A.F.) good very fine (3) £180-220
The King’s Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom attributed to Professor P. C. Putnam King’s Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom, unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £400
An extremely rare Polar Medal awarded to James Purvis, afterwards a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy, whose seven seasons of exploration and research work were aptly preserved for posterity by the naming of “Purvis Glacier” on South Georgia Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., bronze, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1925-35 (James Purvis) good very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,100
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Commander’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted badge of a companion, inscribed ‘John Fane Esquire, commonly called Lord Burghersh, Colonel in the Army, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. Nominated 4th June 1815’, 190x115mm, very fine £300-400
Hammer Price: £600
British Victories of the Peninsular War 1815, a bronze box medal, by I. Porter & E. Orme, bust of Wellington left, ‘Englands Great Captain Arthur Duke of Wellington’, rev. Victory seated left beneath a tree inscribing tablet, ‘Record of British Valour’, in ex. ‘Picture Medal’, containing 13 engraved monochrome roundels with names and dates of campaigns and battles, 75mm., in worn maroon leather case of issue, ref. B.H.M. 866, Eimer 1074, Eimer Wellington 80, the roundels in good...
Hammer Price: £780
Grave Marker, in the form of a Latin Cross, 63 x 48.5 x 2.4cm., iron, one side bearing an embossed inscription in German gothic script, ‘.... Rudolph von Heinemann, herzogl. Braunschweig. Oberstleutnant, geb. 8 Mai 1789, geblieben bri Belle-Alliance 18 Juni 1815’, heavily rusted, sold as found £200-300
Hammer Price: £200
23rd Light Dragoons Medal, obv. Sphinx with pyramids in background, in exergue: ‘Egypt’, rev. ‘The Reward of Merit and Faithful Service XXIII L D’ (S. Jones), struck oval silver medal, 45 x 37mm., ring suspension, ref. Balmer R110 (sim.), good very fine £300-400
£300–£400
71st Foot Medal, for 10 Years Service, obv. a crown surmounting ‘71’, on scroll above, ‘For Courage Loyalty & Good Conduct’, below, ‘10 Years Service’, rev. entwined rose, thistle and shamrock, on scroll above, ‘Tria Juncta in Uno’, engraved silver medal, 40mm., hinged straight bar suspension, ref. Balmer R446, good very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £380
74th Foot Medal, obv. struck laurel wreath with ‘74th’ above, centre engraved, ‘Orthez’, rev. engraved, ‘Vittoria’, 32mm., bronze, steel clip and split ring suspension, ref. Balmer R468 (sim.), very fine £140-180
Hammer Price: £140
79th Foot Medal, obv. on shield surrounded by military trophies, ‘79’, thistle below to the right, rev. star of the Order of the Thistle, with battle honours, struck silver medal, 32mm., straight bar suspension, ref. Balmer RR86c, second type obverse with Scottish basket hilt sword, minor edge bruising, very fine £200-300
Pair: Private T. Baxendale Shooting Medal, obv. soldier knelt firing rifle, ‘In Defence’, engraved, ‘Challenge Medal No.5 Coy.’; rev. within a laurel wreath, engraved, ‘1868 Priv. T. Baxendale, 1869 Priv. T. Baxendale’, circular, 39mm., silver, silver buckle on ribbon; another, star shaped, obv. as above, rev. engraved, ‘Challenge Medal No.5 Coy., 1870 Pvt. Baxendale, 1871 Pvt. Baxendale’, 45mm., silver, with ‘V.R.’ suspension, good very fine (2) £50-70
Hammer Price: £40
A Boer War Silver Pocket Watch, presented to Gunner Isaac Lodge, V.C., “Q” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, awarded the Victoria Cross for Gallantry in the battle at ‘Sannah’s Post’ Silver Presentation Pocket Watch, silver half-hunter by Mappin & Webb, 2 Queen Victoria Street, London, the back plate inscribed, ‘Presented to Gunner Lodge, V.C. (Sanna’s Post 1901) by his fellow parishioners Gt. Canfield’, stamp marks to inside of front and back covers, with hallmarked silver...
Presentation Key, 148 x 58mm. (max.), 15ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1903, 48.79g., bearing gold and enamel shields to either side, nearly extremly fine £380-420
Metropolitan Police Shooting League Medallion, by Mappin & Webb, London, rev. inscribed, ‘Awarded to Insp. S. A. Wiltshire, (C.O. Divn.), 23rd July 1912’, 45mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1912, in case of issue; Wakefield Medal (Lt. J. O. M. Ashton, Iraq Levies, 1936), 41mm., silver; Egypt Command Small Arms Meeting Medallion, obv. inscribed, ‘1930’, rev. inscribed, ‘Individual Championship, 9th, 2/Lieut. J. O. M. Ashton, 1st. Bn. Welsh Guards’, 38.5mm., silver, hallmarks...
Hammer Price: £55
The Whitworth Memorial Scholarship Prize Medal awarded to an officer casualty of the sinking of H.M.S. Indefatigable at the Battle of Jutland, bronze medal by Sir Edward Poynter and A. Wyon, bust left, rev. a machine tool, named on edge, 'Charles P Tanner, 1915', 57mm (BHM II, 2899), in red leather case of issue, extremely fine £80-120
Hammer Price: £65
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