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An important campaign service pair awarded to Garrison Sergeant-Major H. Gallagher, South Wales Borderers, who was the old 24th’s second most senior N.C.O. present at the defence of Rorke’s Drift, where he had charge of the south barricade - according to his grandson, on the anniversary of the action each year, he ‘requested to be left alone with his memories’ South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (81 Sergt., 2-24th Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89...
Hammer Price: £32,000
An exceptional Korea War M.C. group of thirteen awarded to Major R. E. Austin, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, late The King’s Regiment, who displayed outstanding leadership and bravery in the Battle of the Hook: in the last hour of daylight prior to the Chinese mounting their attack, the Dukes were subjected to a barrage of incoming shells at a rate of 1,000 an hour Military Cross, E.II.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1953’ and privately inscribed, ‘Major R. E. Austin (62586),...
Hammer Price: £26,000
Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd Class neck badge, 45 x 45mm., gold and enamel, with ‘Nicholas I’ type eagles with fallen wings in the angles, early style (1817-40) double-headed eagle mark on the obverse, year date ‘184?’ on the eyelet and St. Petersburg marks on the eagle wing-tips, slight enamel damage to wreath, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £24,000
Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class sash badge by Wilhelm Keibel, St. Petersburg, 60 x 60mm., 18ct. gold and enamel, manufacturer’s initials on obverse, double-headed eagle on reverse, ‘72’ gold mark and year date ‘1857’ on eyelet, extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £22,000
A well-documented and historically important K.G’s garter, as worn by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and, as such, probably the only notable example of his insignia ever likely to appear on the market The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., Knight’s blue silk garter, with embroidered motto honi soit qui mal y pense in silver bullion, and additional decoration, gold buckle and steel pin, 450mm. overall length, early 19th century, together with an old exhibition label...
Hammer Price: £16,000
A fine Great War ace’s D.F.C., A.F.C. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader E. D. “Spider” Atkinson, Royal Air Force, late Indian Army and Royal Flying Corps, who was fortunate to escape the clutches of German ace and “Blue Max” holder Karl Schaefer of Jasta 28 in a hair-raising combat in May 1917: he went on to raise his score to at least 10 victories - including a balloon - some of his victims being engaged from a range of just 20 yards Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.;...
Hammer Price: £15,000
The important Great War Dogger Bank D.S.O. and 1914-15 Star awarded to Lieutenant (afterwards Captain) F. T. Peters, Royal Navy, who added a V.C. and a D.S.C. and Bar to his accolades prior to being killed in a flying accident in November 1942, shortly after his part in the raid on the Vichy French port of Oran, ‘an enterprise of desperate hazard’: blinded in one eye, ‘he alone of 17 officers and men on the bridge survived’ Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and...
Hammer Price: £13,000
A fine Victorian D.C.M. for hand to hand combat in Afghanistan awarded to Colour Sergeant John Woods, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was recommended for the Victoria Cross and later fought with the Grenadier Guards at Abu Klea, at which battle Colonel Burnaby fell, mortally wounded, into his arms Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2027 Cr. Sergt. J. Woods, 1/5th Foot 19th May 1880); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (2027 Colr. Sergt.J. Woods, l.B. 5 Foot); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps,...
A mounted group of four miniature dress medals awarded to a Russian Officer who served in the suppression of the Polish Insurrection of 1831 Order of St. Vladimir, 12 x 12mm., gold and enamel; Order of St. Anne, 12 x 12mm., gold and enamel; Medal for the Taking of Warsaw 1831, 12mm., silver; Order of ‘Virtuti Militari’, 12 x 12mm., gold and enamel, all uniface, suspended from a silver and gold sabre, with gold pin-fitting, the ‘blade’ bearing the enamelled inscription (in...
Hammer Price: £12,000
An extremely rare Great War Lake Tanganyika Expedition D.S.M. group of four awarded to Seaman G. Behennah, Royal Naval Reserve, a member of that remarkable team of “Jack Tars” who transported two gunboats through 100 miles of African jungle to successfully challenge German superiority on the Lake in 1915-16 - and inspire C. S. Forester’s “The African Queen” Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (B. 3996 G. Behennah, Sea., R.N.R., Tanganyika 1915-6); British War and Victory Medals...
Hammer Price: £11,000
The Second Mahratta War medal to Sergeant John Rea, 94th Foot (Scotch Brigade), later 59th Foot, who was wounded twice in the leg, at Gawilghur in 1803 and at Chandore in 1804, and severely hurt by the springing of a mine at Fort Cornelis in 1811 Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Asseerghur, Argaum, Gawilghur (J. Rea, 94th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruise and light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,800
An extremely rare and emotive China 1842 Medal to Subordinate Officers’ Steward William Gibson, Royal Navy, who perished in Franklin’s North-West Passage expedition: recent research suggests that his remains may be those that were discovered by McClintock’s search expedition at Cape Herschel in 1859 China 1842 (William Gibson, H.M.S. Wanderer) edge nicks, very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £8,500
A rare ‘Hunza 1891’ I.O.M. pair awarded to Sepoy Manbir Thapa, 2nd Kashmir Infantry, for the capture of Fort Nilt Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse with a screw-nut fitting and engraved in three lines, ‘3rd / Class / Order of Merit’,complete with silver buckle on ribbon, enamel damage, nearly very fine; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hunza 1891 (420 Sepoy, 2nd Kashmir Infy.) very fine (2) ...
Hammer Price: £7,000
An important Great War C.B.E. group of five awarded to Wing Captain J. D. Mackworth, Royal Naval Air Service, late Royal West Surrey Regiment, a 1912-vintage aircraft and airship pilot of the Military and Naval Wings of the fledgling R.F.C., who went on to command the first ever kite-balloon ship fitted out by any Navy - off Gallipoli - pioneering work that resulted in him being recommended for a D.S.O.: indeed it was Mackworth who suggested to his seniors that a balloon could be flown...
A rare and impressive Boer War “Black Week” D.C.M. group of nine awarded to Sergeant W. C. Beeton, 12th Lancers, who was decorated for his gallantry in manning his regiment’s maxim at Magersfontein - ‘It was an awful battle, the bullets were dropping like showers of rain, but God spared me through it all’: having then added the French Medaille Militaire to his accolades in the Great War, Beeton received the Defence Medal in 1945, aged 70 years Distinguished Conduct Medal,...
Hammer Price: £6,800
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 rare escaper’s N.G.S. awarded to Commander Frank Cutler, Royal Navy, who, after nearly six years in captivity, walked 600 miles to freedom ‘in the guise of a French soldier’ Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801 (Frank Cutter) edge bruise and polished, therefore nearly very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £6,000
France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, a superb Grand Cross set of insignia by Krètly, Paris, sash badge, 100 x 69mm., gold and enamel, bearing an ‘eagle head’ (post-1838) stamp mark; breast star, 90 x 90mm., silver, with faceted arms and rays, with back-plate, ‘Krètly, No. 46 Palais Royal, Paris’, reverse with twin prongs and pin fitting, together with a full sash ribbon, extremely fine, virtually perfect and rare in this condition (2) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £5,500
A most unusual South Africa 1877-79 campaign service and exploration pair awarded to Major W. G. Parminter, late Baker’s Horse: ‘A gallant gentleman of the very best English type’, he distinguished himself in the actions at Inhlobane Mountain and Ulundi - one witness to his gallant deeds on the former occasion stated that he was worthy of a V.C. - and went on to join Stanley in the Belgian Congo where he lent valuable assistance to the United States Navy Expedition of 1885 South...
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, a superb ‘made-up’ Garter with solid gold letters on dark blue velvet with additional decoration in gold thread, the mordant of the buckle finely engraved with the usual formal design and bearing maker’s mark ‘IE’ for John Edwards together with London Hallmarks for 22 carat gold (Lion Passant, Leopard’s head, and ‘sun in spleandour’, this last mark denoting 22 carat fineness and only in use from 1816 to 1844), the pendant gold chape also...
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...
The unique group of seven awarded to Colour Sergeant George Godfrey, 9th Foot, late 13th Light Infantry, one of the earliest recipients of the M.S.M. and a long time Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London Ghuznee 1839 (G. Godfrey, 13 P.A.L.I.); Cabul 1842 (* No. 702 Sergt. GeorgeGodfrey, 13th or P.A.L.I.*) fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, this fractured near the clip; Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Flying Victory (Clr. Sgt. G. Godfrey, No. 702 * 13th or P.A.L.I.) naming faintly...
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 Boer War “Crossing of the Tugela” D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant G. E. Ackland, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, late British Army and Brabant’s Horse, who was killed in action at Marakabi in July 1901 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Pte. G. E. Ackland, Thorneycroft’s M.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (7492 Serjt., Th’croft’s M.I.),...
Hammer Price: £4,800
The unique Napoleonic and early Indian campaign group of five to Lieutenant James Foster, Veterans Department, late Governor-General’s Body Guard and formerly Regimental Sergeant Major of the 11th Light Dragoons Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (J. Foster, Serjt. Majr, 11th Lt. Dgns); Waterloo 1815 (Serjt. James Foster, 11th Regiment Light Dragoons) contemporarily renamed, fitted with later silver bar suspension; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Sergt. J....
Hammer Price: £4,600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Charles Billington, 40th Foot) good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,500
A fine Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private T. Parish, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and 25th Battalion, Mounted Infantry, who, having served in the defence of Mafeking on attachment to the B.S.A.P and Protectorate Regiment, rescued a comrade under heavy fire at Kaffirstadt - an incident for which his Colour-Sergeant was recommended for the V.C. - and displayed gallant conduct in the costly rear-guard action at Baakenlaagte: wounded and badly treated by the Boers in the latter...
Hammer Price: £4,300
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (722 Pte. C. Connolly, 1/24th Foot) official correction to ‘Foot’, otherwise very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,200
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.);...
Waterloo 1815 (James Buckler, 1st Batt. 95th Reg. Foot), original steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £4,100
A fine Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. and Bar group of eight awarded to Brigadier-General W. F. Clemson, York & Lancaster Regiment - of which he was Colonel-in-Chief 1932-36: having commanded the 2nd Battalion with distinction in 1915, and won his first D.S.O., he was appointed a Brigade Commander, in which capacity he clearly led from the front, being wounded on the Somme in June 1916 and winning his second D.S.O. for further acts of gallantry at Passchendaele in September 1917 The Most...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A fine and rare Edward VII North West Frontier D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Major-General C. A. Fowler, C.B., C.S.I., D.S.O., 22nd Punjabis, Indian Army Distinguished Service Order, E.VII.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch but lacking pin; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. Col. C. A. Fowler, 22nd Pjbs.); 1914-15 Star (Brig. Genl. C. A. Fowler, C.B., D.S.O., I.A.); British War and Victory...
Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd Class neck badge with swords by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 48 x 48mm., gold and enamel, manufacturer’s name on reverse, ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet, kokoshnik marks on eyelet, swords and elsewhere, 1908-17, good very fine £1200-1400
Denmark, Order of the Elephant, breast star by Michelsen, Copenhagen, 87mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with central cross set with six diamonds, manufacturer’s mark, crowned ‘A.M’ on reverse, with twin-pin fitting, extremely fine £2000-2400
Hammer Price: £3,900
Three: Sergeant R. G. Jarrett, The Parachute Regiment General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Radfan, Northern Ireland (23896366 Pte. R. Jarrett, Para.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (23896366 Sgt R G Jarrett Para); Regular Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (23896366 Cpl R G Jarrett Para) good very fine (3) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,800
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....
Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd Class neck badge by Julius Keibel, St. Petesburg, 46 x 46mm., gold and enamel, manufacturer’s initials and double-headed eagle on reverse, ‘56’ gold mark for St. Petersburg on eyelet, with ribbon, in case of issue, 1865-82, nearly extremely fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £3,700
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Bar awarded to Captain R. A. Plimpton, Royal Highlanders and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, killed in action at Polygon Wood, 27 September 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) extremely fine (4) £2400-2800
Hammer Price: £3,600
A fine Great War Mesopotamia armoured car operations D.S.O., Western Front M.C. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. Carr, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late Machine Gun Corps (Motor), who died on active service on the Italian front in 1944 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Given to Captain Graham Carr by H.M. King George V, 29th July 1916’; 1914-15 Star (Capt., M.G.C.); British War and Victory...
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...
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