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A post-war O.B.E., Second World War D.F.C. group of five attributed to Squadron Leader K. Dear, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and privately inscribed, ‘F./Lt. K. Dear, 239 Squadron’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, these last three also privately inscribed, ‘F./Lt. K. Dear, 239...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain W. E. Footner, Army Veterinary Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with small size M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) good very fine (4) £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,000
Four: Serjeant T. Nowell, Royal Marines, wounded at El-Teb Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb (Pte., R.M.); 1914 Star (Ply. 2508 Col. Sergt., R.M., Nelson Bttn. R.N.D.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Sergt., No. 2508 Plymo. R.M.L.I.), impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, 1884, unnamed, first and last two mounted for wear, 1914 Star extremely fine, others with edge bruising and pitting, fine and better (4) £460-500
An inter-war civil M.B.E., Great War service group of seven awarded to Vice-Consul V. Wigg, Diplomatic Service, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force: as a young pilot in No. 65 Squadron, he was credited with at least one victory over the Western Front The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1935; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); Sweden, Order of the North Star, Knight’s breast...
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Cr. Sergt. John Munro, 93rd Highlanders) nearly very fine or better £500-600
Hammer Price: £980
A good Order of St. John group of five awarded to Corps Officer T. Lamb, St. John Ambulance Brigade, late East Riding of Yorkshire Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and black enamel type; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6 Ordly. T. Lamb, St. John Amb. Bde.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902, bronze (6 Pte. T. Lamb, Hull Corps); Volunteer Force Long...
Hammer Price: £950
Three: Private C. E. King, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, late Cape Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1726 Pte. C. E. King, Cape M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1726 Pte. C.E. King, Cape M.R.); Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1726 Pte. C. E. King, Cape M.R.), very fine or better and rare (3) £800-1000
Pair: Private P. Paine, Namaqualand Town Guard, who was wounded in the defence of Ookiep on 8 April 1902 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (49 Pte. P. Paine, Namqlnd. T.G.); Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (P. Paine), the last with attempted erasure of naming but details still clearly visible, severe edge bruising, otherwise good fine or better and scarce (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £920
Four: attributed to an Egyptian Soldier in the 10th Sudanese Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889 (arabic inscription); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (arabic inscription); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 5 clasps, Firket, Hafir, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum (arabic inscription) good very fine (4) £500-600
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22546912 Tpr. W. T. Baxter, S.A.S.), regiment officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £480-520
Hammer Price: £900
Three: Serjeant H. Foreman, Cape Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (552 Serjt., Cape M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (552 Serjt., Cape Mtd. Rif.); Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C., V.R. (No.552 3rd Cl. Sergt., C.M. Rifleman), engraved naming, good very fine, rare (3) £900-1000
Seven: Major O. A. Robertson, Queen’s Own Highlanders, late Seaforth Highlanders 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Major, Seaforth), mounted as worn; General Service 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (Major, Q.O. Hldrs.), in named card box of issue; together with a mounted set of six miniature dress medals as mounted group above, good very fine and better (lot) £220-260
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major R. K. T. Nightingale, Lancashire Fusiliers Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Captain R. K. T. Nightingale, 4th Lanc. Fus. 1918’; 1914-15 Star (Capt., Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major), mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £1000-1200
A fine Great War ‘escapers’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Land, 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (460593 Pte., 13/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (460593 Pte., 13-Can. Inf.) some contact wear and edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £880
Four: Naick Makka, Royal Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ali Musjid, Kandahar (Driver Makka, 11 By. 9 Bde. R.A.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Driver Makka, No. 11 Mn. By. 9th Bde. R.A.), engraved naming; India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Hazara 1891 (103 Naick Macka, No. 1 By. 1st Bde. E. Dn. R.A.); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (103 Naick Makka, No.9 Mn. By. R.A.), note variation in name, first and third pitted, fine and better (4) £600-700
Sudan Defence Force Native Officers’ Decoration, silver, edge inscribed in arabic script, with ribbon, extremely fine £200-250
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Flynn, 62nd Regt.), officially impressed naming, minor marks, good very fine £800-900
Four: Squadron Quartermaster Corporal A. Tombs, 2nd Life Guards 1914 Star, with clasp (2734 L. Cpl., 2/Life Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2734 C. of H., 2-L.G.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (299113 Sqn. Q.M. Cpl., L.G.), mounted as worn with the ribbon of the Defence Medal; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals Pair: Serjeant G. T. Weaving, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (2769 Sjt., R.E.) fine and better (lot) ...
Hammer Price: £850
A post-war M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer A. Greenhow, Royal Air Force, a veteran of the Southern Desert, Iraq operations of 1928 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Southern Desert, Iraq, Malaya (357334 L.A.C., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue ((357334) W./O., R.A.F.), the second...
Hammer Price: £820
The R.N.I.P.L.S. Silver Medal awarded to Coxswain John Storr, of the Whitby Lifeboat, who died in the ‘Whitby Disaster’ of 9 February 1861 Royal National Institute for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, G.IV.R., silver (John Storr, voted 7 July, 1853), with eyelet and ring suspension, edge bruise, good very fine £800-1000
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Serjeant J. Martin, South Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (12313 Cpl.-A. Sjt., 1/5 S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12313 Sjt., S. Lan. R.) some edge bruising, contact marks, fine (3) £700-900
Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (A. McDonald, Serjeant 75th Regiment Foot. 1830) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension and silver ribbon brooch, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £500-600
Three: Sergeant F. Butler, Seaforth Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3691 Cpl., 1/Sea. Hrs.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (3691 Sergt., 1st Bn. Sea. Highrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3691 Corpl., 1st Sea. Highrs.), mounted as worn from a silver buckle, slight contact marks, very fine (3) £400-450
An Indian Police Medal and King’s Police Medal group awarded to Deputy Superintendent J. W. Rourke, Indian Police Indian Police Medal, G.V.R., for Distinguished Conduct (J. W. Rourke, Inspr., Bombay Police); King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (J. W. Rourke, Dy. Supdt. of Police, Sind); 1914 Star (Mr J. Rourke, Mily. Accts. Dept.); British War and Victory Medals (J. W. Rourke, M.A.D.), both with an erasure before name; the word ‘Clerk’(?) faintly...
Hammer Price: £800
An impressive inter-war M.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Commissary & Major E. W. Newman, Indian Army, late Dorset Regiment, who was awarded an immediate M.S.M. in 1917 and thrice mentioned in despatches during his long and distinguished career (1895-1944): one of the latter distinctions was for the South Persia operations 1918-19, ‘though he was suffering from an old wound obtained in France’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type...
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Pipe Mr. Duncan McPhail, 92nd Highlanders) marks to Queen’s bust, otherwise about very fine and extremely rare £800-1000
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2nd Lieut. J. S. Guille, 99th Foot) good very fine £500-600
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal F. C. Upton, 63rd Royal Naval Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (207461 Cpl. F. C. Upton, 63/R.N.D.S. Coy. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (207461 Cpl. F. C. Upton, R.E.) good very fine (3) £800-1000
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22557163 Tpr. A. Simons, S.A.S.) edge bruise, good very fine £480-520
Hammer Price: £780
Family group Four: Corporal J. Smith, South African Education Corps, late Brabant’s Horse Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Wittebergen, Belfast (1041 Tpr., Brabant’s Horse); 1914-15 Star (Cpl., S.A.E.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl., S.A.E.C.) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Wittebergen, Belfast (1042 Tpr. D. Smith, Brabant’s Horse); sold with a Peace Medal 1914-19, 25mm., silver and enamel,...
Three: Gunner C. Chapman, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (75352 Gnr. C. Chapman, 15th W.D. R.G.A.); China 1900, no clasp (75352 Gnr. C. Chapman, R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (75252 Gnr. C. Chapman, R.G.A.), contact marks, edge bruising and polished, thus generally good fine, and a rare Boer War/China combination of awards (3) £400-500
Eight: Warrant Officer Class 1 A. Collie, Royal Engineers, who was awarded the M.S.M. and French Medaille Militaire prior to his death through wounds in June 1918 while serving on the R.E’s Railway Transportation Establishment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State (1644 L./Corpl. A. Collie, R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1644 Serjt. A. Collie, R.E.); 1914 Star (1644 Q.M. Sjt. A. Collie,...
Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver-gilt, 48mm., Soho Mint, good very fine £500-600
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Capt. B. H. F. Leumann, Ind. Med. Serv.) extremely fine £300-350
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lieut. M. W. Bell, 28th Regt.), officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £450-500
Pair: Private J. A. Harrell, Gloucstershire Regiment Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (5726288 Pte., Glosters), number officially renamed; U.N. Korea, unnamed, minor contact marks, very fine (2) £200-250
Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (George Povey, 92nd Regiment Foot. 1835) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £500-600
An M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Commander W. A. Dye, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who as a member of the British Armoured Car Detachment in Russia was arrested by the Bolsheviks The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Commr., R.N.V.R.) extremely fine (4) £800-900
Five: Private T. Little, Seaforth Highlanders India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (4118 Pte., Seaforth Highrs.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4118 Pte., 1/Sea. Hrs.), correction to service number; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4118 Pte., 2 Sea. Highrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4118 Pte., Seaforth Highrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (4118 Pte., 1st Sea....
A rare Waziristan 1937 operations I.D.S.M. awarded to Lance-Naik Nawab Ali, 2/8th Punjab Regiment Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (13016 L.-Naik Nawab Ali, 2-8 Punjab R), good very fine £600-800
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