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An A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Nursing Sister I. de P. Cave-Brown-Cave, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, mounted on bow ribbon; 1914-15 Star (N. Sister, Q.A.R.N.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister, Q.A.R.N.N.S.), these three mounted as worn, extremely fine (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £2,400
Pair: Private R. B. Cook, Gloucestershire Regiment Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22530176 Pte., Glosters); U.N. Korea, unnamed, good very fine (2) £200-250
Six: Quarter-Master & Captain S. J. How, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served in the American hospital ship Maine during the Boer War and the Boxer Rebellion - and gained a “mention” from Lord Roberts Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (8223 S. Major S. J. How, R.A.M.C.); China 1900, no clasp (8223 Serjt.-Maj. S. J. How, R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. S. J. How, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. S. J. How); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (8223...
Hammer Price: £2,300
A rare Victorian campaign service and M.S.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant A. McKerrow, 90th Regiment, who was wounded in the attack on the Great Redan in September 1855 and ‘hit by a Tulwar’ blow in the Indian Mutiny - ‘but the gentleman who gave it never gave another as I had the good luck to drop him with a shot through the chest’: and this just one of many fascinating observations to be found in McKerrow’s memoirs, published in the regimental journal shortly before his...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (John H. Helby, Midshipman) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1200-1400
A scarce Second World War O.B.E., Great War D.F.C. group of six awarded to Wing Commander O. C. Cassels, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, the earlier awards polished, nearly very fine, the remainder very fine and better (6) £2000-2500
A group of three awarded to Serjeant I. Hyams, Machine Gun Corps, late Royal Naval Air Service, who was awarded the Russian St. George Medal for Bravery for service with the Armoured Car Division in Russia British War and Victory Medals (79788 Sjt., M.G.C.); Russia, St. George Medal for Bravery, 4th Class, silver, rev. impressed, ‘No.1032306’, nearly extremely fine (3) £600-700
A fine Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Sub-Lieutenant F. J. Philp, R.N.V.R., Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (S.Lt. F. J. Philp, R.N.V.R.) extremely fine (3) £1000-1200
A fine Great War ‘Escaut Canal’ D.C.M. awarded to Acting Petty Officer Edward Griffiths, Tyneside R.N.V.R., Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (Tyne.Z. 3637 P.O. E. Griffiths, Hood Bn. R.N.V.R.) very fine £1200-1500
An impressive Great War M.M. group of nine awarded to Squadron Sergeant-Major A. Sharp, Military Mounted Police, late Royal Field Artillery and a veteran of the defence of Ladysmith Military Medal, G.V.R. (609 T.S.S. Mjr. A. Sharp, M.M.P.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (7514 Cpl. A. Sharp, 21st Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7514 Corpl. A. Sharp....
Hammer Price: £2,200
A group of four awarded to Serjeant E. A. Sincock, Machine Gun Corps, late 1st Dragoon Guards and Royal Naval Air Service, awarded the Russian Medal for Zeal for service with the Armoured Car Division in Russia Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4431 Pte., 1st Dgn. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (79620 Sjt., M.G.C.); Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, small, silver, ‘St. Stanislaus’...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant A. Chesters, 11th (Bantam) Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (20822 L. Cpl., 11/R. Lanc. R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (20822 Cpl., 11/R. Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (20822 Sjt., R. Lanc. R.); Defence and War Medals, Great War medals with heavy contact wear, edge bruising and polished and the B.W.M. with tightened suspension claw, therefore good fine, the Second...
A rare Sudan group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Persse, 2nd Dragoon Guards, attached Egyptian Army Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Capt., 2/D. Gds.), official correction to unit; British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 6 clasps, Firket, Hafir, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum, Jerok, unnamed, very fine (4) £1800-2200
A fine Second World War D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant J. C. K. Platts, Royal Air Force, a Rear-Gunner who completed over 40 sorties, many of them as “Marker” and no less than 15 of them against the “Big City”: prior to joining Pathfinders, he participated in the Hamburg “firestorm” raids and in the famous strike against Peenemunde in August 1943 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (636316 F./Sgt. J. C. K. Platts, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star;...
Hammer Price: £2,100
A Great War D.S.O., O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Hewitt, Royal West Kent Regiment, late Imperial Yeomanry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4517 Pte. A. Hewitt, 33rd Coy. 11th...
A Great War O.B.E., D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Paymaster-Captain V. C. G. Eason, Royal Navy, who served as Secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir C. H. Thursby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., throughout the war, including the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type, the reverse hallmarked London 1919; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Asst. Payr. V. C. G. Eason, R.N.); British War and...
A good Second World War D.F.C. group of six awarded to Wing Commander J. H. Newberry, Royal Air Force, who, having been shot down in his Blenheim over France in May 1940, carried out a brace of operational tours in No. 114 and No. 18 Squadrons, most of them of a daylight nature and several of the low-level variety - he was appointed to the command of the latter squadron in March 1942 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1942’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe...
A rare Great War period D.C.M. group of nine attributed to Gunner M. Kriz, a Czech Legionnaire Czech War Cross 1918; Czech Revolutionary Medal 1918; Czech Victory Medal 1918; Czech F.I.D.A.C. Medal for Veterans of the Great War; Czech Commemorative Cross for Volunteers 1918-19; Czech Zborov Memorial Medal 1917-47; Czech Bachmac Memorial Medal 1918-48; Austria, Empire, Karl Troop Cross 1916; Great Britain, Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as issued to foreign nationals, this...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 T. Dearden, South Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240533 C.S. Mjr., 1/5 S. Lan. R.); 1914-15 Star (2327 Pte., S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2327 W.O. Cl.2, S. Lan. R.), mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £2,000
The Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. & Bar group of four awarded to Major C. P. L. Balcombe, Royal Engineers, who was mortally wounded on 25 October 1918 and died four days later Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); together with an original studio portrait photograph thought to be of the recipient good very fine (4) £1800-2200
A good Great War ‘Western front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Second Lieutenant A. Searies, Suffolk Regiment, formerly Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was three times wounded in action and subsequently awarded an R.V.M. for services at Windsor Castle with the Berkshire Constabulary Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed ‘Presented to A. Searies, Jan. 14th 1920’; 1914-15 Star (10543 Pte., R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.); DefenceMedal 1939-45; Royal...
A Great War ‘Egypt’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain G. H. H. Waylen, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 1/4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., some contact wear, therefore nearly very fine or better (5) £700-900
A rare A.G.S. to Sergeant H. J. Capon, Royal Marines, who was killed in action in the Dubai Incident, 24 December 1910 Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (CH.9910 Sgt. H. J. Capon, R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Hyacinth) extremely fine and a rare casualty £1400-1800
A Second World War C.B., C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Air Commodore T. Fawdry, Royal Air Force, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914 Star, with clasp (776 Cpl., R.F.C.); British War...
A Second World War ‘Northern Italy operations’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal E. W. Flavell, London Irish Rifles Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6351125 Cpl., Lond. Ir. Rif.), some edge bruising; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Itlay Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, good very fine (7) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,800
Three: Private T. Elger, Grenadier Guards Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (T. Elger, Grenadier Gds.), officially impressed naming; France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, 2nd type, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, some edge bruising, generally very fine (3) £1200-1500
Honourable East India Company Medal for the Capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon & Isle of France 1809-10, silver, with loop suspension, good very fine £700-800
A rare Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. Chater, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, who, having passed a bomb disposal course in London in early 1941, was attached to the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, participated in the Walcheren landings in November 1944 and was awarded the Order of Orange Nassau: then in 1955 he added a “Canada M.S.M.” to his accolades - one of just 29 E.II.R. issues ever granted The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A good Great War minesweeping operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Chief Officer H. Terry, Merchant Navy, late Royal Naval Reserve, who added a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct to his accolades on the occasion the S.S. Maywood was mined in the Bristol Channel in March 1941 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Lt., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; King’s...
A Great War ‘Minesweeping operations’ D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant W. W. Storey, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, reverse inscribed, ‘1st Lieut. W. W. Storey, R.N.R., Invested Nov. 7th 1917, Buckingham Palace’, in Garrard, London case of issue; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut., R.N.R.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold...
Three: Private H. Birch, Shropshire Light Infantry Hong Kong Plague 1894 (Private H. Birch, S.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (3070 Pte. H. Birch, 2nd Shropshire Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3070 Pte. E. Birch, Shrops. L.I.), note differing initials, some edge bruising, good very fine (3) £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £1,650
An interesting and well-documented Great War group of four awarded to Sergeant B. G. Greenup, Royal Air Force, late Territorials, who was employed on important work as a “Lewis Gun Expert” for the Royal Flying Corps 1914-15 Star (2443 Sjt., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (2443 F. Sgt., R.F.C.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (501 Cpl., 6-R. War. R.), mounted as worn, one or two edge bruises otherwise good very fine, together with metalled Warwickshires...
Hammer Price: £1,600
Royal Geographical Society Scott Memorial Medal 1913, by F. Bowcher, obv. bareheaded uniformed bust of Captain Scott, R.N. facing, ‘Captain R. F. Scott, C.V.O., R.N. Commander British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13’; rev. five members of the expedition on skis trekking right, ‘Presented by the Royal Geographical Society’, in exergue, ‘For Antarctic Discovery 1913’, 55mm., bronze, unnamed, in case of issue, ref. B.H.M. 4101, Eimer 1933, extremely fine, rare £1000-1500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca (E. Purvis, Lieut. 4th Foot) top clasp slightly buckled, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
Russia, St. George Medal for Bravery, 4th Class, silver, rev. numbered, ‘No.534535’, nearly very fine £300-400
A rare Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Group Captain G. P. Grenfell, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col., R.A.F.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, generally good very fine (4) £1800-2200
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (1720 Pte. J. Pilbeam, 1/York & Lanc. R.) minor scratches to obv., good very fine £800-900
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of six awarded to Bombardier W. Woods, Royal Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (902849 Bmbr. R.A.); 1939-45 Star’ Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (902849 Gnr., M.M., R.A.) generally extremely fine (6) £900-1000
General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula (23202326 Pte. E. McLean, Para) nearly extremely fine £200-250
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia by Spink, London, sash badge, 105 x 75mm., silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, 89mm., silver, silver-gilt, gold appliqué and enamel, with gold pin, with a length of sash ribbon with bow, in case of issue; together with an Order of St. John miniature dress medal, enamelled, on bow ribbon, slight enamel damage to badge centres, good very fine (3) £1200-1400
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