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The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for London, date mark partially obscured but probably for 1818, with maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with original swivel-ring straight bar suspension and gold buckle on ribbon, some enamel damage to wreath and scroll, good very fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £1,500
A rare Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Medal and Bar, New York Life Saving Association pair awarded to Captain T. J. Jones, onetime Royal Naval Reserve Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver, with Second Award Bar, this officially inscribed ‘Barque “Rialto”, 14 Rescued, 10 Feb. 1895’ (Capt. Thomas J. Jones, S.S. “Cufic”, for Having Rescued the Crew of the “John M. Price”, Feb. 23 1893), in its fitted Elkington case of issue; New York...
Nine: Captain J. H. Howell, South African Forces, late Hartigan’s Horse and South African Police, a veteran of the defence of Kimberley - in which he was wounded - who died in September 1943 while serving in the Essential Services Protection Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (1773 Pte. J. H. Howell, Cape P.D. 1); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1773 Pte. J. H. Howell, C.P. Dist. 1);...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Corunna, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (Fredk. White, 92nd Foot) lightly polished, otherwise good very fine £1400-1600
The Second World War C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Brigadier J. J. M. Soutar, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Director of Veterinary Services in India, 1940-44 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, lacking correct suspension ring and eyelet; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 2nd...
A good Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant W. H. Taylor, East Surrey Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (31049 L. Sjt., 1/E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (31049 Sjt., E. Surr. R.); together with original registered packet of issue for Great War campaign medals addressed to recipient at ‘Church Road, Merton, Surrey,’ good very fine or better (3) £1400-1600
A ‘North West Frontier 1937’ I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Jemadar Shadamir, Tochi Scouts, late North Waziristan Militia Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Jemdr., Tochi Scouts), complete with brooch bar; British War Medal 1914-20 (7240 Sepoy, N. Waz. Mil.) very fine and better (2) £800-900
A Great War ‘Battle of Amiens’ M.M. group of three awarded to Acting Sergeant J. L. Dickson, Tank Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (91643 Pte., 5/Tank C.); British War and Victory Medals (91643 Pte., Tank Corps) nearly extremely fine (3) £600-800
Family group: A Second World War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Flight Sergeant J. S. Pennington, Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (365560 F./Sgt. Joseph S. Pennington, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (365560 L.A.C., R.A.F.); Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (365560 F./Sgt., R.A.F.), generally good very fine The Great War campaign service...
Hammer Price: £1,400
Seven: Colour-Sergeant E. Pearce, Royal Sussex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2080 Pte. G. Pearce, 1/R. Suss. R.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (2....rgt. A. Pearce, 2d Bn. R. Suss. R.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4..... Colr. Sergt. A. E. Pearce, 2d Bn. Ryl. S... Regt.), unofficial rivets between clasps, suspension rod loose; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd...
The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with gold pin, both pieces officially numbered, ‘79’, with full sash ribbon, slight enamel damage to star, very fine and better (2) £1000-1200
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Major R. T. C. Cream, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. R. T. C. Cream, R.G.A. (M.)); 1914-15 Star (Capt. & Adjt. R. T. C. Cream, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major R. T. C. Cream); French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with star riband fitment, generally very fine and better (6) £800-1000
Pair: Trooper A. Chalke, British South Africa Police, a veteran of the Rhodesia 1896 operations who participated in the defence of Mafeking British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. A. Chalke, M.R.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Mafeking (2408 Tpr. A. Chalke, B.S.A. Police), contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (2) £700-900
Four: Sergeant W. Webster, Cape Mounted Rifles Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Pte. W. Webster, C.M. Rifn.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (105 Serjt. W. Webster, Cape M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (105 Serjt. W. Webster, Cape M.R.); Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C., V.R. (3/Cl. Sgt. W. Webster, C.M. Rifles), generally good very fine and rare (4) ...
Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-92, silver, the edge straight grained, 37mm., fitted with loop and small ring for suspension, nearly very fine £600-800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Corunna, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Alexr. Brock, 92nd Foot) repair to left side of carriage, edge bruising and minor nicks, therefore nearly very fine £1400-1600
Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Lance Sergeant G. Thomas, S.L.I.) edge bruise, good very fine £1000-1200
A good Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to E. Renaut, Essex Regiment, formerly Norfolk Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (41573 Sjt., 1/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (1775 Sjt., Norf. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (29469 Sjt., Norf. R.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Belgian Croix de Guerre, contact wear and polished, therefore generally nearly very fine or better (6) £1400-1600
Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3492 Pte. W. Mooney, 21/L/crs.) contact marks, nearly very fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,300
Ten: Acting Staff Sergeant W. H. Stone, Royal Army Medical Corps, late St. John Ambulance Brigade, who served aboard the American hospital ship Maine during the Boxer Rebellion Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (127 Ordly. W. H. Stone, St. John Amb. Bde.); China 1900, no clasp (1439 Pte. W. H. Stone, St. John Amb. Bde.); 1914-15 Star (26126 Sjt. W. H. Stone, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (26126 A.S. Sjt. W. H. Stone, R.A.M.C.); Defence Medal 1939-45;...
Mayor of Kimberley’s Medal 1899-1900, unnamed as issued, lacquered, very fine and rare £400-500
A good Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant J. W. H. Ross, 185th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily inscribed ‘Lieut. John W. H. Ross, 185 Tunnelling Coy., R.E., 1918’; 1914-15 Star (48930 Sjt., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) mounted as worn; together with corresponding miniatures, these contained in ‘McLaren & Son, Glasgow’ fitted case, generally very fine (8) £800-1000
A well documented Second World War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Wing Commander R. S. Sikes, the Reserve of Air Force Officers Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1942’ and privately inscribed, ‘S./Ldr. R. S. Sikes, R.A.F.’; Defence and War Medals, these also privately inscribed, ‘W./Cdr. R. S. Sikes, R.A.F.’, good very fine and better (3) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,200
Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (J. Brewer, 24th Foot) good very fine £1000-1200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Fuentes D’Onor (John Priest, 92nd Foot) good very fine £600-700
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (D. McLachlan, 92nd Foot) minor edge bruising, otherwise about extremely fine £1200-1400
Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1989 Pte. J. Grigor, 92nd Highrs.) edge nick and polished, otherwise very fine £1200-1500
Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Private W. Allen, S.L.I.) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer A. W. S. Peckett, Army Service Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (S-31641 Pte., A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (S-31641 Pte., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S-31641 A.W.O. Cl. 2, A.S.C.) B.W.M. with single edge bruise, otherwise generally very fine or better (4) £800-1000
Four: Private M. Lynch, 88th Regiment Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No ...0 Michael Lynch, 88 ...), engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Michael Lynch, 88th Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (2490 Michl. Lynch, 88th Foot), signs of brooch mounting to reverse; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (2490 Ml. Lynch, 88th ...), fitted with scroll suspension, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, fine and better (4) £450-550
Hammer Price: £1,100
A rare gallantry B.E.M. awarded to Garry Cooper, for a courageous attempt to save three children from a fire in Poole in June 1965 - he sustained serious burns in the process British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R., with gallantry emblem (Garry Cooper), nearly extremely fine £500-600
Three: Lance-Corporal W. Boyd, Cookhouse Town Guard, late Frontier Light Horse and Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (64 Tpr. W. Boyd, Frontr. L. Horse); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 2 clasps, Transkei, Basutoland (Pte. W. J. Boyd, P.A.V.G.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (15 L. Cpl. W. Boyd, Cookhouse T.G.), this last with corrected number, occasional edge bruising, generally very fine or better and rare (3) £800-1000
Six: Lance-Corporal L. W. MacFarlane, 3rd Hussars, late 5th Royal Irish Dragoons (R.A.C.) and 6th Airborne Armoured Regiment, who continued his military career in the French Foreign Legion in the 1950s 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14217058 L. Cpl., R.A.C.); French North Africa Commemorative Medal, clasp, Maroc, the fifth with official but later impressed naming, generally good very fine (6) £600-800
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant L. Henshaw, South Lancashire Regiment, late Manchester Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (2027 Pte., Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. (Lieut.), contained in glass-fronted fitted case, last with slight edge bruising, very fine and better (4) £800-900
Three: P. J. Bryce, Royal Navy South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (ALMEM(L) D152260V H.M.S. Bristol); General Service 19621 clasp, Gulf (ALMEM(L) D152260V R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (ALMEM(L) D152260V R.N.) good very fine (3) £700-900
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Brigadier R. L. Withington, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘R.L.W., Yser Canal, July 6th 1915’; 1914 Star (2 Lieut., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.), mounted as worn, very fine (4) £850-950
Four: Private John McArdle, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (B/223 Pte. J. McArdle, 92nd Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (56/223 Private J. McArdle 92nd Highlanders); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (444 Pte. J. McArdle, 1/Gord. Highrs.); Khedive’s Star 1882, pitting from stars, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £600-700
A Second World War ‘Sicily Operations’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Major V. A. Thomas, Middlesex Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1943’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Maj., M.C., Mx.), mounted for wear, first and last with contact marks, about very fine and better (8) £1200-1400
An unusual Great War replacement ‘crowned head’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major W. H. Elwick, 511th (London) Field Company, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. 2nd ‘crowned head’ issue (554007 C.S.M., R.E.); 1914-15 Star (852 Cpl., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (852 W. O. Cl. 2., R.E.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (554007 C.S.M., R.E.) all medals additionally officially inscribed with the word ‘duplicate’ after the...
A rare Great War M.M. pair awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Class W. Hewitt, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (47936 2 Cl. A.M. W. Hewitt, R.F.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (47936 Cpl., R.A.F.), good very fine (2) £500-600
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