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A Great War Egypt operations M.B.E. group of six awarded to Captain H. S. Smith, Royal Engineers, earlier the recipient of one of only three known “raised dates” Queen’s South Africa Medals to the British Army The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, reverse with raised dates ‘1899-1900’, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (19467 Q.M.S. H. S....
Hammer Price: £4,100
Waterloo 1815 (Q.-Mast. John M’Combie, 1st Batt. 92nd Highlanders) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, small letters ‘S.T.’ neatly engraved after his rank to reflect that he was the Quartermaster-Sergeant not Quartermaster, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,000
A rare post-war M.B.E., Second World War clandestine operations M.C. group of ten to Colonel W. V. G. Smith, Royal Fusiliers, late Lancashire Fusiliers, who was decorated for his services in S.O.E.’s Albanian Mission 1943-44, in which capacity he carried out numerous acts of sabotage The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army;...
A Russian St. George Cross for Bravery pair awarded to Petty Officer Mechanic N. E. Martin, Royal Naval Air Service, for service with the Armoured Car Division in Russia Victory Medal 1914-19 (F.2870 P.O.M., R.N.A.S.); Russia, St. George Cross for Bravery, 4th Class, silver, rev. inscribed, ‘978487’, extremely fine (2) £1200-1500
A fine Second World War D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. H. R. Price, an Air Gunner and Battle of Britain veteran who achieved notable success in low-level attacks in the Middle East Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (970175 F./Sgt. J. Price, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, contact marks, generally very fine (6) £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £3,900
A particularly fine Second World War escaper’s M.C. and North-West Europe operations Bar group of eight awarded to Major. J. M. Storey, Royal Tank Regiment: having been wounded at Sidi Rezegh and at Tobruk, he was taken P.O.W. but made a successful bid for freedom in Italy at the end of 1943: returning to the fray in 1st Royal Tanks in North-West Europe, he won an immediate Bar to his M.C. for holding out in a German village in March 1945, surrounded by snipers and Panzerfausts, and...
A rare Great War immediate D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander R. H. Haworth-Booth, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (F./O., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War War Medals, a little polished, very fine and better (7) £2500-3000
A rare Second World War prisoner of war’s M.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer 1st Class R. “Ronnie the One” MacDonald, Australian Regular Army, late Cameron Highlanders: having been taken P.O.W. near Abbeville in June 1940, he proved uncompromising in his attitude to his captors and was regularly incarcerated in the “cooler” for persistent escape attempts - he displayed a similar attitude towards the recruits he had to train after joining the Australian Army in the...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A fine Second World War Mosquito pilot’s D.F.C., post-war E.II.R. A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Wing Commander O. D. Staple, Royal New Zealand Air Force, who flew many daring low-level sorties in 2nd Tactical Air Force 1944-45, among them strikes against the Chateau Fou at Chatellerault and the enemy barracks at Arnhem in support of the airborne landings: he twice returned to base in a flak damaged aircraft, once having to carry out a crash landing Distinguished Flying Cross,...
A Great War D.S.M. awarded to Petty Officer Mechanic G. Gardner, Royal Naval Air Service, awarded the D.S.M. and several Russian decorations for service with the Armoured Car Division in Russia Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F.9891 P.O. Mech., R.N. Armd. Cars. Austria 1st July 1917) good very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,500
A Great War D.S.M. awarded to Petty Officer Mechanic A. Graham, Royal Naval Air Service, awarded the D.S.M. and Russian St. George Cross for Bravery for service with the Armoured Car Division in Russia Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F.2855 P.O. Mech. Armoured Cars, Russia, 1916-7) nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
A rare E.II.R. M.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant H. G. Marsh, Royal Marines Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (R.M. 9803 F. R. Marsh, Mne., R.M.); General Service 1962, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (R.M. 18729 H. G. Marsh, Cpl., R.M.); Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R. (Sgt. H. G. Marsh, PO18729C, R.M.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., with Bar (R.M. 18729 Sgt. H. G. Marsh, R.M.), mounted for wearing as worn, the first...
Hammer Price: £3,300
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Egypt, Corunna, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse (Thos. Roy, 92nd Foot) nearly extremely fine £1600-1800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (James McIntosh, 92nd Foot) minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine and rare £1800-2200
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Corporal H. Holcroft, South Lancashire Regiment, originally recommended for the Victoria Cross, for gallantry at Festubert on 10 April 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (241694 Pte., 1/5 S. Lan. R.); 1914-15 Star (4152 Pte., S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (4152 Cpl., S. Lan. R.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, bronze star on ribbon, good very fine (5) £1400-1800
The D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. M. Lenox-Conyngham, Army Veterinary Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar (lacking pin); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Capt. A.V.D.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Major, A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals, small M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Memorial Plaque (Hubert Maxwell Lenox-Conyngham); together with two miniature awards: Distinguished Service Order,...
A very rare Great War D.C.M. group of three awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. J. French, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11559 Cpl. C. J. French, H.Q., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (11559 Pte., R.F.C.), generally very fine or better (3) £2000-2500
An extremely rare Borneo operations M.M. pair awarded to Corporal Bombahadur Limbu, 1/7th Gurkha Rifles: a leading scout in a three-man reconnaissance patrol, he killed outright a brace of Indonesian insurgents in a jungle firefight - and wounded a further three while lending cover to his comrades as they withdrew across a deep, fast flowing river Military Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (21152190 Rfn. Bombahadur Limbu, 7 G.R.); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula (21152190...
Hammer Price: £3,200
An impressive and early Great War D.C.M. group of twelve awarded to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and Quarter-Master F. Snow, Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (888 C.S. Mjr. F. Snow, 2/Manch. R.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (888 Sjt., 2/Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (888 W.O. Cl. 1, Manch. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (888 W.O. Cl. 1, Manch. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Lieut., D.C.M., Manch....
The Sutlej campaign medal to Sergeant-Major John Cantwell, 50th Regiment, killed in action at Sobraon at the moment of victory having captured a Sikh standard Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Color Serjt. John Cantwell, 50th Regt.) slight edge bruising, very fine £3500-4000
A fine Great War ‘Sanctuary Wood’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant E. W. F. Hammond, Honourable Artillery Company Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (676 L. Cpl., H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (2. Lieut.); memorial plaque (Ernest William Frost Hammond) nearly extremely fine or better (5) £2000-2500
Family group: A rare Great War escaper’s M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant A. P. Taylor, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Division and Royal Naval Air Service: decorated in 1919 for his earlier escape following the Antwerp operations in 1914, he witnessed further action on the Western Front with the R.N.D., was severely wounded in 1917, and afterwards qualified as a Kite Balloon Officer Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with (copy) clasp (L7/3339 Act. A.B., R.N.V.R., Benbow...
An exceptional and particularly early Great War M.C. group of nine awarded to Quarter-Master & Captain H. Dugdale, Royal Army Medical Corps, a veteran of the Suakin 1885 and Ashanti 1896 operations who was awarded the M.S.M. in 1936, aged 75 years Military Cross, G.V.R.; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (3931 Sergt., M.S. Corps); Ashanti Star 1896; 1914 Star (Hon. Lieut. & Q.M., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Q.M. & Lieut.); Army...
Hammer Price: £3,100
A good post-war M.B.E., Second World War minesweeping operations D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. A. B. Harrisson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, hallmarks for London 1942; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, S.E....
A rare Anglo-Boer War D.T.D. group of five awarded to Lieutenant G. H. J. Kruger, Staatsartillerie, afterwards 4th South African Mounted Rifles Anglo-Boer War Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst 1899-1902 (Luit. G. H. Kruger); Anglo-Boer Oorlog Medal 1899-1902 (Luit. G. H. Kruger); 1914-15 Star (Lt. G. H. J. Kruger, 4th S.A.M.R.); British War and Bi-lingual Victory Medal (Lt. G. H. J. Kruger), together with a small 9ct. gold medal, obverse with arms and ‘Eendragt Maakt Magt’, reverse...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Corunna, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Davidson, 92nd Foot) nearly extremely fine £1800-2200
A good Second World War D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader M. G. Reid, Royal Canadian Air Force, who completed 38 sorties in Halifaxes of 76 and 78 Squadrons, on several occasions as a Leading Navigator in daylight raids Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal 1939-45, silver; Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45, silver; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R., with...
A rare E.II.R. A.F.M. awarded to Pilot Officer F. O. Robertson, a gallant Master Pilot and Test Pilot whose stalled aircraft went into a fatal spin when he turned it away from a Hampshire village while attempting to make a forced-landing Air Force Medal, E.II.R. (654676 F. Sgt. F. O. Robertson, R.A.F.), in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £2,900
A rare Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant T. J. Jones, Royal Naval Reserve, who spotted for the monitor M-33 in her many actions on the River Dvina, Russia in the summer of 1919 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.R.), generally extremely fine (4) £1800-2200
A particularly fine and well-documented Second World War North-West Europe operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Major A. Ritchie, Royal Engineers, a Troop Commander in 6 Assault Regiment whose specially adapted Churchill tanks proved instrumental in the capture of Boulogne in September 1944: equipped with spigot mortars that fired concrete-shattering 40lb. projectiles (a.k.a. “Flying Dustbins”), they were nonetheless vulnerable to the enemy’s much vaunted Panzerfaust - so much so...
A Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Quartermaster & Captain E. J. Sayer, Essex Yeomanry, formely 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3157 Lce. Sergt., 11th Hussars); 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut., Essex Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut.); Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3157 S.S. Mjr., 11/Hrs.) mounted as worn, some contact wear, therefore...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A fine Second World War A.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant C. Beveridge, Royal Air Force, who flew daylight sorties and night-fighter operations in Blenheims of No. 219 Squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (522807 F./Sgt. C. Beveridge, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, generally good very fine (5) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £2,700
A Guelphic Medal pair awarded to Corporal H. Köhne, Field Battalion Bremen Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Corp ... Kohne, Feld Bataill .... [B]remen), silver, original suspension; Hannover Waterloo 1815 (Corporal Heinrich Kohne, Grenadier Bat. Bremen), replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, fine (2) £3000-3500
A rare E.II.R. Malaya operations M.M. pair awarded to Rifleman Ganeshbahadur Sunwar, 2/7th Gurka Rifles - despite being seriously wounded, he continued to lead his men in an attack on a terrorist stronghold, and accounted for one of their number before being evacuated by helicopter Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (21136653 Rfn. Ganeshbahadur Sunwar, 7 G.R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21136653 Rfn. Ganeshbahadur Sunwar, 7 G.R.), mounted as worn, the second with...
Four: Private F. H. Church, Royal Marine Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Ch.20569 Pte., R.M.L.I.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (Ch.20569 Pte., H.M.S. Clio); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Iraq 1919-1920 (Ch. 20569 Pte., R.M.L.I.) contact marks, fine and better, rare (4) £1400-1800
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Lieut. Wm. Crozier, 75th Regt.) overall surface marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1600-1800
The Royal Humane Society Medal with second and third award bars to Stephen Renforth, who is said to have rescued 62 lives from the Tyne, the Clyde and in America; a truly remarkable livesaver Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Stephen Renforth, 5th August 1890), 2 bars, 26th Jany. 1895, 13 June 1899, complete with bronze brooch bar, slight edge bruising, very fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal H. V. Simmons, Warwickshire Yeomanry, wounded in the brilliant charge of the Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry at Huj, in Palestine, for which he most probably received his decoration Military Medal, G.V.R. (310294 L. Cpl., War. Yeo.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1799 Pte., Warwick. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (1799 Cpl., Warwick. Yeo.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1799 Pte.-A. Cpl., War. Yeo.); Defence Medal,...
A fine Second World War D.F.M. group of four awarded to Flight Sergeant M. E. Foreman, Royal Air Force, a Wireless Operator who flew several sorties to the “Big City” at the height of the Bomber Command’s offensive over the winter of 1943-44, in addition to participating in the Hamburg “firestorm” raids and in the famous strike against Peenemunde in August 1943 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1312653 F./Sgt. M. E. Foreman, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War...
Hammer Price: £2,500
A rare Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader G. F. Breese, Royal Air Force, late Squadron Commander, Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1916; 1914-15 Star (Flt. Lt., R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Sq. Cr., R.N.A.S.); Coronation 1937, unnamed, mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £2200-2600
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