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The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. C. R. Griffin, Royal Navy, one of a handful of survivors from the destroyer Shark following her loss at Jutland: tales of that ship’s heroic point blank “last stand” filled the front pages of national press long before the deeds of “Boy Cornwall” were generally known - and her skipper, Loftus Jones, whose shattered leg was dressed by Griffin, was awarded a posthumous V.C. Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R....
Hammer Price: £8,000
The inter-war C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain H. G. Moore, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who went on to win a “mention” for North Russia in 1919 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D....
Hammer Price: £850
The Great War group of four awarded to Captain C. H. B. Gowan, Royal Navy, who, having served as Gunnery Officer of the cruiser Yarmouth at Jutland, gained wider fame for his pioneering work in the launching of aircraft at sea 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. C. H. B. Gowan, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. C. H. B. Gowan, R.N.); Russian Order of St. Anne, 3rd class, with swords, gilt metal and enamel, generally good very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
The Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class A. L. Burgess, Royal Navy, who was awarded the D.S.M. for his gallant deeds in the destroyer Acasta at Jutland Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269498 A. L. Burgess, C.E.R.A. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Vulcan), good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £300
The Boer War and Great War pair awarded to Acting Lieutenant-Commander J. R. Cleave, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Durham Light Infantry, who served in the gunboat Cicala on anti-Zeppelin and U-Boat operations 1916-18 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. J. R. Cleave, Durham. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. R. Cleave, R.N.V.R.), note single initial, together with related dress miniature of the first, the...
Hammer Price: £260
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Chief Petty Officer A. James, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the monitor 22 in the Eastern Mediterranean - among other tasks she was charged with landing spies on the Turkish coast Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (142389 A. James, C.P.O., H.M.M. 22, E. Mediterranean), minor contact marks, very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £450
The Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Vice-Admiral H. H. Smith, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for his services in patrol cruisers in 1916, commanded the early aircraft carriers Compania and Argus; recalled as a Commodore 2nd Class in the Royal Naval Reserve on the renewal of hostilities, he was killed in action in September 1940, when his command was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Great War D.S.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant J. P. Bradley, Royal Naval Reserve, for his gallantry in operations on the Tigris in the period December 1916 to March 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. P. Bradley, R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D.oak leaf, remnants of naming after erasure, ‘Bradley, R.N.’, so presumably the Medal of another officer, good very fine...
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Great War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander W. J. King, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for services as a Naval Transport Officer in East Africa Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Agent W. J. King, F.I.D.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. J. King, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. W. J. King, R.N.V.R.); Royal Humane...
Hammer Price: £2,600
The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman F. Foreman, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the H.M.S. Abdiel: according to Jellicoe, she ‘laid 6,293 mines altogether, far more than any other destroyer-minelayers’ Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (194833 F. Foreman, A.B., Minelaying Opns., 1916-7); British War and Victory Medals (194833 F. Foreman, A.B., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (194833 F. Foreman, A.B., H.M.S. Abdiel); Imperial...
Hammer Price: £720
The Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Ordnance Artificer 1st Class C. H. Hazell, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the monitor 32 in the Eastern Mediterranean Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. 4491 C. H. Hazel, Armr. Mte., H.M.S. M. 32, E. Mediterranean), note surname spelling; 1914-15 Star (M. 4491 C. H. Hazell, A. Ar. Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 4491 C. H. Hazell, Act. Armr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (M. 4491 C....
Hammer Price: £800
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman H. J. Crone, Royal Navy, for his gallant deeds in the Q-Ship Penshurst: having joined her crew back in April 1916, he was present in all six of her famous actions under Francis Grenfell and Cedric Naylor, right up until her loss in the Irish Sea in December 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 12562 H. J. Crone, A.B., Atlantic, 20.22 Feb.8 Mar. 1917), good very fine £1600-1800 D.S.M. London Gazette 23 May 1917. Henry James Crone...
Hammer Price: £2,400
The Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of seven awarded to Captain S. H. Simpson, Royal Navy, who was twice decorated for his command of the Q-Ship Cullist from March 1917 to February 1918, a period that included no less than five close encounters with enemy submarines, the last of them resulting in Cullist’s demise Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. S. H. Simpson, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak...
Hammer Price: £15,000
The Second World War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Engineer Captain S. F. Heraud, Royal Navy, who, having been present at the destruction of the German raider Leopard in March 1917, went on to lend distinguished service in the Baltic operations of 1919, including a unique assignment as ‘British Engineer to the Russian Admiralty’ - it was in this capacity, for renovating and sailing the Russian battleship Volya to Sebastopol, that he was awarded the M.B.E. The Most Excellent Order of...
Hammer Price: £1,200
The Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Captain G. F. W. Wilson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his command of the sloop Zinnia during a skilfully executed attack on an enemy submarine in May 1917 - Zinnia worked in close liaison with Queenstown Command’s Q-Ships, on one occasion coming to the rescue of Gordon Campbell’s Pargust: taken P.O.W. in the 1939-45 War, following the sinking of the armed boarding vessel Van Dyck off Norway in 1940, Wilson was S.B.O. at Marlag und Milag...
Hammer Price: £4,100
The Great War D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Captain E. C. Thornton, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who was decorated for his command of the destroyers Derwent and Lucifer in 1917, the former ship being mined and sunk off Le Havre - blown off the bridge into the sea by the blast, he nonetheless made strenuous efforts to save his Gunner, R.N., and was awarded the R.H.S. Medal in silver: recalled in the 1939-45 War, he rose to the rank of Commodore 2nd Class and served as C.O. of the Naval Air...
Hammer Price: £1,500
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Stoker J. Cook, Royal Naval Reserve, arguably for the most famous Q-Ship action of them all, namely the Dunraven’s celebrated clash with the UC-71 on 8 August 1917 - on which occasion Gordon Campbell’s crew of 69 men won two V.Cs, two D.S.Os, six D.S.Cs, seven C.G.Ms, 24 D.S.Ms and 14 “mentions” Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (S. 4704 J. Cook, Sto., R.N.R., Atlantic Ocean, 8 Aug. 1917), possible official correction to initial, very fine ...
Hammer Price: £1,700
The Great War D.S.O., O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain G. L. Parnell, Royal Navy, who won the former distinction for his gallant command of the torpedo boat destroyer Nith in anti-submarine patrols in 1917, and the latter for his services as Resident Naval Officer at Baku during the Caspian Sea operations of 1919: but his additional “mention” perhaps reflected greater deeds, namely an all-afternoon surface-to-surface shooting match with U-Boat ace Lothar von...
Hammer Price: £2,900
The Great War D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar, Second World War O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Group Captain B. D. “Billiken” Hobbs, Royal Canadian Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who, in a matter of months, was credited with the confirmed destruction of the Zeppelin L. 43, the sinking of the UC-6 and the probable sinking of another enemy submarine - the whole as a pilot of Large American Seaplanes operating out of Felixstowe’s famous “Spider’s Web”: his family having moved to...
Hammer Price: £26,000
The Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Commander W. H. “Old Bill” Wilson, Royal Naval Air Service, late Imperial Yeomanry, a veteran of the fledgling R.N.A.S’s Dunkirk-based operations in 1914, when he gained a reputation for engaging enemy pilots and observers with his ‘pet rifle’: he went on to collect the R.H.S. Medal in bronze for saving his observer after coming down in the drink during the Gallipoli operations, and his D.S.C. for the period ending December...
Hammer Price: £4,500
The Great War D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commissioned Gunner C. J. Pounds, Royal Navy, who was present in destroyers at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland, and at the destruction of two U-Boats - both of them by ramming Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Gnr. C. J. Pounds R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. C. J. Pounds, R.N.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R....
Hammer Price: £2,100
The Great War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Petty Officer R. S. Gifford, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Benin 1897 operations who was decorated for his services in the monitor Earl of Peterborough in the Dardanelles and Adriatic in 1915-17 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (168279 R. S. Gifford, P.O., Mediterranean Station, 1917); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (R. S. Gifford, A.B., H.M.S. St. George); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (R. S. Gifford,...
The inter-war M.B.E., Great War D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Telegraphist Lieutenant-Commander C. C. France, who, having been decorated for his services in the submarine K. 2 in 1917, held command of an important wireless transmission station on Malta 1942-44 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1934, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (238487 C. C. France, P.O. Tel.,...
The Great War group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Commander R. H. Ransome, Royal Navy, a Dogger Bank and Dardanelles veteran who was killed in action in the destroyer Partridge in December 1917: in his previous command, the Victor, he had acted as escort to the Hampshire on the occasion of her loss, with Lord Kitchener, in June 1916 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. H. Ramsome, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. R. H. Ransome, R.N.), good very fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £880
The Great War group of three awarded to Gunner A. J. Milford, Royal Navy, who was present off Imbros in the action that witnessed the mining of the Goeben and Breslau in January 1918 1914-15 Star (223002 A. J. Milford, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. A. J. Milford, R.N.), good very fine and better (3) £200-250
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The Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain R. L’E. M. Rede, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant command of the flotilla leader Botha in a night action off Dunkirk in March 1918, when at 27 knots he rammed and ‘cut in two pieces’ an enemy torpedo boat: as Sir Roger Keyes put it, ‘the gift of rapid decision, initiative and readiness to accept responsibility was given to few’, but Rede ‘displayed all of these excellent qualities’ - and was also advanced to...
Hammer Price: £3,400
The Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of nine awarded to Captain P. R. P. Percival, Royal Navy, for his gallant command of the destroyer Morris in the Dover Patrol Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Lieut. P. R. P. Percival, R.N., H.M.S. Muzbee); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. P. R. P. Percival, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Commr. P. R. P. Percival, R.N.);...
Hammer Price: £7,000
The Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. C. K. “Shiner” Wright, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his magnificent courage as “Jimmy the One” in Percy Dean’s M.L. 282 in the Zeebrugge raid in April 1918: her decks crowded with the dead and dying, she took appalling punishment from point-blank fire, Wright’s own stomach wound being rated as fatal - as a result, at Sir Roger Keyes’ behest, the King was contacted for his approval of an...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The M.V.O., Great War D.S.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander D. P. J. Enright, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his command of torpedo boat No. 91 in the Mediterranean 1914-18 - which period included at least two encounters with U-Boats - and for his subsequent deeds in Russia in 1919, when, as a member of the Archangel River Flotilla, he distinguished himself under fire and assisted in demolition duties The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast...
Hammer Price: £4,300
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Boatswain D. McK. Shannon, Mercantile Marine, who was specially commended by his ship’s Master after a protracted duel with a U-Boat in which the ship was four times hit by torpedo Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (D. McK. Shannon, Bos’n., M.M., Atlantic Ocean, 25-26 May 1918), edge bruising, nearly very fine £1000-1200 D.S.M. London Gazette 7 August 1918: ‘In recognition of zeal and devotion to duty in carrying on the trade of the country...
The Great War D.S.M group of five awarded to Able Seaman W. T. Wann, Royal Navy, who, having fought at Jutland in the battleship Agincourt, was decorated for his gallantry in the Q-Ship Stockforce’s clash with the U-98 in July 1918: his captain, Harold Auten, was awarded the V.C. on the same occasion Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 24809 W. T. Wann, A.B., English Channel, 30th July 1918); 1914-15 Star (J. 24809 W. T. Wann, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 24809 W....
The post-war C.B., Great War D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Vice-Admiral M. H. A. Kelsey, Royal Navy, a veteran of Dogger Bank and Jutland, who went on to command the cruiser Naiad (1940-42) and battleship Warspite (1944), the latter commissions including extensive action in the Mediterranean and off Normandy, and his unique order in the annals of Naval gunnery: “Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire” The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge,...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The Great War D.S.O. and Second World War Bar group of eight awarded to Captain G. B. Hartford, Royal Navy, who, following a lucky escape from an early demise at Jutland, while in command of the destroyer Marne, won his first distinction for the destruction of the UB-124 in July 1918, and a Bar and a “mention” for sustained leadership and endurance in minesweeping operations in 1940-41 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, officially dated ‘1941’ on reverse,...
Hammer Price: £10,000
The Russian intervention M.B.E., A.M. group of three awarded to Junior Officer S. J. Haines, Mercantile Marine Reserve, the Albert Medal being a unique award for this conflict The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1917; Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, the reverse engraved, ‘Awarded by His Majesty to Samuel James Haines, Junior Officer, M.M.R., in Recognition of His Gallantry...
The Kronstadt Harbour raid D.S.O. group of three awarded to Engineer Lieutenant-Commander F. B. Yates, Royal Navy, the senior officer aboard Coastal Motor Boat 86 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt. Cr. F. B. Yates, R.N.), these two mounted as worn, generally good very fine (3) £6000-7000
The American Medal of Freedom and National Aeronautic Association (Paris Chapter) Medal awarded to Admiral Richard Byrd, the famous pioneer of long distance flight and polar exploration U.S.A., Medal of Freedom (Richard E. Byrd), in its case of issue, with related dress miniature, tunic riband and lapel fitment, extremely fine National Aeronautic Association of the U.S.A., Paris Chapter, silver medal, by E. Blin, obverse, Icarus clasping rock in rough seas, biplane above, reverse,...
The Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Petty Officer (Pensioner) W. C. Mudge, Royal Navy, who commanded a 6-inch gun crew aboard the armed merchant cruiser Alcantara at the time of her famous clash with the enemy raider Thor in July 1940 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (D/227540 W. C. Mudge, P.O., H.M.S. Alcantara); 1914-15 Star (227540 W. C. Mudge, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (227540 A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Great...
Hammer Price: £6,200
The Second World War G.M. group of six awarded to Frederick “Sexton” Blake, a former Stoker, R.N. who was decorated for his courage as an employee of the Great Western Railway during the Birmingham Blitz 1940: on being interviewed about his award, the Jutland and North Russia “Altham Flotilla” veteran was quoted as saying, “As I see it, I had no right to a medal ... these blitzes seem tame to me” George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frederick Francis Blake); 1914-15 Star (K....
Hammer Price: £3,300
The Second World War D.S.O. and Bar group of three awarded to Captain M. B. Sherwood, Royal Navy, who, having served as a submariner between the Wars, was decorated for his gallantry as C.O. of an anti-submarine trawler flotilla off Norway in 1940, and again for hazardous operations off Greece in the following year: such was the quality of his courage and leadership in the former theatre of war that a fellow officer was moved to observe, ‘all of us in trawlers would have gladly followed...
Hammer Price: £7,200
The Second World War D.S.O., D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Commander H. M. C. Sanders, Royal Naval Reserve, who was killed in action in command of the first of the flower-class corvettes, the Gladiolus, when she was torpedoed and sunk in October 1941: her C.O. from March 1940, he had participated in the destruction of at least two U-Boats in the interim, a gallant wartime career with parallels to the Compass Rose of Cruel Sea fame Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st...
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