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An exceptional Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain F. P. H. Synge, Irish Guards, killed in action on 29 July 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut., I. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); together with Memorial Plaque (Francis Patrick Hamilton Synge); and a contemporary official typed account of the action for which the M.C. was awarded, this rubber stamped ‘Irish Guards Record Office, Buckingham Gate, 29 Sept. 1917’, extremely...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A great War M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Petty Officer James Watson, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second award Bar (CZ-2323 A.B. J. Watson, Hood Bn: R.N.V.R.); 1914-15 Star (C.Z-2323 J. Watson, A.B. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (C.Z. 2323 J. Watson, P.O. R.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine (4) £2500-3000
An extremely rare Silver Cross of Rhodesia group of three awarded to Colour-Sergeant J. “Jock” McKelvie, Support Commando, 1st Rhodesian Light Infantry, late Royal Marine Commandos Silver Cross of Rhodesia (727700 Sgt. J. McKelvie); General Service 1962, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (RM. 22353 J. McKelvie, Mne., R.M.); Rhodesia General Service (727700 Sgt. McKelvie, J.), this last an official replacement stamped ‘(R..)’, generally good very fine (3) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,600
Four: Corporal Edwin Hindle, 1/60th King’s Royal Rifles Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (E. Hindle, 1st Bn. 60th R. Ri[fles]); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (E. Hindle, 1st Bn. 60th Rifles); Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (2279 Cpl. E. Hindle, 1/60 K.O.R.) officially engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2279 Corpl. E. Hindle, 1st Bn. 60th Foot) the first two with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine or better,...
Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, Case for a 1st Class set of insignia with swords, by P. S. Petrov, Petrograd, 260 x 154 x 60mm., having a cloth covering simulating red leather, lid with gilt eagle and inscription, interior of lid with silk covering bearing the name and address of the case manufacturer, complete with velvet lined internal pad, slight damage to lid and elsewhere, generally good condition £400-500
Hammer Price: £3,500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Company Sergeant-Major F. E. Wheeler, 23rd Royal Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (L-5915 C.S. Mjr. F. E. Wheeler, 23/R. Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (5915 Serjt. F. Wheeler, Rl. Fus. M.I.); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (5915 Sergt. F. Wheeler, 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.); 1914-15 Star (B-5195 C.Q.M. Sjt. F. E. Wheeler, R. Fus.);...
A rare Second World War East Africa 1940-41 operations D.F.M. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader J. F. S. Lawley, Royal Air Force, who was decorated for his services as a Navigator in Wellesleys of No. 47 Squadron during numerous operational sorties in the Eritrean and Abyssinian campaigns Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (564281 Sgt. J. F. S. Lawley, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, loose suspension on the first with signs of attempted tightening to...
A fine Second World War Dunkirk operations D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Chief Petty Officer A. H. H. Gutsell, Royal Navy, for services in the yacht Thele Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J. 28475 A. H. H. Gutsell, C.P.O., H.M.Y. Thele); 1914-15 Star (J. 28475 Boy 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 28475 L.S., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage bust (J. 28475 P.O., H.M.S. Victory), the...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Russia, St. George Cross for Bravery (2) 4th Class, 33 x 32.5mm., silver, reverse numbered, ‘671281’, with ring suspension; another, 4th Class, 34 x 34mm., silver, reverse numbered, ‘1/M 091186’, usual eyelet suspension, very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £3,200
Five: Colour Sergeant A. E. Trayfoot, Royal Marine Artillery East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (Bugler, R.M., H.M.S. Satellite); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (5565 Bglr., R.M.A., H.M.S. Monarch) engraved naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (R.M.A. 5565 Cr. Sgt.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (5565 Bugle Major, R.M.A.); Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R.,...
Hammer Price: £3,100
The Royal Guelphic Order, K.C.H. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star in silver with gold and enamel centre, the appliqué sword hilts also in gold and enamel, the horse of Hannover in silver, 79mm diameter, the gilt reverse signed Beaugeois Bijoutier a Paris, and fitted with pin for wearing, central medallion depressed and some enamel loss to wreath, very fine £1000-1200
A fine Second World War Dunkirk operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman W. F. Lunn, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry as a member of crew in the motor yacht Ankh - the “flagship” of the Naval Officer in Charge of the beaches at Bray Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 166227 W. F. Lunn. A.B., H.M.Y. Ankh); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R.,1st issue (J.X. 166227 PO. B....
Baronet’s Badge of Nova Scotia, a fine late 18th century oval badge in gold and enamels, 41mm x 34mm excluding suspension, one flake to white enamel and some very minor cracks and chips, otherwise nearly extremely fine £3000-4000
Hammer Price: £3,000
Three: Chief Petty Officer Air Engineering Mechanic (Weapons) W. R. F. Davies, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, who served with 845 Squadron in the Falklands and was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct after a Harrier training aircraft crashed near Yeovilton Air Station in 1985 General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (FX.065354 W. R. F. Davies, N.A.M.1 R.N.); South Atlantic 1982, with small rosette (CAEM(W) W R F Davies D065354U 845 Sqn.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R.,...
A Second World War ‘Eritrean Campaign’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. H. Platt, Royal Engineers, for gallantry during the final attack on Cheren Gorge in March 1941 whilst attached to King George V’s Own Bengal Sappers & Miners Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1941; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. J. R. H. Platt, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals;...
A rare Great War A.F.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant W. G. Westcott, Royal Air Force, late Mercantile Marine and Royal Naval Air Service, a ‘very good seaplane and patrol pilot’ Air Force Cross, G.V.R., in its John Pinches fitted case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. W. G. Westcott, R.A.F.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William G. Westcott); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. W. G. Westcott, R.A.F.), together with a set of related dress miniature medals, these...
Family group: An extremely rare and unusual Iraq 1920 operations D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant C. Downs, Royal Garrison Artillery, attached Inland Water Transport, whose gallant deeds saved the defence vessel Grey Fly after she came under heavy fire on the Euphrates Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1402109 Sjt. C. Downs, R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (20700 Bmbr., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (20700 Sjt., R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (20070 Sjt.,...
A Great War I.D.S.M. group of five awarded to Jemadar Mit, Sikh Pioneers Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Jemdr. Mit Singh, 1st Bn. 155th Indian Pioneers); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (4029 Sepoy Mit Singh, 23rd Pioneers); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (4029 Sepoy Mit Singh, 23rd Sikh Pioneers); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (4029 Lce. Naick Mit Singh, 23d Sikh Pioneers);...
The Royal Guelphic Order, K.C.H. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star in silver with gold and enamel centre, the crossed swords and horse of Hannover all in silver, 87mm diameter, unmarked but probably of English manufacture, the reverse fitted with silver pin for wearing, some enamel loss to wreath, otherwise good very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,900
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Lieut. H. C. Gribble, 3rd Dn. Gds.) good very fine and a rare casualty £1400-1800
Three: Private Christopher Lindert, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Christoph Lindert, 1st Hussars K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Christoph Lindert, 1st Reg. Hussars [K].G.L.) naming a little weak in parts; K.G.L. Volunteer Medal 1841, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn with the last medal taking precedence, contact marks, nearly very fine or better (3) £1800-2200
Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd Class neck badge by Albert Keibel, 48 x 47mm., gold and enamel, ‘56’ gold mark for St. Petersburg on eyelet, double-headed eagle and manufacturer’s marks on reverse, good very fine £800-1000
Three: Commander William Watson Smyth, Royal Navy, gazetted for good service in China and New Zealand and later appointed a Naval Knight of Windsor Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860 (W. W. Smyth, Actg. Mate H.M.S. Niger) officially impressed naming, good very fine and very rare (3) £2000-2500
The uniquely dated “Discovery Investigations” Polar Medal in bronze awarded to Netman D. Kennedy, late Pilotage Service and afterwards Royal Navy: as a result of the hardships endured by such men - Kennedy spent six seasons in Antarctica - the international whale conservation programme was set in motion Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., bronze, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1929-34 (Duncan Kennedy), in its case of issue, extremely fine £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £2,800
A fine Second World War battle of Sidi Rezegh M.M. group of six awarded to Major T. V. H. Margesson, 4th (Rhodesian) Anti-Tank Regiment, attached 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Horse Artillery: an old Harrovian aged about 40 years at the time of winning his immediate M.M. as a Bombardier, his gun was credited with “brewing up” several enemy tanks - so, too, with working closely alongside V.C. winner Brigadier “Jock” Campbell in his armoured control...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (F. Scott, M.D., Surgn., 95th Foot) original riband, edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,700
Russia, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class breast badge with swords, 35 x 35mm., gold and enamel, unclear stamp marks on reverse arms, lacking suspension, obverse centre replaced by a gold disk with brooch fitting, enamel damage to reverse centre, very fine £800-1000
An unusual and interesting group of nineteen awarded to Alexander Gault MacGowan, an accredited War Correspondent in the 1939-45 War, whose extraordinary career commenced with service as a subaltern in the Manchester Regiment and as an R.A.F. Observer in the Great War: having been wounded in North Africa in 1943, he was captured by the Germans in France in 1944, but escaped ‘through a series of adventures that would make a Hollywood scenarist bite his nails with envy’ - and briefly...
A rare and impressive East Africa 1941 operations immediate D.F.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant J. G. P. Burl, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: in the unenvious position of being a Lysander air gunner under attack - and having had two or three bullets pass through one of his hands - he managed to force down an Italian CA. 133 and damage a CR. 42, following which his own aircraft crash-landed after serious damage inflicted by Italian fighter ace Maresciallo Soffritti - still under...
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, an impressive G.C.M.G. Knight Grand Cross large size sash badge with bulbous crown, 120 x 86mm., gold and enamel, unmarked, c.1860, enamel damage to one obverse ray, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,600
Three: 1st Sergeant Instructor of Musketry Charles Monk, Royal Marine Artillery China 1857-60, no clasp (C. Monk, R.M.A.) depot impressed naming, suspension refixed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Chs. Monk, Sergt. 15th Co. R.M.A.) officially engraved naming, suspension refixed; Royal Marine Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Charles Monk, 1st Sergt. Inst. of Musky. 15th Co. R.M.A. 20th March 1912) officially impressed, China with marks around the claw; first two with...
Four: Sergeant J. D. Hill, Royal Marines, whose service with the Medical Squadron of the R.M. Commando Logistic Regiment in the Falklands included a lengthy spell in ‘The Red and Green Life Machine’ South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (Cpl J D Hill P0034950H RM); Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (Cpl J D Hill P0034950H RM); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, N. Iraq & S. Turkey, Northern Ireland (Cpl J D Hill P0034950H RM); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Cpl J D Hill P0034950H RM) mounted in...
Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, 30mm., gold, 24.68g., unmarked, on ‘St. Anne’ ribbon, some contact marks, very fine £400-500
Russia, Commemorative Badge, bearing the year dates ‘1874’ and ‘1924’, reverse inscribed, ‘10’, 41 x 34mm., silver and enamel, screw-backed, enamel damage, very fine £100-150
A Great War ‘Battle of Kut’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Serjeant W. Cole, Dorset Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7728 Pte., 2/Dorset Regt.); 1914-15 Star (7728 Pte., Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (7728 Pte., Dorset R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5718090 Sjt., D.C.M., Dorset R.) last with correction to service number, some contact marks, very fine (5)
A particularly fine Second World War Coastal Forces D.S.M. group of five awarded to Temporary Lieutenant (E.) R. J. A. Bunce, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a Chief Motor Mechanic in the 50th M.G.B. Flotilla Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.C.M.M. R. J. A. Bunce, P/MX. 98931); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Ty. Sub. Lieut. (E.) R....
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Barrosa, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca (J. Walpole, Lieut. Coldst. Gds.) good very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,500
Pair: Able Seaman Nicholas Johnson, Royal Navy, who was severely wounded during the First Maori war in the attack on Kawiti’s Pah in January 1846 China 1842 (Nicholas Johnson, H.M.S. Blenheim); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (N. Johnson, A.B. H.M.S. Castor) officially impressed naming, light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine (2) £1400-1800
Africa General Service 1902-56, 3 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Somaliland 1908-10, Somaliland 1920 (J. D. Fernandes, Dom. 3 Cl., H.M.S. Fox) unique three-clasp medal to the Royal Navy, nearly extremely fine £600-800
A fine Second World War D.F.M. awarded to Flying Officer E. Conner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Mid-Upper Gunner and “Battle of Berlin” veteran who had half of his turret demolished by an incendiary dropped from another Lancaster - but who nonetheless remained at his post Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1523357 F./Sgt. E. Conner, R.A.F.), together with original Buckingham Palace forwarding letter, in the name of ‘Flying Officer Edward Conner, D.F.M.’, and a wartime...
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