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The Third Class Order of St George awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, G.C.B., commander of the British 2nd Division at the battle of Waterloo in June 1815 Russia, Imperial Military Order of St George, 3rd class neck badge in gold and enamels, circa 1815, 38mm, the suspension ring with French ‘rooster head’ stamp mark for the period 1803-19, with original neck cravat with sewn button holes at either end, extremely fine and extremely rare £30000-40000
Hammer Price: £150,000
Sold by Order of the Recipient’s Son The outstanding Second World War Battle of Britain D.F.M., siege of Malta D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Flight Lieutenant W. T. E. “Bill” Rolls, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a highly successful Spitfire pilot who claimed a total of 17 “kills”, several of them over Kent as a Flight Sergeant based at Biggin Hill with No. 72 Squadron at the height of the Battle, at least two more with No. 122 Squadron in cross-Channel sweeps from...
Hammer Price: £90,000
“How many times have I risked my life for others? I’ve never really thought about the question or the answer.” The exceptional and unique ‘Iraq’ G.M. and ‘Bosnia’ Q.G.M. group of six awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major N. K. Pettit, Explosives Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Engineers, who gained his George Medal for extracting four RAF Regiment personnel from a minefield at night after a ‘minestrike’ on the first day of the allied ground offensive in Iraq. On the way...
Hammer Price: £85,000
The Fourth Class Order of St George awarded to Colonel Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., 2nd Foot Guards, Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington and at his side throughout the battle of Waterloo Russia, Imperial Military Order of St George, 4th class breast badge in gold and enamels, circa 1815, 32mm, the original ribbon rather frayed, some minor old restoration to outer circumference of obverse centre, white enamel flaked on one reverse arm and with hairline cracks elsewhere, otherwise very...
Hammer Price: £60,000
The Peninsula Gold Cross awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir James Bathurst, K.C.B., 60th Foot, Wellington’s Military Secretary in the Peninsula 1809-10 Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Roleia & Vimiera, Corunna, Talavera, Busaco (Colonel James Bathurst) good very fine £18000-22000
Hammer Price: £19,000
An outstanding Second World War Western Desert operations immediate M.M. and Bar group of six awarded to Sergeant J. A. Hine, the Rifle Brigade, whose gallant command of 6-pounder anti-tank guns resulted in numerous enemy tanks and vehicles being “brewed up”, most memorably in the famous “Snipe” V.C. action during El Alamein in October 1942 - described by one senior commander as ‘one of the finest actions of the War’ Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6913512 Sjt. J. A. Hine, Rif....
Hammer Price: £17,000
The Second World War test pilot’s A.F.C., fighter ace’s D.F.M. group of eight awarded to Squadron Leader R. V. “Monty” Ellis, Royal Air Force, who as a Flight Sergeant in Hurricanes of No. 73 Squadron first saw action during the fall of France, when he was credited with arranging General de Gaulle’s flight to England: he afterwards shared in several victories in the Battle of Britain and downed three Ju. 87s in a single day over North Africa - all of which achievements are cited in...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The unique ‘1854’ Conspicuous Gallantry Medal pair awarded to Boatswain’s Mate James Doran, Royal Navy, for gallantry at Sebastopol in October 1854, the first incident to be rewarded with this new award Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 1st issue (Jas. Doran, Bo. Mate, H.M.S. Agamemnon 17 Oct. 1854); Naval L.S. & G.C., V.R. wide suspension (Js. Doran, Ships Cook H.M.S. Oberon 30 Yrs.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise fine and better (2) £12000-15000
Hammer Price: £13,000
A very rare and impressive Malaya operations D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant Makarpal Tamang, 2/10 Gurkha Rifles - ‘Notwithstanding his personal injuries, he was first into the enemy position leading the rout of six terrorists’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (21142129 Cpl. Makarpal Tamang, 10 G.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Malaya (106856 Rfn. Makarpal Tamang, 3/10 G.R.); Coronation...
Hammer Price: £9,200
An extremely rare Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer R. G. Bell, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a long-served member of Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who was twice wounded in Gallipoli, again in Belgium in November 1916, and then badly gassed in the “German Spring Offensive” in March 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (TZ-2452 L.S. (H.G.) R. G. Bell, Hawke Bn., R.N.V.R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (TZ-2452 P.O. R. G. Bell, D.C.M., Hawke Bn.,...
Hammer Price: £8,600
The extremely rare and important Seringapatam Gold Medal awarded to General Sir David Baird, who commanded at the storming and capture of that place in 1799, when ‘shot fell around him in every direction like hail’ Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, gold, obverse, the British Lion subduing a tiger, the emblem of Tipu Sultan’s Government, with a banner above bearing the Union badge and an Arabic inscription ‘Assud otta-ul Ghaulib’ (‘The conquering Lion...
Hammer Price: £7,800
The Order of St Anne awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac B. Clarke, C.B., 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys), who was wounded, had four horses shot under him and succeeded to the command of the regiment after Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton was killed Russia, Imperial Order of St Anne, 3rd Class breast badge in gold and enamels, circa 1815, 34mm, later small rings for suspension, red enamel damaged on all but three panels, small chip to reverse centre and both centres a little...
Hammer Price: £7,500
Pair: Captain Robert Harding, Gardiner’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Orthes, Toulouse (Lieut. R. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut., Royal Horse Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, the second with light marks to obverse, otherwise good very fine (2) £4000-4500
An exceptionally rare campaign and Arctic Exploration group of three to Petty Officer Alfred R. Pearce, Royal Navy, who was one of Commander Markham’s ‘Furthest North’ sledging party in the Expedition of 1876, and later died whilst serving with Active’s Naval Brigade in the Zulu War Abyssinia 1867 (A. Pearce O.S. H.M.S. Spiteful); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (A. Pearce, P.O. 2Cl. H.M.S. “Active”); Arctic 1876 (A. R. Pearce, A.B. H.M.S. Alert) suspension neatly...
Hammer Price: £7,200
Family group: An impressive Great War Somme operations C.M.G., Gallipoli operations D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Colonel I. T. Standish, Royal New Zealand Field Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (8776 Tpr., N.Z.M.R.,...
Hammer Price: £7,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 14 Dec Boat Service 1814, Algiers (W. Creak, Lieut. R.N.) minor edge nicks and surface marks to obverse, otherwise good very fine £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £6,800
A Polar Medal pair awarded to Lieutenant Harold Hamilton, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, geologist and entomologist on Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1912-14 British War Medal (Lieut. H. Hamilton, R.N.V.R.); Polar Medal 1904, G.V.R., 1st issue, silver, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1912-14 (H. Hamilton, “Aurora”) very fine and better (2) £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £6,500
A rare Second World War C.G.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant R. Hartley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a gallant Air Gunner in No. 9 Squadron who completed five sorties to the “Big City”, in addition to many other heavily defended German targets, and who twice engaged enemy night fighters - the whole time in constant pain from a duodenal perforation of which he made no mention until his operational tour had ended, thereby prompting his C.O’s recommendation for an...
Hammer Price: £6,200
The important campaign and Colonial Administrator’s group awarded to Major-General Sir Archibald Anson, K.C.M.G., Royal Artillery, Governor of Penang and Administrator of the Government of the Straits Settlements, and in charge of the Expedition in Sungei Ujong and Negri Sambilan during the Perak Campaign 1875-76 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G., Knight Commander’s neck badge in gold and enamels, and breast star in silver with appliqué centre in...
The outstanding D.C.M. and Bar group of seven awarded to Sergeant Stima, 1st King’s African Rifles, who won his first award at Kasoa, Nyasaland, in September 1914, and the Bar at Tandala in February 1917 when he was one of two survivors from two Maxim machine-gun teams which were attacked by four hundred enemy; the recipient of one of only eight Bars to the K.A.R. D.C.M., he was also twice mentioned in despatches King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (18 Cpl....
The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, a very fine and attractive mid-Victorian oval sash badge, 62 x 48mm, gold and enamels, the crowns set with brilliants, the reverse plain gold but with finely engraved detail, fitted with integral ring and small oval loop for suspension, circa 1880, with modern full dress sash, a few very minor blemishes, otherwise extremely fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £6,000
A very rare Malaya operations D.F.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant C. A. Cornford, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy, who was decorated for services as a Valetta pilot in No. 48 Squadron on jungle supply dropping missions Distinguished Flying Medal, E.II.R. (3504359 Sgt. C. A. Cornford, R.A.F.), in its Royal Mint case of issue; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (P/JX. 721797 C. A. Cornford, A.B., R.N.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (3504359...
Hammer Price: £5,800
The Seringapatam and Mahratta Wars group awarded to General Sir James Law Lushington, G.C.B., Colonel 3rd Madras Light Cavalry, later Chairman of the Court of Directors of the Hon. East India Company, who was made a C.B. for his services in command of the Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Division at the battle of Maheidpoor in 1817 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Military) a fine breast star, circa 1815-20, by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, silver, gold and enamels, the reverse centre...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A fine Great War Mesopotamia operations D.S.O. and Bar, O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Colonel J. Body, East Kent Regiment, a veteran of the hard fought relief of Kut and Tigris operations who was also four times mentioned in despatches for his command of the 1/5th Battalion in 1916-18, and afterwards led “Body’s Column” against Sheik Mahmud’s rebels in Southern Kurdistan in 1919 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with Second Award Bar; The Most...
An exceptional Great War Zeebrugge Raid D.S.O. group of thirteen awarded to Captain J. C. “Jumbo” Annesley, Royal Navy, commanding officer of C.M.B. 22B on the night of 22-23 April 1918, when he and all of his crew were wounded: later, as Captain of the cruiser Enterprise 1940-42, he saw action off Norway in 1940 and was awarded the Order of St. Olav for his part in saving 19 tons of the Norwegian Bank’s Gold Reserve, and members of the Government, from Tromso - following which he...
An exceptional Tirah Expediton D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Spick, Derbyshire Regiment, who was originally recommended for the V.C. for his gallantry at Dargai Heights in October 1897, on which occasion he was severely wounded - he was the first to follow his officer ‘across a heap of dead and wounded men into a perfect hail of bullets’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Pte. J. Spick, Derbys. R.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98,...
A fine ‘long service’ group of eight medals awarded to Leading Seaman R. F. Grimley, Royal Australian Navy, who served as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.A.S. Sydney in the action against S.M.S. Emden, 9 November 1914 1914-15 Star (O.N.2263 Ord. Sea.); British War and Victory Medals (A.B., R.A.N.); War and Australia Service Medals (2263 R. F. Grimley); Royal Australian Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension, with Second Award bar (2263 Leading Seaman, R.A.N.); H.M.A.S....
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Second Afghan War medal to Gunner F. J. Naylor, “E” Battery “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, wounded at Maiwand and present with Sergeant Mullane when he won the V.C. for rescuing a wounded Driver Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (3493 Gunr. F. J. Naylor, E. Batt. B. Bde. R.H.A.) suspension slack and polished overall, otherwise about nearly very fine £3000-3500
A fine Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Joseph Thelwell, 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, who was killed in action near Bourlon Wood in January 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7723 Sjt. J. Thelwell, 1/4 R.W. Fus:-T.F.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (200721 Sjt. J. Thelwell, D.C.M. 1/4 R.W. Fus:-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (7723 L/Cpl. J. Thelwell, R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (7723 Sjt. J. Thelwell, R.W. Fus.) mounted for display,...
An excessively rare Second World War D-Day M.M. group of five awarded to Leading Aircraftsman J. Y. M. S. Reid, Royal Air Force, a Medical Orderly who won an immediate award for ‘gallantry of a high order’ while treating wounded on St. Laurent beach, near Colleville - part of the “Omaha” sector - under intense fire Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1550961 L.A.C. J. Y. M. S. Reid, R.A.F.), in its orginal card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals,...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A fine Caucasian Shasqua, the slightly curved 84cm blade back-edged at the point and cut with two narrow fullers to each side, the lower one extending to the point, on both sides of the blade at the forte appear cartouches in heavy gold overlay having beaded borders and filled with Arabic script including the date 1322AH (1904AD) and a name presumably that of the owner, ‘Morteza Ali, the son of Sultan Hussain’, also a short engraved inscription in Cyrillic, characteristic hilt encased in...
Hammer Price: £4,900
A Boer War ‘Colenso’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant G. Robins, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, awarded for the ‘Babtie V.C. action’, carrying wounded under fire Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3059 Cpl. 2nd Devon Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3059 Lce. Corpl., 1st Bn. Devon Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s...
Hammer Price: £4,800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Nile (Henry Davey) with silver buckle on ribbon, good very fine £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £4,300
Pair: Gunner John Butcher, Ross’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, Orthes (J. Butcher, Gunr., Royal H. Arty.); Waterloo 1815 (John Butcher, Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery) original steel clip and ring suspension, second with slight edge bruising and light contact marks, good very fine (2) £3000-3500
Four: Private G. W. Glarvey, Gloucestershire Regiment, taken prisoner-of-war at Imjin and mentioned in despatches Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue, M.I.D. oak leaf (5500001 Pte., Glosters); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed; U.S.A. Presidential Unit Citation, riband bar, nearly extremely fine (5) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £4,200
Three: Corporal E. Chambers, Royal Horse Artillery Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1886-1897, silver (Corporal E. Chambers, Royal Horse Artillery) impressed naming, suspension slack; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Niger 1897 (Corp. E. Chambers, R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (73316 Cpl. E. Chambers, R.H.A.) the medals in a contemporary fitted leather case, edge bruising, contact marks, very...
A rare Malaya operations M.M. group of five awarded to Lieutenant (Q.G.O.) Kubirsing Gurung, 1/6 Gurkha Rifles - ‘fearless in battle, calm under fire’, he personally accounted for five terrorists with his L.M.G., among them a Political Commissar with a price of $75,000 on his head Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (21143676 A./L. Cpl. Kubirsing Gurung, 6 G.R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21143676 Rfn. Kubirsing Gurung, 6 [G.] R.). the ‘G.’ worn due to edge...
Hammer Price: £4,100
The C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Captain Sir Lionel de Lautour Wells, Royal Navy, Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1926; The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G. Companion’s neck badge conversion from a breast badge, silver-gilt...
An extremely rare Naval Long Service medal for Gallantry in the Crimea awarded to Private John McElroy, Royal Marines, who was dangerously wounded at Inkermann and had his left arm amputated, one of only seven such awards for gallantry Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (John McElroy, Pte. R.M. Woolh. Divn. Crimea) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise, otherwise nearly very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Stanhope Gold Medal pair awarded to Victor Leonard Golding Royal Humane Society, Stanhope Gold Medal, for 1984, 2nd issue (Victor Leonard Golding, 22 August 1983) by Spink, London, 9ct. gold, hallmarks for London 1985, in case of issue; Royal Humane Society Medal, small, silver (successful) (Victor Leonard Golding, 22nd August 1983) in Spink, London case of issue, extremely fine (2) £1800-2200
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