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The important Second World War Wing Leader’s and fighter ace’s D.S.O., D.F.C. group of eleven awarded to Group Captain G. H. Westlake, Royal Air Force, who first flew operationally in Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain and went on to score at least 10 confirmed “kills”, many of them in the Syrian and Tunisian Campaigns 1941-42: having then risen to command of No. 239 Wing, he led “Operation Bowler”, a one-off attack on enemy shipping in the port of Venice, and a superbly...
Hammer Price: £23,000
An extremely rare Perak operations C.G.M. pair awarded to Able Seaman H. Bennett, Royal Navy, who cut down some Malays who were about to kill Dr. Townsend of the Buffs during an attack at Kotalama in January 1876 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (Harry Bennett, A.B., R.N., Perak River, 1876), official correction to second letter of surname; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (H. Bennett, A.B., H.M.S. Philomel), edge bruising, contact marks and polished, otherwise...
Hammer Price: £17,000
The important Umbeyla C.B. group of seven awarded to Surgeon-General William Munro, M.D., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Surgeon of the 93rd’s ‘Thin Red Line’ at Balaklava, throughout the Indian Mutiny, and Principal Medical Officer with the Umbeyla Field Force - He was the author of two substantial memoirs relating to his extensive military service The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London...
Hammer Price: £15,000
The important pair to the noted Arctic and Antarctic explorer Admiral Edward Joseph Bird, Royal Navy, who first went to the Arctic Seas in the Hecla under Captain Lyon in his expedition of 1821-23, and in two subsequent expeditions in 1824-25 and 1827 under Hoppner and Parry, accompanied Sir James Clark Ross’s Antarctic Expedition of 1839-43, and was Captain of Investigator during the Franklin Search Expedition of 1848-49; he features prominently in Stephen Pearce’s historical painting...
Hammer Price: £12,000
A rare campaign group of three awarded to Sergeant R. A. Cooper, Special Air Service Regiment, late Suffolk Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services with the S.A.S. in Malaya and Borneo, and later served with the Australian S.A.S. General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, with M.I.D. oak leaf (22562759 Pte. R. A. Cooper, Suffolk); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo, with M.I.D. oak leaf (22562759 Sgt. R. A. Cooper, S.A.S.); Regular Army L.S. &...
Hammer Price: £9,800
A fine D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private Joseph Steel, 1st Royal Dragoons, for gallantry during the attack on the square at Abu Klea Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2067 Pte. J. Steel, 1st Dragns. 17th Jan: 1885); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2067 Pte. J. Steel, 1st Dragns.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, some light pitting, otherwise good very fine (3) £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £9,000
The superb D.C.M. and Bar, French Croix de Guerre and Loos Wauchope Medal group of six awarded to Acting Colour Sergeant Charles Easton, 2nd Battalion, Royal Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with second award bar (1543 A. Sjt., 2/R. Hdrs.); 1914 Star (1543 Pte., 2/R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (1543 A. C. Sjt., R. Highrs.); French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with palm; Wauchope Medal, for Loos, obverse inscribed ‘For conspicuous...
Hammer Price: £7,800
Six: Captain F. N. Le Mesurier, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, formerly West African Field Force, who was killed in action at St Julien on 25 April 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Cape Colony (Capt., Rl. Dub. Fus.) clasps mounted incorrectly in the order stated; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Cpt., Rl. Dub. Fus.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kissi 1905 (Captain, S. L. Bn. W.A.F.F.); 1914 Star (Capt., R....
Hammer Price: £7,200
The fine K.C.B., K.C.I.E., C.S.I. group awarded to General Sir Thomas Edward Gordon, late 61st Foot, a British intelligence officer who served in the Indian army on the North West Frontier and during the Mutiny in India, was second in command of the mission to Chinese Turkestan and commanded the 4th infantry brigade during the second Afghan War; he became Oriental and Military Secretary at the British Legation in Tehran in 1889 and later Military Attaché, and was afterwards involved in...
A superb North Russia 1918 ‘fighting commander’s’ C.M.G., 1920-21 “Irish Troubles” C.B.E., Great War Battalion Commander’s D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Squadron Leader F. H. W. Guard, Royal Air Force, late Royal Scots, Chief of Staff to Ironside in North Russia and 2nd in command of the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary: in his latter capacity as a Squadron Leader, he commanded one of the R.A.F’s Armoured Car Sections in Iraq in the 1920s The Most...
Hammer Price: £6,800
A fine Sudan D.C.M. group of five awarded to Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Lee, 1/1 Southern Division, Royal Artillery, who was wounded at Abu Klea Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (23608 Sergt. T. Lee, R.A. Jany. 1885); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (23608 Sergt. T. Lee, 1/1 So. Div. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (23608 Q.M. Sgt.T. Lee, R.A.); Coronation 1911; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, contact marks, otherwise very fine and better...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Pair: Sergeant William Henniker, Royal Marines Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse, reverse inscribed, (W. Henniker, Serjeant, Chatham Division, Royal Marines, 22 Years, January 1840), fitted with scroll suspension; Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, V.R., dated ‘1848’ below the bust (Serg. W. Henniker, R.M. 16 Jan. 1849) officially engraved naming, mounted for wear, heavy contact marks, good fine, rare (2) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £5,800
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 Campania 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 - He was the author of two memoirs relating to his naval service Distinguished...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A particularly fine Second World War immediate D-Day and North-West Europe operations M.M. and Bar group of six awarded to Lance-Sergeant D. E. Everson, 262 Field Company, Royal Engineers, who, having been decorated for his gallant work clearing mines on D-Day under sniper fire - and taking an enemy post and seven prisoners - went on to add a Bar to his decoration for further mine clearance work during 8th Armoured Brigade’s push into Germany in January 1945: he removed the latter devices...
Hammer Price: £5,000
An emotive Battle of Britain pilot’s group of six awarded to Squadron Leader R. Carnall, Royal Air Force, who claimed 2 damaged and 1 destroyed enemy aircraft in Hurricanes of No. 111 Squadron in the period May to mid-August 1940, when he was shot down over Kent: sustaining serious burns, he was enrolled as a member of Archie McIndoe’s famous “Guinea Pig Club” 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service...
Hammer Price: £4,900
The G.B.E., K.C.V.O., C.B. group of eight awarded to Honorary Colonel Sir James Gildea, 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, founder of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Families Association The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, G.B.E. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, 1st type set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O.,...
Hammer Price: £4,700
A rare Sudan D.C.M. group of six awarded to Conductor Samuel Reid, Commissariat and Transport Corps, later Captain, Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts, for gallantry at Hasheen in March 1885 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Condr. S. Reid, C & T. C. 20th March 1886) note incorrect year; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Condr. S. Reid, Commissariat Dept.); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Tel-el-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (C of Sups. S. Reid, 12th Co. C & T. C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902,...
Hammer Price: £4,500
An outstanding Second World War Coastal Forces operations D.S.M. and Bar group of six awarded to Stoker Petty Officer J. C. E. Parry, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his bravery in M.T.B. 69 during the evacuation of Allied troops from Le Havre in 1940 - on which occasion he was wounded by a gunshot in the right shoulder - and in M.T.B. 32 in an action off the Dutch Coast in July 1942: in fact he was wounded on no fewer than four occasions before the War’s end Distinguished Service...
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Capt. W. H. Atherton, 5th Dn. Gds.) some pitting from star, therefore nearly very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,300
Pair: Lance-Corporal A. E. “Yanto” Evans, Special Air Service Regiment, late South Wales Borderers and Parachute Regiment, and latterly Royal Anglian Regiment General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., 1 clasp, Malaya (23200134 Tpr. A. Evans, S.A.S.); General Service 1962, 3 clasps, Borneo, Radfan, Northern Ireland (23200134 L./Cpl. A. E. Evans, S.A.S.), together with the recipient’s German “Expert Climber’s” badge, nearly extremely fine (3) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,200
Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, Toulouse (Wm. Kelly, 43rd Foot) signs of brooch mounting to reverse, contact marks, some edge bruising, nearly very fine £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £4,100
The fine K.C.B. and Crimean War group awarded to General Hon. Sir Percy Feilding, Coldstream Guards The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set comprising neck badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1878; and breast star in silver, gilt and enamels; Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Honble. Percy Feilding, Coldsm. Gds.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle; Legion of Honour,...
Hammer Price: £4,000
Hawaii, Royal Order of Kalakaua I, Knights Commander neck badge, 85 x 55mm., gold and enamel, with neck cravat, minor enamel damage, nearly extremely fine, rare £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,900
An scarce double-issue I.G.S. and Victorian M.S.M. group of five awarded to Armourer Sergeant S. Smallwood, 80th Foot India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Arm. Sergt., H.M’s. 80th Regt.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (149 Ar. Sergt., 80th Foot) officially re-engraved; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878 (149 Ar. Sergt., 80th Foot); Army L.S.& G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (149 Armr. Sergt. T. Smallwood, 80th Foot), note different initial; Army Meritorious...
Hammer Price: £3,800
Lieutenant P. J. F. Macaulay, Royal Engineers, who was killed in the attack on the camp of the Waziristan-Afghan Boundary Commission in November 1894, the catalyst for the dispatch of the Waziristan Field Force India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Lieutt. P. J. Macaulay, R.E. Survey Dept.) extremely fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,700
A rare Balloon Section Defence of Ladysmith and 1914 Mons group of six awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. E. Cullen, an original member of the Royal Flying Corps and one of only 37 R.F.C. recipients of the Army L.S. & G.C. Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony, S.A. 1901 (574 Bglr., R.E.) the last two clasps unofficially attached; 1914 Star, with clasp (18 F.Sjt., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A superb Second World War North Africa operations M.C. and Bar group of four awarded to Lieutenant D. S. “Duggie” Low, Royal Tank Regiment (R.A.C.): in writing to his mother after his death in 1943, his C.O. spoke of ‘the finest subaltern in action I have ever known’, and of an officer who literally appeared not to know the meaning of fear, a contention more than justified by the remarkable nature of his M.C. recommendations, and by the story of his escape from six German guards -...
The fine Royal Household group of twenty-two awarded to Jesse William Gower, Page of the Presence in the Royal Household Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1910-1930’(J. Gower); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver; Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911, silver; Jubilee 1935, silver; Italy, Royal Service Medal, Victor Emanuel III, silver; Denmark, King’s Medal of Recompense, Christian IX, silver; Denmark, King’s Medal of...
Hammer Price: £3,500
A rare North Russia 1919 operations M.C. group of five awarded to Group Captain M. C. W. C. Flint, Royal Air Force, late Gordon Highlanders and Royal Fusiliers Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. M. C. W. C. Flint); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. M. C. W. Flint); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (F./O. M. C. W. C. Flint, R.A.F.), mounted as worn, together with a set of related dress miniatures and assorted R.A.F. prize...
Hammer Price: £3,400
The emotive Egypt and Sudan campaign medal to Corporal John McIntosh, of the Royal Horse Guards, who was killed at Abu Klea after he dashed out from the square to the aid of his regimental hero, Colonel Fred Burnaby, as he fought his last fight alone Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1076 Pte. J. McIntosh, Rl. H. Gds.) pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,300
Four: Sergeant Peter Kelsburg, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, late British Columbia Provincial Police and 72nd Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (1015198 A.L. Cpl., 72-Can. Inf.); Royal Canadian Mounted Police L. S. & G.C., E.II.R. (P. Kelsberg); British Columbia Provincial Police L.S. & G.C. (542 1/Const. P.Kelsberg) mounted court style for wear, extremely fine (4) £300-350
A rare Royal Red Cross group of three awarded to Nursing Sister Marcia Barker, one of six nurses on the Nile Expedition Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, gold centres; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Nursing Sister M. Barker); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, the first with some enamel chips to left and lower arms, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. and post-W.W.2 B.E.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 G. W. Boreham, Grenadier Guards, who was R.S.M. of Dulwich College O.T.C. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (14277 C.S. Mjr., 1/G. Gds.); British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (George W. Boreham, D.C.M.); 1914-15 Star (14277 L. Sjt., G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (14277 Sjt., G. Gds.); Defence; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., fixed suspension (2 604223 W.O. Cl....
A fine quality silver-mounted full dress dirk for an officer of the 93rd Highlanders, the 31cm blade by Buckmaster, 3 New Burlington Street, London, notched along the back edge, etched with crowned VR cypher, thistles and within a wreath 93 and Cape of Good Hope, the black wood hilt carved overall with strapwork and pinned with silver studs, the pommel set with a facetted cairngorm within a silver band deeply chased with thistles, complete with its black leather covered scabbard, the whole...
A fine Second World War Dieppe raid D.S.M. awarded to Sick Berth Attendant E. W. Foden, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, who, with a Surgeon, R.N.V.R. as his only qualified assistant, had to deal with over 300 casualties brought aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Calpe: surrounded by small craft delivering their wounded from the beaches, she quickly attracted the attention of enemy shore batteries and the Luftwaffe - Foden ‘one time being blown across the ship by the blast of a near...
The Indian Mutiny medal to Lieutenant Thomas Frankland, Second in Command of the 2nd Regiment of Punjab Infantry, severely wounded at the storming of the Kashmir Gate at Delhi in September 1857, and killed in action at the storming of the Secunderabagh at Lucknow in November 1857 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow (2nd in Comd. Lt. T. Frankland, 2nd Regt. Punjaub Infy.) good very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,100
Three: Private James Seymour, 3rd King’s Royal Rifle Corps South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2209 Pte. J. Seymour, 3/60th Foot); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2209 Pte. J. Seymour, 3/K.R. Rif. C.); Khedive’s Star 1882, mounted as worn, pitting from star, otherwise very fine (3) £1200-1500
The Boer War group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Jocelyn Charles Gore, 6th Earl of Arran, K.P., P.C., Royal Horse Guards, Lord Mayor of Belfast and Lord Chamberlain to H.M. Queen Mary, one of the last four surviving Knights of St Patrick Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Captain A. J. C. Earl of Arran, R.H.G.); Coronation 1911; Turkey,...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A fine Second World War immediate D-Day M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Sergeant F. B. Bradshaw, 295 Field Company, Royal Engineers, who had charge of a party of Sappers in the landings on “Gold Beach” - two out of his five men quickly fell wounded to enemy strong points on the sea wall and to sniper fire Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2011261 L. Sjt. F. B. Bradshaw, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good...
The important Indian Mutiny medal to Sir George Udny Yule, K.C.S.I., C.B., who raised and commanded a corps of volunteer cavalry during the Mutiny, a senior Civil Servant who was later Chief Commissioner of Oudh and Resident at Hyderabad Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (G. U. Yule, Civil Service) good very fine £1200-1500
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