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The campaign medals issued to Colonel E. P. Nares, Cheshire Regiment who was entitled to the Military Cross and Bar for his services during the Great War Four: 1914-15 Star (Capt., Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.), with M.I.D. Oakleaf; General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Col.), good very fine or better (4) £150-200
Hammer Price: £920
Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, 1st Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 114 x 77mm, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, 91mm, silver, gilt and enamels, both with red cabachon centres, pin lacking to reverse of star, otherwise extremely fine (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £980
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 2 clasps, Mashonaland 1890, Rhodesia 1896 (Cdr. Palmer, J.W. - Pioneers) extremely fine and rare £600-800
A St John Life Saving pair awarded to Private T. Moonan, Dublin Division, Irish Free State District, St John Ambulance Brigade, for gallantry during street fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922 Order of St John Lifesaving Medal, bronze (Presented to Pte. Thomas Moonan. 1922); St John Service Medal, silver, with additional service bar (13017 Pte. T. Moonan, Dublin (W & R Jacob) Div. I.F.S. Dis. S.J.A.B. 1934) both contained in their original presentation cases, extremely fine and rare ...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A rare Cameroons D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant E. E. Loch, Highland Light Infantry, attached Nigeria Regiment, recommended for the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Garua, West Africa, 29th-30th August, 1914 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) together with a Highland Light Infantry cap badge, nearly extremely fine (5) £900-1200
Hammer Price: £1,050
Four: John Burns, Caulker, Royal Navy, a member of “Shannon’s” Naval Brigade Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Caulker, H.M.S. Furious) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Caulker, Shannon); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Caulkr. H.M.S. Racoon 20 Yrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Caulker, H.M.S. Furious) nearly extremely fine and a scarce rate (4) £650-750
A Second World War Minesweeping D.S.C. group of nine awarded to Captain R. H. V. Sivewright, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1942; 1914-15 Star (Mid., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; War Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf emblem; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Capt., D.S.C. R.N.) mounted as worn, very fine or better (9) £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,100
The Royal Guelphic Order, K.C.H. (Military) breast star with swords in silver, the centre in gold and enamels, the reverse fitted with gold pin, unmarked but contained in a contemporary fitted leather case with maker’s label Storr and Mortimer, 156 New Bond Street, some chipping to green enamel wreath, otherwise good very fine and an attractive piece £1300-1500
Hammer Price: £1,300
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Tulloch, 42nd Royal Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Lt. Coll., 42nd Highs.) contemporary engraved naming; Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge in silver, gold and enamels; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, very fine or better (3) £1000-1200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, 23 June 1795 (James Wheeler) dark toned, nearly very fine £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,350
A Great War river gunboat D.S.M. group of four awarded to Stoker Douglas Lacey, Royal Naval Reserve, for services in the Shatt-el-Arab, 3rd to 9th December 1914 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (2903T. D. Lacey, Sto. R.N.R., H.M.S. Espiegle); 1914-15 Star Trio (2903/T. L.Sto. R.N.) the last three later issues, together with a second D.S.M., G.V.R. (L.Sto. D. Lacey, T.3903. R.N.R. (Replacement)) good very fine (5) £600-800
A superb Old Contemptibles M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain R. Cox, Royal Army Medical Corps, a veteran of the Sudan campaign, mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.C. for services in 1914 as Sergeant-Major Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s Sudan 1896 (8991 L/Cpl., R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with slide clasp (8991 S.Mjr., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem (Q.M. & Capt.); Coronation 1902, bronze; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (8991 Q.M. Sjt.,...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A superb Beaughfighter night fighting D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flight Sergeant F. G. Wilkinson, No. 153 Squadron, for his part in the destruction of four enemy aircraft whilst attached to the Northwest African Coastal Air Forces Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (656445 Sgt. F. G. Wilkinson, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £900-1200
Hammer Price: £1,450
A Great War ‘Africa’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant Colonel (Veterinary Officer) C. A. Neave, Remount Department, later King’s African Rifles; Somerset Light Infantry and East African Transport Corps The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., R. of O.); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (Lt., Remt. Dpt.); Africa General Service...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A fine Gallipoli D.S.M. group of four awarded to Temporary 2nd Lieutenant E. C. Bonnett, Royal Marine Light Infantry, killed in the attack on Passchendaele Ridge in October 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (CH.15161 Sergt. E. C. Bonnett, R.M.L.I. PO. Bn. R.N. Div.); 1914-15 Star Trio (CH.15161 Sgt., R.M.L.I.) nearly extremely fine (4) £600-700
Sir Harry Smith’s Medal for Gallantry 1851, a contemporary unnamed example with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, good very fine and rare £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Second World War Commando M.M. group of four for the Crossing of the Garigliano River awarded to Company Sergeant Major K. S. Hawkins, No. 40 Royal Marine Commando Military Medal, G.VI.R. (CH.X.1120 C.S.M. K. S. Hawkins, R.M.) mounted on its original investiture pin as awarded; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal, nearly extremely fine (4) £900-1200
Hammer Price: £1,650
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Off Tamatave 20 May 1811, Java (J. S. Haswell, Lieut. R.M.) edge bruising, suspension post repaired and top clasp re-fixed, otherwise very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,700
A fine Dardanelles D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman William Longworth, Royal Navy, a volunteer in Majestic’s daring Picket Boat torpedo attack to destroy the stricken British submarine E-15 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (205543 W. Longworth, A.B. H.M.S. Majestic); 1914-15 Star (205543 D.S.M., A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (A.B. R.N.) extremely fine (4) £600-800
A ‘Zeebrugge’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Gunner Norman McI. McPhee, Royal Marine Artillery, who commanded one of the starboard howitzers on board H.M.S. Vindictive in the St George’s Day Raid 1918 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J.4125 Gunr. N. McI. McPhee, R.M.A. Nl. Bde. Zeebrugge-Ostend. 22-3. Apl. 1918); 1914-15 Star Trio (R.M.A.14125 Gr.) together with H.M.S. Vindictive cap tally and original signed portrait photograph of Captain A. F. B. Carpenter, V.C., R.N., the...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (Thos. Hurdle, 2nd Lieut. R.M.) edge bruise to reverse rim and light contact marks, otherwise very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,750
A ‘Light Brigade’ Crimea M.S.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant William Clarke, 11th Hussars Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Corpl. Wm. Clark, 11 Hussars) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (1367 Serjt., XI PAO Hussas) regimentally impressed naming, fitted with contemporary replacement suspension; Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Sergt., 11/Hussars) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £1,850
A Great War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Captain P. W. S. King, Royal Navy, Commanding H.M.S. Liberty at the battle of Jutland and awarded the D.S.O. for ramming and sinking the UC-46 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lt.Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem (Lieut. Commr., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals; Russia, Order of St Anne, 3rd Class with swords, gold and enamels by Edouard, one sword blade...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A rare Second World War ‘Persian Gulf’ D.S.C. group of twelve awarded to Captain R. E. T. Tunbridge, Royal Naval Reserve, later Senior Officer of the African Coastal Flotilla, engaged in clandestine boating operations on behalf of Combined Operations, SOE, MI9, OSS and other organisations Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1942; 1914-15 Star (S.Lt., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma...
A superb “Dunraven” Q-Ship D.S.M. group of five awarded to Wireman Stanley Woodison, Royal Navy, a Canadian who was three times decorated for gallantry, was in a ballot for the award of the Victoria Cross, and took part in all of Captain Gordon Campbell’s famous Q-Ship actions Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M.15547. S. Woodison, Wiren. Atlantic Ocean. 8 Aug. 1917); 1914-15 Star (Ar. Cr. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with oak leaf M.I.D. emblem (Wmn.1 R.N.); French...
Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, Gold, with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor surface marks but generally good very fine and attractive £2000-2500
An outstanding Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to Lieutenant J. A. Baillie, Steinaecker’s Horse, for a daring hand-to-hand encounter with enemy despatch riders in Swaziland Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Coronation 1902, silver; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (Lieutenant, Steinaecker’s Horse) nearly extremely fine (3) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,200
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant James Mill, 40th Foot, who was severely wounded at Waterloo Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. J. Mill, 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot) fitted with contemporary silver clip and silver bar suspension, some marks to the obverse, otherwise very fine, the reverse better £1800-2200
Sultan’s Gold Medal for Egypt 1801, 1st Class, 54 mm, with original gold chain and hook suspension, good very fine and very rare £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £2,500
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant James M’Conchy, 32nd Foot, wounded at Quatre Bras on the 16th June whilst carrying the Regimental Colour, and severely wounded at Waterloo on the 18th June Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. James M’Conchy, 32nd Regiment Foot) fitted with original steel clip and contemporary ornate silver bar suspension, minor marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine early Indian Campaign group of five awarded to Major-General Robert Unwin, Bengal Army Ghuznee Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued, fitted with replacement silver bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Ensign, 16th Regt. Grenadier) with original brass hook suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, reverse Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Lieut., 16th Regt. N.I.); Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Lieut., Offg. Intr. & Qr. Mr. 29th Bengal N.I.); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow,...
An extremely rare ‘Raised Dates’ Q.S.A. awarded to Driver E. J. Budd, 66th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, the reverse with raised dates in relief ‘1899 1900’, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (25837 Dvr. E. J. Budd, 66th Bty. R.F.A.) the top clasp attached later, some edge bruises, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,700
A 1903 Delhi Durbar C.B. group of six awarded to Colonel H. F. Lyons-Montgomery, Bengal Army The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (Military) C.B., breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (Lt., 28th Ben. N.I.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut., Exee. Comt. Offr. Bengal); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (Captn., S.C.) official corrections to rank and unit; India General Service...
Hammer Price: £3,300
A superb Second World War D.S.O. and Bar group of twelve awarded to Captain C. H. Petrie, Royal Navy, commanding H.M.S. Glengyle during the evacuation of Greece and the Battle of Crete, later on the planning staff of the Mulberry Harbour project for the invasion of Europe Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the lower suspension dated ‘1941’, the reverse of the Bar dated ‘1942’; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914...
Hammer Price: £3,400
An outstanding ‘Bloody April’ aerial combat M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. E. Tollerfield, No. 11 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, when as Observer and Aerial Gunner he was engaged in a combat with 14 machines of Jasta 11, led by Baron Manfred von Richthofen Military Medal, G.V.R. (1197 Cpl. R. E. Tollerfield, 11/Sqn. R.F.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (1197 2/A.M., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Sgt., R.F.C.) together with scarce contemporary Observer’s cloth wing and...
A rare Great War D.S.M. and Bar group of twelve awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer H. A. Harris, Royal Navy, awarded the D.S.M. for the Zeebrugge Raid, and a Bar to the D.S.M. for the subsequent raid on Ostend, one of only four double D.S.M’s for these two raids Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (M.6218. H. A. Harris, E.R.A.3Cl. “Vindictive” Zeebrugge-Ostend. 22-3 Apl. 1918) the reverse of the bar officially impressed ‘9-10 May 1918’; British War and...
Hammer Price: £3,800
An exceptional Second World War D.S.M. and Bar group of seven awarded to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant A. J. Thomas, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, formerly Officer’s Steward, mentioned in despatches and decorated with the D.S.M. for gallantry during the withdrawals from Greece and Crete, awarded a bar to his D.S.M. and a second mention for gallantry whilst serving as a canoeist with Combined Operations Pilotage Parties on beach reconnaissance missions in Italy and the Far East Distinguished...
Hammer Price: £4,200
An important Great War group to Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, C.S.I., Royal Navy, Senior Naval Officer during the Persian Gulf operations 1914-15, for which he was awarded the C.S.I. The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., neck badge in gold and enamels, the motto set with small diamond chips around central carved cameo bust of Queen Victoria; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11 July (Midn., R.N., H.M.S. Sultan); 1914-15 Star (R.Adml., R.N.); British War and...
Hammer Price: £4,700
An exceptional ‘Zeebrugge’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Major T. F. V. Cooke, Royal Marine Light Infantry, dangerously wounded, promoted to Captain and Brevet Major, awarded the D.S.O. and participated in the ballot for the award of the Victoria Cross granted for operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend on the night of 22nd/23rd April 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2nd Lieut., R.M.) naming re-impressed; British War and Victory Medals (Maj., R.M.); French...
Hammer Price: £5,800
A fine Peninsular Gold Medal group awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. W. Crookshank, Commanding the 12th Caçadores at the Battle of Salamanca where they captured the ‘Eagle’ of the 22nd Regiment of French Infantry Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal for Salamanca (Lieutt. Coll. A. C. Crookshank) complete with gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca (“Brevet Lieut: Col: C. W. Crookshank K.H.” 33rd...
Hammer Price: £5,900
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