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A Great War M.C. & Bar group of four awarded to Captain D. Addison, Seaforth Highlanders Military Cross, G.V.R. and Second Award Bar, cross reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut. Dering Addison, 4th Seaforth Highlanders, Ypres 31 July 1917’; bar reverse inscribed, ‘Mont Huwy 28.10.1918’; 1914-15 Star (3300 Pte., Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,700
Family group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Bar group of three awarded to Lieutenant Aubrey Causton Strachan, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on 28 March 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R.F.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut.); Memorial Plaque (Aubrey Causton Strachan); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. E. A. Strachan) this last with edge bruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £1600-2000
Hammer Price: £2,100
A regimentally unique Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Major A. C. McLachlan, 18th Hussars, who was wounded and taken P.O.W. at Talana prior to seeing further active service in North Nigeria 1902-03 and in the Great War Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Captain A. C. McLachlan, 18th Hussars, 24th May 1915’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Talana (Lieut. A. C. McLachlan, 18/Hussars); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, N. Nigeria 1902, N....
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant John Richard Clements, Canadian Engineers, late Grenadier Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9001 Pte., Gren. Gds. M.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut) mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,600
A fine Great War 1915 operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. R. G. Forsyth, 4th Dragoon Guards, late Scottish Rifles, Northumberland Fusiliers and Seaforth Highlanders, who was twice wounded and once gassed on the Western Front Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Capt. Bt. Major F. R. G. Forsyth, 1915’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. F. R....
Hammer Price: £2,000
An unusual Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain F. P. Barrett, Yorkshire Dragoons, late Imperial Yeomanry Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (24146 S.S. Maj. F. Barratt, 11th Coy. Imp. Yeo.), note surname spelling; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. P. Barrett); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. F. P. Barrett, York Dns.);...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A fine Great War ‘Festubert’ M.C. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. Graham, Scottish Rifles, later Pioneer Corps: having survived the decimation of the 6th Battalion at Festubert in May 1915, he added the American Medal of Freedom to his accolades in the 1939-45 War and later still volunteered for service as a Police Reservist in the Mau Mau troubles Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Major A. G. Graham, Scottish Rifles, June, 1915’;...
A rare ‘German East Africa’ M.C. group of five for the action at Mahiwa awarded to Captain J. E. H. Maxwell, Notts and Derby Regiment, attached 4th Nigeria Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. E. H. Maxwell, Notts & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major J. E. H. Maxwell); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (Major J. E. H. Maxwell, Notts. & Derby. R.) mounted court style for display, the obverses polished,...
Hammer Price: £5,200
An unusual Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Brevet Major A. Orwin, Manchester Regiment, late Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery (Territorials) Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Lieut. A. Orwin’; 1914-15 Star (82265 Spr. A. Orwin, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. (Lieut. A. Orwin); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Capt. A. Orwin, M.C., Manch. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R....
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War ‘Salonika operations’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant Arthur Mitchell Kirk, Rifle Brigade Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); together with a silver identity bracelet, inscribed, ‘A. M. Kirk, C.E., The Rifle Brigade’, medals extremely fine (4) £1100-1300
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Mortimer Allen, 14th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lt. Col. E. M. Allen’; British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.) mounted as worn, contained in case, lid bearing the initials, ‘E.M.A.’, very fine (3) £800-900
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War ‘Passchendaele’ M.C. group of four to Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Studd, Princess Louise Fusiliers and 42nd Highlanders of Canada Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse impressed, ‘Lt. Col. R. F. Studd M.C. P.L. Fus.’, with brooch bar, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine and better (4) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain Rowland William Godley, Indian Army, late Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., India, reverse inscribed, ‘Lt. (Hony. Capt.) R. W. Godley, 2 Bn. B.B. & C.I. Ry. R. A.F.I.’, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £800-900
Hammer Price: £1,100
A rare Darfur 1916 operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant S. Hart, attached Military Works Department, Egyptian Army Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. S. Hart); Egypt, Order of the Nile, 4th class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 4 clasps, Darfur 1916, Lau Nuer, Nyima 1917-18, Aliab Dinka, unnamed as issued, clasp rivets sewn on the last, good very fine or better (4) £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £4,400
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. E. Large, Cheshire Regiment, late Grenadier Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11330 C.Q.M. Sjt. W. E. Large, 9/Ches. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (2477 Corpl. W. Large, Gren. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (11330 Pte. (A. Sjt.) W. E. Large, Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (11330 C. Sjt. W. E. Large, Ches. R.), generally good very fine (5) £1200-1400
A rare Great War Arras operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private H. W. Green, 10th Hussars Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11558 Pte. H. W. Green, 10/Hrs.); 1914-15 Star (11558 Pte. H. W. Green, 10th Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (11558 Pte. H. W. Green, 10-Hrs.), generally good very fine (4) £1800-2200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant Basil Treagus, Manchester Regiment, late 14th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3-4029 C.S. Mjr., 14/Hants. R.); 1914-15 Star (3-4029 Cpl., Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) mounted court style for wear, very fine (4) £1000-1200
A Great War ‘Battle of Gaza’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 W. H. Cousens, 2nd/5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240009 C.S. Mjr., 2/5 Hants. R.-T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (240009 A.W.O. Cl.1 Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-18, erased naming; Defence Medal, unnamed; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240009 C.S. Mjr., 5/Hants. R.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, bronze star on ribbon,...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private T. C. Cawthorne, East Yorkshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8669 Pte., 1/E. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8669 Pte., E. York. R.); together with an erased 1914 Star, nearly extremely fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £920
A good Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant W. V. Hunter, Gordon Highlanders, afterwards a Deputy Chief Constable in Scotland Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (235409 Sjt. W. V. Hunter, 8/10 Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (235409 Sjt. W. Hunter, Gordons); Coronation 1937, in its card box of issue, together with a Great War period gilt-bronze circular locket, with coloured portrait of the recipient, very fine and better (4) £600-800
A Great War D.C.M. pair awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 W. J. Moore, Highland Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13648 C.S. Mjr. W. J. Moore, 15/High. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (13648 W.O. Cl. 2 W. J. Moore, High. L.I.), one or two edge bruises and polished, thus nearly very fine (2) £500-600
Hammer Price: £550
A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Petty Officer J. Kent, Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, three times wounded in action Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (Clyde Z-3319 P.O. J. Kent, Hawke Bn. 63/R.N. Div.) edge bruise, very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,500
A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Corporal H. Withers, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds on 3 July 1918. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (925173 Cpl., 290/Lond. Bde. R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £700
A very rare Russian Civil War, ‘Murmansk 1919’ D.C.M. awarded to Bombardier W. Wilson, 420th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, for sinking the Bolshevik vessel S.S. Slutski off Unitza on Lake Onega whilst firing his gun from ashore, 30 June 1919 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (925587 Bmbr., R.F.A.) very fine £1200-1500
The rare ‘Kassassin’ C.G.M. group of nine awarded to Colour-Sergeant Benjamin White, Royal Marine Artillery, later Yeoman of the Queen’s Body Guard Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (Color Sergeant B. White, R.M.A.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Cr. Sergt. B. White, R.M.A.); Jubilee 1897, bronze issue; Coronation 1902, bronze issue; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Benjamin White, Sergt. 13th Co. R.M.A.)...
Hammer Price: £21,000
A Great War D.S.M. awarded to Stoker Patrick O’Reilly, for services aboard the Vindictive in the raid on Ostende, 9-10 May 1918 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (K.44713 P. O’Reilly. Sto. 2Cl. “Vindictive” Ostend. 9-10. May. 1918) minor correction to official number, otherwise nearly extremely fine £900-1200
Hammer Price: £1,400
A particularly fine Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer S. J. L. Evans, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Unshaken of the famous “Fighting Tenth”: in addition to sinking an impressive array of enemy shipping, Unshaken several times embarked Major “Apple” Appleyard’s S.A.S. “Small-Scale Raiding Force” and captured the Italian submarine Menotti, Evans’ skipper being handed a unique receipt from his Flotilla C.O. on...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Second World War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman R. C. Such, Royal Navy, for services aboard the frigate H.M.S. Affleck, in which ship he witnessed the destruction of no fewer than four U-Boats, including U-392 in March 1944 which resulted in the award of his decoration Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.B. R. C. Such, P/JX.187683); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, extremely fine (4) £1200-1400
A Second World War D.S.M. awarded to Engineman S. W. E. Rice, Royal Naval Patrol Service Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (LT/KX. 116115 S. W. E. Rice, Engn., R.N.P.S.), in its case of issue, extremely fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private G. Bains, 16th Battalion Manchester Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (6828 Pte. G. Bains, 16/Manch. R.); 1914-15 Star (6828 Pte. G. Baines, Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (6828 Pte. G. Bains, Manch. R.) note variation in surname, good very fine (4) £800-850
Hammer Price: £800
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded Sapper T. Wellings, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (56512 Sapr., 102/F. Coy. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (56512 Spr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (56512 Spr., R.E.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Wellings) extremely fine (5) £450-550
Hammer Price: £620
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Petty Officer C. E. Gibson, Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, twice wounded in action Military Medal, G.V.R. (TZ-1271 P.O. Hawke Bn. R.N.V.R.); 1914-15 Star (TZ.1271 A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (T.Z. 1271 P.O., R.N.V.R.); with ‘Strike Hawke’ cap badge, minor contact marks, very fine (5) £700-900
Hammer Price: £980
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant T. F. Moore, 1/20th London Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (632924 L. Cpl. T. F. Moore, 1/20 London R.); British War and Victory Medals (5958 Sjt. T. F. Moore, 20-Lond. R.), extremely fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £500
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Serjeant Thomas L. Brown, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the 1st Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (6930 Sjt., 1/Hants. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8930 Sjt., Hamps. R.) mounted court style for wear, very fine (3) £400-450
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Serjeant J. O’Brien, 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (19142 Cpl.-L. Sjt., 15/Hants. R.); British War and Victory Medals (19142 Sjt., Hamps. R.) mounted court style for wear, some contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £240-280
Hammer Price: £410
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Al Valore Militare group of four awarded to Private H. Everall, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (65867 Pte., 132/F.A. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (65867 Pte., R.A.M.C.); Italy, Al Valore Militare, bronze, obverse with crowned ‘Z’ and ‘F.G.’ below wreath, reverse uninscribed, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £1000-1200
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Private S. Clarke, Royal Military Police, late Machine Gun Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (86062 Pte., 232/Coy. M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (86062 Pte., M.G.C.); Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (4193449 Pte., M.M., R.M.P.) edge bruising, contact marks, fine and better (6) £220-260
Hammer Price: £420
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal A. W. Browne, alias Cooper, 42nd Battalion Australian Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (2052 Pte. A. Cooper, 42/Aust. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (2052 Cpl. A. W. Browne, 42 Bn. A.I.F.) note different surname, nearly extremely fine (3) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £900
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Serjeant Francis Leo Ryan, Auckland Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (14887 A.L. Cpl., 2/Auckland R.); British War and Victory Medals (14487 Sjt., N.Z.E.F.) very fine and better (3) £400-500
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Private J. Ryan, Queen’s Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (G-21114 Pte., 6th/The Queen’s R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (G21114 Pte., The Queen’s R.) very fine (2) £200-240
Hammer Price: £320
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