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“I was told that on the boat back to Ascension Island, General Bramall came on board and gave the lads a tremendous speech. Afterwards he was asked the question. ‘Sir, why did you send the Parachute Regiment?’ His reply was short and to the point: ‘Gentlemen, because I wanted to win.” The important ‘Falklands’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Captain Ian Bailey, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, who as a 22 year old Corporal charged with fixed bayonet and grenades the...
Hammer Price: £70,000
The important G.C.B. and Large Army Gold Medal group awarded to General Sir George Anson, Light Cavalry Brigade Commander, formerly commanding 16th Light Dragoons and later Colonel of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, Governor of Chelsea Hospital, Equerry to the Duke of Kent and Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert The Most Honourable Order of The Bath (Military) G.C.B., breast star in silver, gold and enamels, the reverse backplate inscribed with maker’s name Rundell Bridge &...
Hammer Price: £50,000
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 fine Peninsula War Gold Medal group of four awarded to Major Charles Campbell, C.B., 26th Foot and 3rd Portuguese Regiment, later a Colonel in the 1st Foot (Royal Scots), severely wounded at the assault of St Sebastian Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Vittoria, 1 clasp, St Sebastian, the clasp a good quality contemporary copy in silver-gilt (Major Charles Campbell) complete with gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (C. S. Campbell, C.B. Capt....
Hammer Price: £18,000
The outstanding post-war C.B., Second World War D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar group of nine awarded to to Rear-Admiral C. T. Jellicoe, a kinsman of Jellicoe of Jutland: the epitome of the gallant destroyer captain, who survived the loss of two commands in the Mediterranean, he added a third decoration to his accolades for his role as Senior Officer Operations in the Duke of York at the destruction of the Scharnhorst in December 1943 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military)...
Hammer Price: £14,000
The Waterloo medal to Lieutenant John F. Breton, Royal Horse Artillery, the junior Lieutenant of Mercer’s troop at Waterloo where he had three horses shot under him Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John F. Breton, Royal Horse Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, together with his original George III parchment commission as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery, dated 1 October 1808, correction to initial, some light contact marks to the obverse, otherwise nearly...
Hammer Price: £10,500
A fine C.B. and Peninsula Gold Medal pair awarded to Brevet Colonel A. Campbell, 46th Regiment, late C.O. of the 15th Portuguese Infantry, who was severely wounded at Vittoria in June 1813, on which occasion he was favourably mentioned and ‘commanded the advance of his Brigade amounting to 300 men in the attack on the village of Gomarah Mayor’, so, too, by Lord Beresford, for subsequent distinguished conduct at Nive in December 1813: he had earlier been commended for his conduct as a...
Hammer Price: £9,500
The unique Waterloo medal to Captain Stephen Holmes, 78th Foot, late 24th Foot, with which regiment he greatly distinguished himself in leading the storming party in the successful assault of the main breach at Burgos in October 1812 Waterloo 1815 (Captain Stephen Holmes, 78th Foot) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, the obverse with light contact marks, very fine, the reverse nearly extremely fine and unique to an officer in this regiment £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £8,800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 14 March 1795, St. Vincent (John Cameron) minor edge bruising and contact marks, good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,500
An extremely rare Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain H. H. Golding, Merchant Navy, one of a handful of recipients of the Southern Railway Company’s M.S.M - for his gallant deeds as Master of the S.S. Isle of Sark in St. Peter Port, Guernsey in June 1940, when his ship came under attack while embarking evacuees The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in its Royal Mint case of issue; British War...
Hammer Price: £7,000
Pair: Corporal John Slater, 52nd Foot, one of the small detachment present at the battle of Talavera, wounded in the head at Nivelle, and a ‘Waterloo man’ Military General Service 1793-1814, 12 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (John Slater, Corpl. 52nd Foot); Waterloo 1815, (Corporal Iohn Slater, 1st Batt. 52nd Reg. Light Infantry) contemporary re-engraved naming, fitted with wide...
Waterloo 1815 (Sad. Serj. Alex. Wallace, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, nearly extremely fine £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £6,500
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) a superb Georgian Knight Grand Cross sash badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1816, 96mm diameter, maker’s mark of John Northam, the noted Goldsmith, Jeweller and Boxmaker, lacking several red enamel berries from wreaths, otherwise extremely fine and rare £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £6,000
The Waterloo medal to Lieutenant E. J. Peters, 7th Hussars, who was taken prisoner at Genappe on 17th June but escaped to fight on the 18th at Waterloo when he was severely wounded Waterloo 1815 (E. J. Peters, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, see note below about absence of rank on medal, some edge bruising, the obverse with contact marks from tunic button?, therefore very fine, the reverse nearly extremely fine £5000-6000
Pair: Lieutenant Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Battalion, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria (Louis de Giesmann, Lt. 5th Line B. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (2) £4000-4500
The Crimea War group of three awarded to Sergeant J. Andrews, 4th Light Dragoons, who was decorated with the French Medaille Militaire for his gallant part in the Charge of the Light Brigade Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Sergt. Andrews, 4th Light Drags.), contemporary engraved naming; French Medaille Militaire; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Serjt. J. Andrews, 4th Lt. Dragoons), contemporary engraved naming, each fitted with original dated and...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Geo. Cocksedge, Midshipman) very fine £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £5,500
A very rare Second World War Chindit operations M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant C. McCluskey, Black Watch, a veteran of Crete and Tobruk who was twice wounded in the act of winning his M.M. in Burma in June 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2752845 Sjt. C. McCluskey, Black Watch); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, minor double-stamping to unit on first, some contact wear but generally good very fine or better (6) £2500-3000
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
A Crimean War Naval Brigade ‘Al Valore Militare’ group of six awarded to Captain J. G. Courtenay-Everard, Royal Navy; his ship’s mascot ‘Timothy the Tortoise’ survived until 2004 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1858, unnamed as issued; Legion of Honour, Knight’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, enamels chipped and damaged; Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class, silver, gold and...
Hammer Price: £4,900
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia by Garrard, comprising sash badge in 22 carat gold, hallmarked London 1865, maker’s mark of Robert Garrard, 60mm x 52mm; and breast star in silver, gold and enamel, 98mm x 92mm, the reverse inscribed ‘R & S. Garrard & Co.Goldsmiths & Jewellers to the Crown, 25 Haymarket, London’, fitted with gold pin for wearing, the set with non-standard sash in its R. & S. Garrard & Co. case of issue, the...
Hammer Price: £4,600
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Seetabuldee (Sepoy Ruddoo, 39th Madras N.I.) short hyphen reverse, naming engraved in running script, edge rubbed, otherwise good very fine and rare £2500-3000
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 fine group of twenty-three Orders and Medals awarded to Lieutenant-General Maurice Hector Robert Delvoie, Belgian Army Belgium, Order of Leopold I, Grand Officer’s breast star with swords, silver, gold and enamel; Order of the Crown, Grand Officer’s breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, slight enamel damage; Order of Leopold I, Officer’s breast badge with swords, base gilt metal and enamel, lacking obverse centre, with rosette and ‘A’ palm on ribbon; Order of the Crown,...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Martinique, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (John Roberts, 23rd Foot) edge bruising, very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, an impressive and rare G.C.M.G. Knight Grand Cross large size sash badge with bulbous crown, 120 x 86 mm., gold and enamels, circa 1850-60, white enamel damaged on one obverse ray, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,100
‘There can be no question as to the bravery of these men of the Air Sea Rescue Service who were often working within sight of the French coast. For myself, I would rather meet a FW 190 head-on in my Spitfire than meet one from a rescue launch.’ Flight Lieutenant D. R. “Don” Morrison, D.F.C., D.F.M., No 401 (R.C.A.F.) Squadron, who rescued L.A.C. Dargue off Dieppe - taken from Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork’s Shot Down and in the Drink, R.A.F. and Commonwealth Aircrews Saved from...
The campaign and long service group of four to Private Joseph Ellicock, 32nd Light Infantry, an original defender and personal orderly to Brigadier Inglis at Lucknow Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Joseph Ellicock, 32nd Foot); India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (1873 J. Ellicock, H.Ms 32nd Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (J. Ellicock, 32nd L.I.) lettering aligned off-centre resulting in edge bruising; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R.,...
A rare Burma Gallantry Medal group of four awarded to Ambulance-Sepoy Saw Tha Nyunt, 77 Field Ambulance, Burma Hospital Corps Burma Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (1356 Amb.-Sepoy Saw Tha Nyunt, Burma Hospital Corps.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star, War Medal, these last three unnamed as issued, very fine (4) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,000
Waterloo 1815 (John Bain, 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact wear overall, therefore good fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,800
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
Hartley Colliery Medal 1862, a die struck silver medal, 51mm, obverse: an angel looks on as two miners dig to uncover their comrades from the rubble; reverse inscription in raised letters, ‘Presented to those who risked their own lives in attempting to save the lives of their fellow workmen buried in Hartley Colliery’, January 1862’, the edge inscribed, ‘Richard Johnston’, fitted with claw and straight silver bar suspension, crimson ribbon and silver buckle brooch, in J. S. Wyon,...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G., a superb George IV Knight Commander’s breast star in silver, gold and enamels by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, circa 1820-25, 89 mm. diameter, the obverse centre with superbly enamelled representation of Saint Michael, the reverse inscribed ‘Rundell Bridge & Rundell, Jewellers to His Majesty, and all The Royal Family’ and fitted with gold pin for wearing, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,500
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Sowar Punjab Sing 1st Regt. of Hodson’s Horse) top two clasps attached with full length suspension rods, nearly very fine and very scarce £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £3,400
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....
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (Capt. A. R. Mildmay, K.R.R.C.) last clasp loose on ribbon, extremely fine £2500-3000
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s neck badge, gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, partial maker’s mark of Thomas and Henry Davies, with original oak wreath ring and 96mm wide neck cravat complete with gold clasp fitments, in its Storr and Mortimer fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine and a very rare survival in this state £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, an attractive K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s neck badge, 94 x 66 mm., gold and enamels, of thin construction with finely detailed centres, circa 1840-50, some minor enamel damage, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £1800-2200
A rare and important Military General Service Medal for Maida awarded to Major W. S. Plenderleith, who commanded the 81st Foot on that occasion: though favourably “mentioned” in Major-General Sir John Stuart’s despatch immediately following the battle, his leadership later appears to have become the subject of a secretive but nonetheless telling smear campaign - so much so that he was never awarded the Maida Gold Medal to which he was properly entitled Military General Service...
Nine: Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Maxwell, Indian Army India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Samana 1891, Chin Hills 1892-93 (Ltt. 19th Bl. Lcrs.) clasps soldered together; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieutt., 16th Bl. Cavy.); China 1900, no clasp (Captn., 16th Bl. Lcrs.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., Remount Serv.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed, mounted court style as worn; France, Croix de Guerre...
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