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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
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (5 Corpl. W. T. Marchant, A.P.O. Corps) some edge bruising, contact and scratch marks, about very fine £600-800
A Second World War Russian Convoys O.B.E. and Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea group of eight awarded to Captain Wilfred Geoffrey Perrin, Merchant Navy, for services aboard the S.S. Dover Hill when she was bombed in the Kola Inlet, North Russia; he led a team of volunteers to locate and defuse an unexploded 1000lb bomb which had penetrated some 22 feet into her cargo of coal, a feat accomplished after two days and two nights hard work, often under repeated bomb attacks The Most...
Hammer Price: £2,100
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
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 ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Commander B. C. Marsh, Royal Indian Marine, later Major, Royal Engineers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Sub-Lieut. B. C. Marsh R.I.M.S. Hardinge); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (Lieut. B. C. Marsh, R.I.M.S. Minto); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. B. C. Marsh R.I.M.); British War and Victory Medals (Major B. C. Marsh); Coronation 1911...
Hammer Price: £2,200
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
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lyell, 43rd Bengal Light Infantry Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Capt. H. Lyell, 43 Regt. L.I,.) fitted with steel clip and bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Captain H. Lyell, 43rd Regt. Light Infantry) fitted with original hook suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Capt H: Lyell 43rd Regt. L:I) good very fine and better (3) £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £2,300
A pair of medals awarded to Band Sergeant H. Tovell, 94th Foot, who was killed in action during the First Boer War at Bronhorst Spruit, 20 December 1880 South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (3327 Band Sergt. H. Tooell, 94th Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (3327 Sergt. H. Tovell, 94th Foot) note variation in surname, good very fine (2) £1000-1200
A Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of nine awarded to Major T. B. J. Mahar, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, whose military service encompassed three wars; he later joined the Canadian Army and commanded Lord Strathcona’s Horse for five years Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, suspension bar inscribed, ‘T. B. J. Mahar, 60th Rifles 1918’, complete with top bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut. T. B. J. Mahar, 60th Rifles, 1915’; Queen’s South...
Hammer Price: £2,400
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (Mark Delaney) minor contact marks, very fine £1400-1800
A fine O.B.I. and R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Hon. Captain Khairati Singh, Sardar Bahadur, 16th Light Cavalry, His Majesty’s Indian Orderly Officer 1934, together with related family medals Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel, lacking suspension loop; 1914-15 Star (1249 Dfdr. Khairati Singh, 27/Light Cavy.); British War and Victory Medals (1249 Jemdr. Khairati Singh, 27 Cavy.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Jemdr. Khairate Singh);...
Hammer Price: £2,500
A scarce North West Frontier I.D.S.M. and Second World War B.E.M. pair awarded to Havildar Munshi Ram, 2-2 Punjab Regiment, the latter award for services whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (0135 L-Naik Munshi Ram, 2-2 Punjab R.) complete with top suspension brooch; British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (10135 Havildar Munshi Ram, I.D.S.M. I.A.) very fine and better (2) £1200-1500
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
The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold pin, both officially numbered ‘146’ on the reverse, with full sash ribbon, in Collingwood, London case of issue, case a little worn, insignia extremely fine (2) £1100-1300
Hammer Price: £2,600
A scarce Edward VII Sea Gallantry Medal group of four awarded to Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Barry, R.N., Ardmore Coastguard, for services at the wreck of the Teaser in 1911 Sea Gallantry Medal, E.VII.R., small 2nd issue, silver (Richard Barry. ‘Teaser” 18th March, 1911); British War Medal 1914-20 (146042 P.O.1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (146042 P.O.1Cl., H.M.S. Carron); Royal National Lifeboat Institution, E.VII.R., silver (Mr Richard Barry. Voted 13th...
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, silver, gold and enamels, circa 1815-20, 73mm x 72mm, the reverse inscribed ‘Rundell Bridge & Rundell, Jewellers to their Majesties & his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.’, fitted with gold pin for wearing, lacking two red enamel berries from wreath, otherwise extremely fine and scarce £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,800
Family group: A fine Second World War O.B.E., Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain C. H. Pigg, Worcestershire Regiment, afterwards R.A.F.V.R. and a Commandant in the Auxiliary Fire Service in the 1939-45 War: extensive extracts from his Great War diaries were published in the regimental journal 1949-50 and represent an important record of the 2nd and 10th Battalions in action on the Somme and elsewhere - and speak of the moving loss of his brother and of his experiences after...
A fine Sea Gallantry Medal group of nine awarded to Able Seaman Robert Charles William Brown, Merchant Navy, awarded a total of five gallantry medals for his services in rescuing the crew of the Usworth in the North Atlantic, 1934 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Robert C. W. Brown S.S. “Usworth” 14th December 1934); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed as issued; Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 2nd small type, bronze (Able Seaman...
Hammer Price: £2,900
The Crimean War medal to Lieutenant-Colonel T. B. Gough, 33rd Regiment, who was severely wounded at the battle of the Alma and died of wounds received in the attack on the Redan Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lt. Col. J. B. Gough, 33rd Foot.) officially impressed naming, note error in first initial, minor marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
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 Great War Kite Balloon Section operations D.S.C. group of six awarded to Major M. Lyon, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for his gallant spotting work for land batteries and gunboats on the Tigris 1916-17 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (AA. 1028 M. Lyon, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Major M. Lyon, R.A.F.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Egypt, Order of the Nile, 4th class breast...
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...
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 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
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
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
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 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
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.,...
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
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
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