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An extremely rare Great War Zeebrugge raid C.G.M., Q-Ship operations D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Petty Officer D. P. Smith, Royal Navy: having participated in five classic Q-Ship actions in the Cullist and survived her sinking, he steered the Iris II through point blank fire at Zeebrugge in April 1918, this time surviving a direct 11-inch hit on the ex-Liverpool ferry’s bridge: 200 or 300 hundred aboard her were not so lucky, prompting the famous signal, ‘For God’s sake, send some...
Hammer Price: £26,000
A rare Tel-el-Kebir C.G.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Harry Henry, Royal Marine Light Infantry Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (Corporal H. Henry, R.M.L.I.) officially impressed naming; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Corpl. H. Henry, R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Harry Henry, Sergt. No. 960 Chat. R.M.L.I.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, suspension claw tightened on the first, pitting from star but generally very...
Hammer Price: £19,000
A fine Light Brigade charger’s group of three to Major W. W. Graham, 6th Dragoon Guards, late 17th Lancers, who was ‘specially recommended for a Cornetcy on account of his distinguished gallantry at Balaklava Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt. W. W. Graham, 17th Lans.) contemporary engraved naming in the style of Hunt & Roskell; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. Wm. Wallace Graham, 6th Dragn. Guards); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue,...
Hammer Price: £17,000
A most unusual Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Major C. A. R. Pryce, Royal Field Artillery - onetime colonial policeman, mercenary and Hollywood star, whose remarkable life is recounted in Gringo Revolutionary Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Mashonaland 1897, no clasp (401 Troopr. C. A. R. Pryce, B.S.A. Police); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (2138 Tpr....
Hammer Price: £8,800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Christr. Halfpenny) good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £7,800
A Lucknow operations Indian Order of Merit pair awarded to Sowar Noor Gool, 3rd Sikh Irregular Cavalry Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd / Class / Order of Merit’, the lower point with stamped marks of Hamilton & Co., of Calcutta, lacking ribbon buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Lucknow, Central India (Sowar Noor Gool, 3d Regt. Seikh I.C.) the first lacking most central...
Hammer Price: £7,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Lion 15 July 1798 (James Bowdry) a few very light marks, otherwise good very fine £5000-6000
A fine Crimea Heavy Brigade D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lieutenant W. Percy, 9th Lancers, late 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, who was wounded in the famous charge at Balaklava Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt. Wm. Percy, 4th R. Irish Dn. Gds.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt. W. Percy, 4th Dn. Guards), contemporary engraved naming; France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, both centres replaced by French gold...
Hammer Price: £6,800
The rare C.M.G., Sudan service group awarded to Colonel W. S. Sparkes Pasha, Egyptian Army, late Welsh Regiment, the first governor of the Bahr el Ghazal Province The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamels, complete with gold ribbon buckle in its Garrard & Co case of issue, enamel flaked on one reverse arm; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Capt. W. S. Sparkes, E.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 7 clasps, Firket, Hafir, Sudan...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, St. Vincent, Martinique (A. Kennedy, Volr. 1st Class) fitted with ornate ribbon brooch, some light marks, otherwise good very fine £4000-5000
The British South Africa Company’s Medal to Trooper F. L. Vogel, Salisbury Horse, formerly Assistant Secretary to Dr. L. S. Jameson and a member of Major Wilson’s heroic patrol, killed in action at Shangani River on 4 December 1893 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (Troopr. F. L. Vogel, Salisbury Horse), extremely fine £3500-4000
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig (Alexr. Main, 76th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising and suspension a little slack, otherwise nearly very fine £4000-4500
Hammer Price: £6,500
Four: Serjeant V. C. Tutton, North Somerset Yeomanry 1914 Star, with clasp (193 Pte., 1/1 N. Som. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (193 Sjt., N. Som. Yeo.); Russia, St. George Medal for Bravery, 2nd Class, gold, reverse inscribed, ‘No.2968’, edge inscribed, ‘193 Sjt. V. C. Tutton, Som. Yeo. T.F.); Memorial Plaque (Victor Clement Tutton) last with minor edge bruising, good very fine, scarce (5) £2000-2500
A rare Waziristan 1901-02 operations C.B. group of three awarded to Colonel V. C. Tonnochy, 3rd and 4th Sikhs, who was killed in action at Gumatti in November 1902 during the Kabul Khel Expedition The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with swivel-ring suspension and riband buckle; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Captn. V. C. Tonnochy, S.C.); India General Service 1895-1902,...
Hammer Price: £6,200
A Great War ‘Battle of Amentières 1914’ D.C.M. group of nine awarded to Senior Mechanic J. S. Bowdidge, Royal Air Force, late Somerset Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8342 L. Cpl., 1/Som. L.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8342 Pte., 1/Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (8342 Sjt., Som. L.I.) slight corrections to naming; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (302794 S.M.1, R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed;...
Pair: John Cameron, 78th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Assye, Argaum, Gawilghur (John Cameron, 78th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (John Cameron, 78th Foot) edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine (2) £3000-3500
A rare Antarctic Polar Exploration group of three awarded to Dr Alan William Reece, Meteorologist and Geologist, who was killed in a plane crash on Cornwallis Island in the Canadian Arctic Polar Medal 1904, E.II.R., 1st issue, silver, 2 clasps, Antarctic 1946, Antarctic 1950-52 (Alan W. Reece) mounted as worn, in Royal Mint case of issue; Norway, Maudheim Medal, 1 clasp, Maudheim 1949-52, Haakon VII, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘Alan William Reece 1952’, in (damaged) case of issue;...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Coalport China Plate, from the ‘Emperor of Russia’ dessert service commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1845 for presentation to Czar Nicholas I, decorated with the central badge of the Russian Order of St Andrew, and six surrounding panels depicting the Russian Orders of St George, St Alexander Nevsky, St Vladimir, The White Eagle, St Stanislaus, and St Anne, the reverse with gilt stamp of retailers A. B. & R. P. Daniell, Manufacturers to Her Majesty & The Royal Family, 254 mm diameter,...
Hammer Price: £5,800
Pair: Drummer Hugh Kennedy, 1st Foot or Royal Scots Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (H. Kennedy, Drumr. 1st Foot, Royals); Waterloo 1815 (Hugh Kennedy, 3rd Bat. 1st Foot. or R. Scots.) fitted with replacement silver clip and steel ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £4000-5000
A Defence of Malakand Indian Order of Merit pair awarded to Jemadar Uttam Singh, 45th Sikhs Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd / Class / Order of Merit’, lacking ribbon buckle; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (2339 Jemdr. Uttam Singh, 45th Sikhs) centre re-enamelled on the first, edge bruising and contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A very rare Second World War convoy escort operations D.S.M. and Bar group of ten awarded to Chief Mechanician G. M. R. Hide, Royal Navy, who received both of his decorations for gallant deeds in the flower-class corvette Bluebell, the first of them in respect of Arctic convoy PQ-18: in a wartime history reminiscent of Monsarrat’s fictitious corvette Compass Rose, the Bluebell lent lengthy and gallant service until torpedoed in March 1945 - on which occasion she went down in 30...
An outstanding Second World War Arctic convoys D.S.M., post-war B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Petty Officer A. T. E. Powell, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry as Gunner’s Mate in the destroyer H.M.S. Onslow during convoy PQ-18: he was similarly employed during that destroyer’s epic engagement with the mighty Hipper in the Barents Sea in December 1942 - a desperate encounter in which Onslow’s captain won the Victoria Cross and 40 of his crew were killed or wounded...
Germany, Prussia, Goblet of Honour for Victory in the Air, silver Goblet, 190 x 95mm. (approx.), the stem bearing the inscription, ‘Dem Sieger im Luftkampfe’ and silver stamp marks (crescent moon. crown, ‘800’ and eagle), the underside of the base bearing the medallion, ‘Chef des Feldflugwesens’, minor indentation and scratches, good very fine £4000-4500
A rare and important “Pioneer’s” British South Africa Company 1890-97 Medal pair awarded to Captain J. F. F. Darling, Enkeldoorn Garrison Troop (Salisbury Field Force), a well-documented Pioneer and a survivor of the defence of the settlement at Alice Mine in Mazoe country, where a dozen or so guns held off at least a hundred rebels until relieved by Captain R. C. Nesbitt, the latter being awarded the V.C. on the same occasion British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse...
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (G. W. Johnson, 32nd L.I.) unofficial clasp ‘Cawnpore’ loose on ribbon, good very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,200
A Naga Hills 1875 expedition Indian Order of Merit pair awarded to Jemadar Gaj Bahadur, 44th Gurkha Light Infantry Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd / Class / Order of Merit’, lacking ribbon buckle; India General Service 1854-95, 5 clasps, Bhootan, Naga 1879-80, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, N.E. Frontier 1891 (Sepoy Gaj Bahadur, 44th Regt. N.I.) suspension claw tightened, pitting...
Hammer Price: £4,800
An extremely rare Second World War clandestine operations D.S.M. awarded to Leading Seaman M. Rahim, Royal Indian Navy, who was seriously wounded during the course of an S.O.E. agent pick-up operation off Burma in February 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Ldg. Smn. M. Rahim, 4209 R. Ind. N.) extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,700
Six: Captain J. W. Barry, South African Forces, one of the last surviving members of the 1890 Pioneer Corps British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 2 clasps, Mashonaland 1890, Matabeleland 1893 (Tpr. Barry, J. W. Pioneers) the second clasp a casy copy; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Capt. J. W. Barry, Imp. Lt. Horse); King‘s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South...
Hammer Price: £4,500
An Omdurman pair to Corporal J. Range, 21st Lancers, who was wounded in the charge Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2305 Cpl. J. Range, 21/L/cers); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed, good very fine (2) £1800-2200
A Third Afghan War O.B.E. and Shimber Berris campaign group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. H. Bird, 23rd Sikh Pioneers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut. W. A. H. Bird, 23rd Sikh Pioneers); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Shimber Berris 1914-15 (Captain W. A. H....
Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Gunner John Napier, 4th Compy. 2d Battn. Arty.) naming engraved in fine running script, small collector’s number ‘1253’ impressed on edge, fitted with replacement German-silver bar suspension, light marks, otherwise good very fine and rare £4000-5000
Three: The Revd. John Mactaggart, Army Chaplain’s Department, the only Chaplain to receive either a Kirbekan clasp or a 5-clasp Egypt medal South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (Rev. J. Mactaggart, Actg. Chapn. to Troops); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (Ag. Chapln. Revd. J. Mactaggart); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, slight contact marks, very fine, rare (3) £2500-3000
A well-documented and emotive Battle of Britain group of three awarded to Sergeant J. Lansdell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Hurricane pilot who was killed in action with No. 607 Squadron on 17 September 1940 - when the crash site of his aircraft was excavated 46 years later, the recovered control column revealed his gun button still set to fire 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box to ‘W....
Hammer Price: £4,400
An important Crimean War Al Valore Militare group of six awarded to General Sir Thomas Holloway, K.C.B., Royal Marine Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. Col. Holloway, Royal Marines) contemporary engraved naming; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (Col. T. Holloway R.M.) contemporary engraved naming; Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, lacking one ball point finial; Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class breast badge, silver, gold and...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A remarkable C.V.O. group of fifteen awarded to Colonel Sir John Young, Kt., late Commissariat and Transport Corps, and a long-served Commissioner for the National Society for Aid to Sick and Wounded in War and the British Red Cross - the latter appointments leading to more unusual employment in such conflicts as the Franco-Prussian 1870-71 and Russo-Turkish 1877-78 Wars The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered...
Hammer Price: £4,100
A rare Nile 1885 operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour-Sergeant J. Symons, Coldstream Guards, attached Guards Camel Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sergt. J. Symons, 1/Coldm. Gds., 13th Feby. 1885); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2505 Sergt. J. Symons, 2/Coldm. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2505 Cr. Sergt. J. Symons, Coldm. Gds.); Khedive’s Star, 1882, contact marks, edge bruising...
An interesting Crimea Medal pair awarded to Captain J. W. Clayton, 13th Light Dragoons, afterwards a popular artist, author, composer, poet and travel writer, whose memoir Ubique is a vivid account of his experiences in the Crimea Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. J. W. Clayton, 13th Lt. Dragoons), contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, Hunt & Roskell type, unnamed,, contemporary engraved naming, mounted as worn from Hunt & Roskell riband buckles,...
A rare Memorial Plaque to Miss Mary Macgill, Matron of the Military Isolation Hospital, Aldershot Memorial Plaque 1914-18, ‘She Died for Freedom and Honor’ (Mary Macgill) good very fine £1600-2000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Tirah expedition Indian Order of Merit pair awarded to Lance Havildar Kesar Singh, 30th Punjab Infantry Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd / Class / Order of Merit’, lacking ribbon buckle, reverse screw nut replaced with brass fitting; India General Service 1895-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (2248 Naick Kesar Singh,...
Hammer Price: £3,800
An extremely rare Second World War “V.C. action” D.S.M. group of five awarded to Able Seaman W. J. A. Cooper, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his part in the Jervis Bay’s famous duel with the Admiral Scheer in November 1940 - ‘crippled, in flames, unable to reply, for nearly an hour the Jervis Bay held the German’s fire’, thereby allowing the majority of her convoy to escape Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C/LDX. 3515 W. J. A. Cooper, A.B.,...
Hammer Price: £3,700
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