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A good Second World War North-West Europe operations M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant J. T. McLaren, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3190019 Sjt. J. T. McLaren, K.O.S.B.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Service Medal, G.VI.R., Territorial (3190019 Sjt. J. T. McLaren, M.M., K.O.S.B.), minor official correction to surname on the first, generally good very fine (6) £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £2,000
A rare Great War land operations D.S.M., Second World War civil B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Boatswain R. McDonald, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services with Naval Siege Guns in Flanders in 1915 - he was specially promoted to Boatswain in January 1917 after being severely wounded Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (197544 R. McDonald, P.O. Cl. 1 Cl., Siege Guns, Belgium); British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Robert MacDonald, D.S.M.); Queen’s South Africa...
Hammer Price: £3,700
A rare and well-documented Second World War evader’s D.F.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. R. Laws, Royal Air Force, who took to his parachute over Belgium after his Halifax was attacked by night fighters returning from Pilsen in April 1943 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (745880 Sgt. W. R. Laws, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals, good very fine (5) £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £4,000
A scarce Second World War Home Guard B.E.M. group of five awarded to Corporal J. G. Whitlow, Cheshire Home Guard, late Royal Artillery British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Cpl. John G. Whitlow, H.G.); British War and Victory Medals (11517 Gnr. J. G. Whitlow, R.A.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (John George Whitlow), generally good very fine (5) £300-350
Hammer Price: £320
A good Second World War B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant Edward Cook, Warwickshire Yeomanry (R.A.C.), who ‘showed the greatest personal courage’ at El Alamein British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (547262 Sgt. Edward Cook); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army clasp and ‘8’ emblem; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with three rosettes on riband (547262 Sgt. E. Cook, Warwick. Yeo.), good very...
Hammer Price: £550
A Second World War R.R.C. group of ten awarded to Matron M. Russell, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, a veteran of the operations in North Russia in 1919 Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of the lower arm officially dated ‘1943’; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; British War and Victory Medals (Sister M. Russell); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine, M.I.D. oakleaf, unnamed;...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister S. Tyler, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (S./Nurse S. Tyler, Q.A.I.M.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister S. Tyler); France, Red Cross Society Medal 1914-19, silver, together with oval Q.A.I.M.N.S. badge, this last with polished obverse, otherwise very fine and better (6) £350-400
Hammer Price: £470
A scarce Great War Medal of the British Empire group of three awarded to Forewoman M. W. Gladwin, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Military), unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (11484 Fwn. M. W. Gladwin, Q.M.A.A.C.), cleaned and lacquered, otherwise very fine (3) £300-350
Hammer Price: £580
An Order of St. John group of five awarded to Leading Sick Berth Attendant J. Wright, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve and St. John Ambulance Brigade The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Defence and War Medals; Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (7379 J. Wright, L./S.B.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.); St. John Service Medal, with 3 Bars (40203 Sgt. J. Wright, Lancs. S.J.A.B., 1948), together with related...
Hammer Price: £210
A rare Second World War O.B.I. group of eight awarded to Subedar Major Mir Abdullah, Indian Army Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, North West Frontier 1935 (6060 Sep. Mir Abdullah, 82 Pjbis); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4572 Hav. Mir Abdullah, 5-1 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A rare Great War East Africa operations I.D.S.M. group of five awarded to Naik Ghulam Husain Khan, 9th Jat Regiment, late 17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment) Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2931 Lce. Naik Ghulam Husain Khan, 17th Infy.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2931 Sepoy Ghulan Hussain, 17 Infy.); Victory Medal 1914-19, unnamed; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (3559 Nk. Gulam Hussain, 2-9 Jat. R.); Jubilee...
Hammer Price: £800
An unusual post-war Indian Police Medal group of seven awarded to Inspector V. Wavell, Calcutta Police and Auxiliary Forces of India, late Royal Marine Light Infantry and 7th Dragoon Guards Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R, for Meritorious Service (Victor Wavell, Inspr., Calcutta Police); British War Medal 1914-20 (PO. 1761-S Pte. V. Wavell, R.M.L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (PO. 1761-S Pte. V. Wavell, R.M.L.I.), renamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (D-33143 Pte. V. Wavell, 7-D....
Hammer Price: £820
A Queen’s Fire Service Medal group of six awarded to Assistant Chief Fire Officer H. E. Cushing, Kent Fire Brigade, late Coldstream Guards Queen’s Fire Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Herbert Evangelo Cushing, Asst. Ch./Fire Offr (Dep. Ch. Fire Offr.), Kent Fire Bgd.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Fire Brigade Long Service, E.II.R. (Herbert E. Cushing, Asst. Chief Officer), minor official correction to rank on the first,...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War M.B.E. pair awarded to Gunner A. V. Green, Royal Indian Marine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1917; British War Medal 1914-20 (Gnr., R.I.M.) good very fine (2) £120-160
Hammer Price: £200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Sub Lieutenant P. J. Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Military Cross, G.V.R. , reverse inscribed, ‘Sub. Lt. P. J. Smith, R.N.V.R., March 24th 1918’, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (L.Z.582L Sig., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt., R.N.V.R.) some contact marks, very fine (4) £800-1000
A Great War ‘Submarine Service’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Engineer E. H. Hodgers, Royal Navy, for service aboard the K.7 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (272051 E. H. Hodgers, E.R.A. 2 Cl., Submarine Service 1917); 1914-15 Star (272057 E. H. Hodges, E.R.A. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Art. Eng. E. H. Hodges, R.N.) note different spelling of surname, good very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
A ‘Malayan Service’ B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 Raymond Henry John Hewitt, East Anglian Regiment, late Army Air Corps British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (22221487 Col. Sgt. Raymond H. J. Hewitt, 1 E. Anglian); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (149837 Cpl., A.A.C.); Coronation 1953, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue,...
Four: Chief Carpenter’s Mate John Richard Darby, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, with old ribbon, clasp loose, in damaged card box of issue; Abyssinia 1867 (J. R. Darby, Chf. Carprs. Mte., H.M.S. Vigilant); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, pierced with modern ring suspension, good very fine and better (4) £550-650
Hammer Price: £750
Pair: C. P. G. Smith, Royal Marines Crimea 1854-56, 5 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Azoff, Sebastopol (C. P. G. ....h, 33, 4 Coy. C.D., R.M., H.M.S. Algiers, 1854) engraved naming, second and fourth clasps are tailor’s copies; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (C. P. G. Smith, 33, 4 Coy. C.D., R.M., H.M.S. Algiers, 1854) engraved naming, fitted with ‘British Crimea’ style suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £220
The unique group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Hippisley, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), one of two officers of the regiment to serve in the Zulu War, he subsequently commanded the detachment of the regiment at the battle of Abu Klea, and was decorated by the Czar of Russia upon his appointment as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Greys in 1894 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Lieut. & Adjt. W. H. Hippisley, 2nd Dgns.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile...
Hammer Price: £17,000
Pair: Labourer H. Williams Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Laborer (sic)); Khedive’s Star, 1884-86, unnamed, first with slight edge bruising, good very fine (2) £180-220
Hammer Price: £160
Pair: Private R. McMurray, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2543 Pte., 1/Cam. Hrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2543 Pte., 1 Cam. Highrs.) minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £300-350
Hammer Price: £420
Three: Private J. Lavery, 3rd Dragoon Guards, killed in action, 6 November 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (D-1906 Pte., 3-D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (D-1906 Pte., 3-D. Gds.); Memorial Plaque (John Lavery) nearly extremely fine (4) £300-350
Three: Air Mechanic 1st Class T. A. Lewis, Royal Naval Air Service, late Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division 1914 Star (M5/114 A.B., R.N.V.R., Anson Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (F-18425 A.M.1, R.N.A.S.) extremely fine (3) £120-160
Hammer Price: £250
Pair: Lieutenant H. S. Mawbey, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914 Star (L7/3145 A.B., Hawke Bttn. R.N.D.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut., R.N.V.R.); together with a renamed British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut, R.N.V.R.) very fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £100
Six: Engineer Commander George Hull, Royal Indian Marine and Royal Canadian Navy 1914-15 Star (Engnr., R.I.M.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Engr. Lt., R.I.M.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, these three unnamed, very fine and better (6) £140-180
Hammer Price: £240
Six: Temporary Captain A. L. Povall, General Service Corps, late Royal Air Force and 3rd Mounted Rifles 1914-15 Star (Pte., 3rd M.R.); British War and Victory Medals (184054 Pte. 2, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War and African Service Medals, these four officially named (164795 A. L. Povall) good very fine (6) £70-90
A Naval M.S.M. group of five `awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer 1s Class W. Vivian, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (269058 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269058 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269058 William Vivian, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Blake); Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., ‘Admiral’s bust’ issue (269058 C.E.R.A. 1Cl., “Acorn” Mediterranean 1918) good very fine and better (5) £280-320
Hammer Price: £460
Four: Sapper F. Desbery, South African Corps of Signalling Company Royal Engineers, late 8th Infantry 1914-15 Star (Pte., 8th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Spr., S.A.C.S.C.R.E.); South Africa Medal for War Service 1939-45, unnamed, mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £50-70
Hammer Price: £75
Three: Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class W. C. Duncan, Royal Navy, killed whilst serving on the submarine C.33, 5 August 1915 1914-15 Star (272147 E.R.A.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (272147 E.R.A.2, R.N.); Memorial Plaque (William Charles Duncan) extremely fine (4) £140-180
Hammer Price: £290
Four: Acting Sergeant J. Fewell, Royal Canadian Regiment, killed in action, 23 August 1917 1914-15 Star (477300 Pte., R. Can. R.); British War and Victory Medals (477300 A. Sjt., R.C.R.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (477300 A-Sgt. J. Fewell) good very fine and better (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £350
Three: Air Mechanic 1st Class T. W. Sims, Royal Flying Corps 1914-15 Star (12654 2 A.M., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (12654 1 A.M., R.F.C.) extremely fine (3) £100-140
Hammer Price: £190
Three: Lieutenant A. V. Warrington, Australian Imperial Forces 1914-15 Star (2333 Cpl., 28 Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., A.I.F.) last with correction to name and unit, good very fine (3) £280-320
Hammer Price: £380
Three: Private E. B. White, Bloemhof Commando 1914-15 Star (Pte., Bloemhof Cdo.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte., Bloemhof Cdo.) good very fine (3) £80-100
Three: Private A. N. Wyatt, South African Forces 1914-15 Star (Pte., 2nd F. Amb. S.A.M.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Pte., 4th S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Pte., 1st S.A.H.) Pair: Private Namate, King’s African Rifles 1914-15 Star (1467 Pte.,1/K.A.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (1467 Pte., 1/K.A.R.) very fine and better (5) £70-90
Hammer Price: £110
Three: Sepoy Fateh Khan, 1-67th Punjabis British War and Victory Medals (2493 Sepoy, 1-67 Pjbis); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (2493 Sepoy, 1-67-Punjabis) nearly very fine Three: Lance-Naik Kabul Khan, 33rd Punjabis British War Medal 1914-20 (2569 Sepoy Kabal Khan, 33 Pjbis.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan 1919, Burma 1930-32 (2569 Sepoy Kabul, 1/33/Pjbs.) unofficial connection between clasps; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (888...
British War and Victory Medal pairs (4) (Capt. A. G. Carment; 2 Lieut. G. A. Potter-Kirby; Flt. Lt. A. M. Kay, R.N.A.S.; R.M.A. 2698-S-Gr. E. C. Prentice) good very fine and better (8) £120-160
Pair: Lance-Duffadar Khan Mohammad Khan, 19th Lancers British War Medal 1914-20 (2251 L-Dfdr., 18 Lcrs.); Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2251 L. Dfdr., 18/19/(K.G.O.) Lcrs.) British War Medal 1914-20 (2252 L-Dfdr. Mohd. Khan, 18 Lcrs) very fine (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £180
Six: Water Carrier Naurata Singh, Rajput, late 1-11 Sikh Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (74 W-Carr., 1-11 Sikh R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal, these officially named (3028651 W/C Naurata Singh, Rajput R.); War Medal 1939-45, unnamed, first with some edge bruising, very fine (6) Four: Jemadar Raman Rana, 2-1 Gurkha Rifles, a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West...
Five: Havildar Padamsing Gurung, 8th Gurkha Rifles India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2392 Rfn., 1-8 G.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War and India Service Medals, these four officially named (2392 Hav., 8 G.R.) mounted court style for wear, very fine (5) £60-80
Hammer Price: £150
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