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The highly important C.B.E. and Polar Medal awarded to Commander J. R. F. “Frank” Wild, late Royal Navy and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the only man to explore Antarctica five times during the “Heroic Age” and the recipient of a unique 4-clasp Polar Medal The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Polar Medal 1904, 4 clasps, Antarctic 1902-04, Antarctic 1907-09, Antarctic 191...
Hammer Price: £110,000
“I’m not exaggerating, there were hundreds of rounds coming close to all of us on any given day. Hundreds... You wouldn’t be able to count the number of times you could have died.” The superb Conspicuous Gallantry Cross group of five awarded to Lance Corporal Justin R. Thomas, 40 Commando, Royal Marines who was awarded the first C.G.C. of the Iraq War for his extreme bravery in a commando attack in the early days of the campaign - pinned down by hostile fire and with many of his comrades i...
Hammer Price: £88,000
A fine Gallipoli C.G.M. group of five awarded to Acting Leading Seaman W. J. Pierce, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, for gallantry during the Third Battle of Krithia Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.V.R. (SX.3.226 W. J. Pierce, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bn. R.N. Div.); 1914 Star, with clasp (SX3/226 W. J. Pierce, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (S.3-226 W. J. Pierce. Act. L.S. R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (3/226 W. J. Pierce, A....
Hammer Price: £20,000
The exceptional ‘Northern Ireland’ G.M. pair awarded to Private D. S. Bennett, Royal Regiment of Wales, for gallantry during ‘riots’ in the Lower Falls area of Belfast on the night of 6/7 February 1971 - having fallen with a bullet in his right upper arm, he quickly recovered and engaged the attackers hitting one man and possibly a second George Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (24101868 Pte. Dorian S. Bennett, R.R.W.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24101868 Pte., G.M., RRW) mo...
Hammer Price: £17,000
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 1884...
The extremely rare insignia of the Royal Victorian Chain bestowed upon Abbas Hilmi II, the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan The Royal Victorian Chain, 1st type (1902-21) Gentleman’s Collar with pendant Badge, the silver-gilt Collar, overall length approximately 59cm, consisting of three Tudor roses, two thistles, two shamrocks and two lotus flowers, representing the heraldic flowers of England, Scotland, Ireland and India respectively, linked together with a double trace of oval link chain...
Hammer Price: £9,500
A very rare Malaya Commando operations M.M., B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Quarter-Master Sergeant P. L. Simpson, Royal Marines, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in 42 Commando Military Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (RM 8073 Cpl. (A./Sgt.) P. L. Simpson, R.M.); British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R., with its Royal Mint case of issue (Q.M.S. Peter L. Simpson, RM 8073 R.M.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 4 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus,...
Hammer Price: £9,200
A rare battle of Tamaii C.G.M. group of four awarded to Chief Gunner’s Mate William Rolfe, Royal Navy, for services with the Gatling Gun detachment of the Naval Brigade Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (Wil... Rolfe, Grs. Mate, H.M.S. Euryalus) officially impressed naming; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (W. Rolfe, Leadg. Sean. H.M.S. “Shah”); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai (W. Ro..., .unrs. Mate, H.M.S. ....alus); Khedive‘s Star...
Hammer Price: £8,500
A remarkable Second World War D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant E. M. W. McGarrigle, Coldstream Guards, who, after being captured at Louvain in May 1940, made a successful bid for freedom, and remained thereafter an active member of the French Maquis in the Haute Loire, receiving parachute drops and carrying out acts of sabotage Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (2657234 L. Sjt. E. M. W. McGarrigle, C. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; France, Comb...
Hammer Price: £8,200
The Light Brigade medal to Private Joseph Phillips, 4th Light Dragoons, who was wounded in the charge and died subsequently Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann (Joseph Phillips. 4th Lt. Dragns.) officially impressed naming, minor edge bruising and a few surface marks, otherwise better than very fine £6000-8000
A fine modern campaign group of five awarded to Lance-Corporal M. Blanchard, Intelligence Corps, a member of the Intelligence Section, D Squadron, Special Air Service (S.A.S.) during Operation “Barras” in Sierra Leone in 2000 General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25062492 L. Cpl., Int. Corps), in original card box of issue inscribed, ‘25062492 L. Cpl. M. Blanchard, Int. Corps (22 S.A.S.) (D. Sqn.)’; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, K...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The remarkable Great War period O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major S. K. Flint, Royal Fusiliers, late Royal Irish Rifles, whose attachment to the Egyptian Army 1895-1906 resulted in him being awarded a unique Khedive’s Sudan Medal with 10 clasps - and four “mentions” The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919, with its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2/Lt. S. K. Flint, A Tpt.); 1914-15...
The Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant James Montagu, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for his able command of the main-deck guns of the Alceste in the action off Pelagosa in November 1811 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809, Pelagosa 29 Novr. 1811 (J. Montagu, Lieut. R.N.) fitted with silver ribbon brooch, good very fine £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £7,000
A fine Second World War relief of Tobruk operations D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Platoon Sergeant-Major W. J. Kemp, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment, who was wounded during a ferocious hand-to-hand engagement in the early days of Operation “Crusader” Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (7811727 W.O. Cl. 3 W. J. Kemp, Bedfs. & Herts. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (7811727 C./Sjt. W. J. Kemp, Bedfs. & Herts.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; Ar...
Hammer Price: £6,800
A fine Great War K.C.M.G., C.B. group of thirteen awarded to Major-General Sir Harold Parsons, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late West Surrey Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel centre, in its fitted Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s ne...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Camperdown, Trafalgar (Edward Cordy) some very minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £5,800
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (235 Pte. W. Dredge, 1/24th Foot) nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £5,500
The N.G.S. medal to Captain John Sykes, Royal Navy, who was most actively engaged during the War of 1812, from first contact with the enemy in Belvidera’s celebrated escape from Commodore Rodgers’ powerful squadron in June 1812, and her prominent part in the incredible 3-day chase of the U.S.S. Constitution in July 1812, to the destruction of the American privateer Mars off Long Island by the boats of the squadron under his command in March 1814 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1...
A fine Second Afghan War C.B. group of three awarded to Colonel Charles Ball-Acton, 51st King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1879, with swivel-ring bar suspension but lacking buckle; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Ensign Charles Acton, 51st Foot); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Col. C. Ball-Acton, 51st Regt.) together with companion miniat...
An outstanding North-West Frontier operations C.B. group of eight awarded to Brigadier-General H. A. Abbott, Indian Army, the recipient of five “mentions” - and two severe wounds - after 20 years of campaigning with the 15th (Ludhiana) Sikhs: Field Marshal Lord Birdwood described him in his memoirs as ‘a fine hard-fighting soldier who was never daunted or dismayed’, part reflecting no doubt the occasion Abbott refused to be evacuated after being shot ‘bang in his face’ by a Blunderbuss The...
Hammer Price: £5,200
A scarce Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. H. Hobbs, Hertfordshire Regiment, who was thrice wounded in the course of winning his D.C.M. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3318 Pte. J. H. Hobbs, 1/1 Herts. R. - T.F.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (265954 Cpl. - A. Sjt. J. H. Hobbs, D.C.M., 1/Herts. R.); 1914-15 Star (3318 Pte. J. H. Hobbs, Herts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3318 A.W.O. Cl. 2 J. H. Hobbs, Herts. R.), a little polished but generally very fine or...
The Crimean campaign medal to Private H. J. Wakelin, 11th Hussars, killed in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Balaklava (H. J. Wakelin, 11th Hussars) officially impressed naming, fitted with Bailey Coventry ribbon brooch, numerous knocks and marks from poor handling, otherwise very fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £5,000
A fine Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of six awarded to Captain R. L. V. Doake, Bedfordshire Regiment: twice wounded, he personally accounted for several of the enemy in the course of winning his D.S.O. Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. R. L. V. Doake, Bedf. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt. R. L. V. Doake); French Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, with star riband fitment, mounted court-style as wor...
Hammer Price: £4,800
Brunswick Waterloo 1815 (Wilh. v. Praun. Capt. 3. Iaeg. Bt) fitted with original steel clip and small ring suspension and original ribbon, good very fine and rare £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,700
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, 23 June 1795 (Thomas Paine) extremely fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,500
Waterloo 1815 (Captain William Turnor, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot) fitted with original steel clip and contemporary silver bar suspension, this fitted with gold pin-brooch penultimate letter of surname corrected from ‘E’ to ‘O’, minor edge bruise, otherwise very fine £4000-5000
A South Atlantic pair awarded to Corporal T. McGuinness, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, who was mentioned in despatches for gallantry on Mount Tumbledown - he personally fired ten anti-tank rockets at the enemy before he and his men overran the enemy position General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24438768 L. Cpl., SG); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette and M.I.D. oakleaf (24438768 Cpl., SG) mounted court-style as worn, some contact wear, otherwise good very fine (2) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A rare Great War D.C.M., M.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Sergeant J. R. F. Robertson, Bedfordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (14854 Sjt. J. R. F. Robertson, M.M., 2/Bedf. R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (14854 Pte. J. R. F. Robertson, 7/Bedf. R.); 1914-15 Star (14854 Pte. J. R. F. Robertson, Bedf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (14854 Sjt. J. R. F. Robertson, Bedf. R.), occasional edge bruising, contact marks and polished, thus generally goo...
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
Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Miller, 1st Batt. 95th Reg. Foot) replacement silver loop and ring suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £3,900
Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (A. Shepherd, 42nd Foot) a few minor marks and bruises, otherwise very fine £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £3,800
A Great War C.M.G. group of eleven awarded to Colonel Edward Agar, late Royal Engineers, a Pollock Gold Medallist who was attached to the Japanese Army in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05, and was later British Representitive on the Dano-German Boundary Commission for Slesvig 1920-21 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Tra...
Hammer Price: £3,700
A rare and impressive Waziristan 1939 operations D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Evanson, Indian Army, late Royal Irish Fusiliers, in which latter regiment he was wounded in Gallipoli and again in France in 1916 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st issue, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1940’; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. E. A. Evanson, R. Ir. Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. E. A. Evanson), as issued separately by the India Office; Victory...
A rare and early Second World War D.S.O., inter-war M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Commander E. L. Woodhall, Royal Navy, who, having been decorated for his gallant services as a destroyer C.O. in anti-U-boat operations, died in an open boat after his command, H.M.S. Cape Howe, actually the decoy (or ‘Q’ ship) S.S. Prunella, was torpedoed off Land’s End in June 1940 - a loss that led to Churchill cancelling the decoy ship project Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st issue, the reverse...
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 1899-1...
The Boer War medal to Lieutenant V. A. Ball-Acton, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at Paardeberg Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (Lt. V. A. Ball-Acton. Oxford L.I.) extremely fine £3000-3500
A C.B. group of five awarded to Honorary Lieutenant-General John Jocelyn Bourke, late 88th Regiment; latterly Colonel of the Essex Regiment The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with swivel ring straight bar suspension and buckle on ribbon; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Major The Honble. John Jocelyn Bourke, 88th Regt.) privately engraved naming; India Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Major H...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A rare Central Africa 1894 operations I.O.M. group of five awarded to Subadar Bulaka Singh, 26th Baluch Infantry, late 45th Sikhs Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (2188 Sepoy Bulaka Singh, 45th Bl. Infy.); Central Africa 1891-98, no clasp, unnamed, swivel-ring suspension; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Jemdr. Bulaka Singh, 26th Baluch Infy.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnam...
A good Second World War Italy operations D.S.O., post-war M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. Andrews, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1945’; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2/Lieut. A. Andrews, Bedfs. & Herts. R.); 1939-45 Star; Ita...
A fine Great War M.C. and Bar group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant H. Pearce, Dorsetshire Regiment, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was commissioned for his leadership on the Somme, decorated for gallant deeds during the German Spring Offensive and final Allied advance in 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. H. Peacre); Defence Medal 1939-45, somewhat polished, particularly the second, but otherwise generally very fine...
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