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A Great War ‘Mine Rescue’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain N. L. Joynt, M.B., R.A.M.C., attached 176th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue with news cutting citation pinned to interior silk; 1914 Star (Lieut. L. N. Joynt, R.A.M.C.) in its named card box of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. N. L. Joynt) extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant John Boyd, Canadian Railway Construction Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (104 Sjt., Can. Rly. Cons. C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut.) mounted as worn; together with a Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (Lieut. J. Boyd M.C.) nearly extremely fine (5) £1000-1200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant Thomas Edward Cairns, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Passchendaele 25.9.17 Lieut. T. E. Cairns, 7th att. 2nd A. & S.H.’; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) good very fine (3) £800-900
A Great War ‘Evacuation of Gallipoli Operations’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Stoker E. J. Rhymes, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (167889 Ch. Sto., Gallipoli Opns. 1915-6); 1914-15 Star (167882 Ch. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (167889); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (167889 Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Leander) good very fine (5) £900-1100
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;...
Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Lieut. Chas. Anderson Morshead, 41th (sic) Regt.) fitted with silver clip and straight bar suspension, good very fine £1000-1200
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant A. Stewart, New Zealand Medical Corps, late Otago Rifles Military Medal, G.V.R. (8-1845 Pte. A. Stewart, 4/F.A. N.Z.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (8/1845 Pte. A. Stewart, N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals (8/1845 Sjt. A. Stewart, N.Z.E.F.) extremely fine (4) £400-500
Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842, unnamed as issued, fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, very fine and rare £800-1000
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,...
France, Presidency, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, 90 x 59mm., gold and enamel, with ‘eagle head’ (post-1838) stamp mark, with old (damaged) neck cravat, enamel damage to green wreath, some enamel damage to white arms, better than very fine, scarce £900-1200
A Great War M.M. awarded to Sergeant S. Bull, Royal Flying Corps, who later flew as Air Gunner in a D.H.9 against the last Zeppelin raid of the war Military Medal, G.V.R. (1857 Sjt. S. Bull, R.F.C.) toned, nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann (S. Smith. 2nd Dragoons) officially impressed naming, two edge bruises, otherwise better than very fine £1200-1500
A Second World War ‘Escaper’s M.M. group of four awarded to Naik Gopal Singh Thapa, 3rd Gurkha Rifles Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2818 Nk. Gopal Singh Thapa, 3 G.R.) impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed, good very fine and better (4) £600-800
Afghanistan 1878-80, 4 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (58B/690 Pte. N. M’Leish, 72nd Highrs.) nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
A Naval General Service Medal awarded to Stoker Mechanic O. A. M. Bridges, Royal Navy, who was killed aboard H.M.S. Affray, 19 April 1951, in the last Royal Navy Submarine to be lost at Sea Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (D/SKX 832096 O. A. M. Bridges, S.M., R.N.) prefix ’SKX’ corrected, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Pair: Private Thomas Church, H.M. 16th Lancers Ghuznee 1839 (Private Thomas Church, Her Majesty’s 16th Lancers) engraved in running script in reverse field; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private Thomas Church, H.M. 16th Lancers) original hook with additional ring for suspension, nearly very fine (2) £800-900
Hammer Price: £1,200
Pair: Private Patrick Sullivan, 13th Prince Albert’s (Somerset) Light Infantry Cabul 1842 (Patk. Sullivan, No. 1008 No. 9 Cy. 13th or P.A.L.I.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with steel clip and bar suspension; Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown (Patk. Sullivan, No. 1008 No. 9 Cy. 13th or P.A.L.I.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with ring and straight bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £900-1200
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel W. Metcalf, Indian Army Cabul 1842, with slide-on silver-gilt clasp ‘Cabul’ (Ensign W. Metcalf, 35th Reg. Light Infantry, 16 Sept. 1842), contemporary cross-hatched engraved naming, old silver clip and hinged-bar suspension and upper silver brooch-pin for wearing; Maharajpoor Star 1843, with slide-on silver-gilt ‘Maharajpoor’ clasp (Ensign W. Metcalf, 35th Reg. Light Infantry), the reverse with adapted backstraps and brooch-pin device, partially covering...
A fine Great War Battle of Loos D.C.M. group of three awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 H. D. Strachan, Royal Highlanders, who was killed in action at Arras in April 1917 - he was also a recipient of the Wauchope Medal Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9478 Sjt. H. Strachan, 2/R. Hdrs.); British War and Victory Medals (9478 W.O. Cl. 2 H. D. Strachan, R. Highrs.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Hugh Strachan), good very fine or better (4) £1000-1200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (Richd. Walker) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1200-1400
A fine Great War M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Sapper A. W. Gush, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for gallant deeds in 23rd Signalling Company at Le Sars in October 1916 and at the crossing of the River Monticano in Italy in October 1918 - a little over two weeks later he succumbed to influenza Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (66338 Sapr. A. W. Gush, 23/Sig. Coy. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (66338 Spr. A. W. Gush, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (66338 2 Cpl. A. W....
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (Thomas Tomlinson) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (Waller Thrathen) extremely fine £1000-1200
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Matthew Jacob, 54th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine £700-900
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
An unusual Second World War Burma operations M.M. awarded to Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 L. Hayes, Royal Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (786226 A.W.O.Cl. 2 L. Hayes, R.A.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £1200-1400
A rare and well-documented jet pilot’s Malaya G.S.M. awarded to Flight Lieutenant W. Alcock, Royal Air Force, who saw action in Vampires and Venoms of No. 60 Squadron General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Fg. Off. W. Alcock, R.A.F.), good very fine £400-500
Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (D. Mottle) very fine £800-1000
The Great War medals to Major C. A. Acton, 9th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Loos 1914-15 Star (Major C. A. Acton, R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Major C. A. Acton) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Charles Annesley Acton) and illuminated Memorial Scroll (Capt. Charles Annesley Acton 9 R. Welsh Fus.) extremely fine £500-600
Waterloo 1815 (Joseph Fuller, 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Guards) with replacement straight bar suspension, edge bruising, fine £800-1000
Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, hallmarks for London 1943, nearly extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,100
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24539709 Gdsm. J. McGuinness, SG), good very fine £600-800
A Second World War C.B. group of ten awarded to Major-General Gilbert Alan Blake, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat; 1914-15 Star (Capt., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt-Col., R.A.M.C.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these unnamed,...
Five: Warrant Officer Class 2 E. Onions, Leicestershire Yeomanry 1914 Star, with clasp (527 Sq. Q.M. Sjt., Leic. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (527 Sq. Q.M. Sjt., Leic. Yeo.) number and rank corrected on ‘Victory’; Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (527 L. Cpl., Leic. (P.A.O.) I.Y.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (255226 W.O. Cl. II, Leic. Yeo.) good very fine (5) £580-620
Five: Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Stevens, Royal Navy, a winner of the Naval Good Shooting Medal and the recipient of a Royal Humane Society’s Medal for a gallant rescue attempt with the Coast Guard 1914-15 Star (172681 T. Stevens, P.O. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (172681 T. Stevens, P.O. 1, R.N.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (172681 T. Stevens, A.B., H.M.S. Doris, 1909, 6 in. B.L.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (Thomas Stevens, 21st Dec. 1922), the...
A Great War Cambrai operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant E. T. Williams, Royal Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved. ‘Lt. E. T. Williams, R.F.A., Cambrai, 30.11.17’; 1914 Star, with clasp (19750 Sjt. E. Williams, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (2 Lieut. E. T. Williams), contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (4) £800-1000
Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83, General Picton’s Medal, silver, fitted with small ring for suspension, small test mark to edge and minor marks overall, otherwise good very fine and scarce £800-1000
A fine Second World War ‘Burma’ operations M.C. group of five awarded to Major H. C. Cotman, King’s Regiment, attached 4th Bombay Grenadiers, for service in support of tanks of the 3rd Carabiniers in the advance from Kalewa to Tharrawaddy during the Spring Offensive of 1945 Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1946’; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed, mounted court style for wear, extremely fine (5) £1000-1400
Alexander Davison’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, contained within original copper rim with integral rings for suspension, nearly very fine £1000-1200
Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (4346 Farr. Sgt. F. Kirkby, E. Batt. B. Bde. R.H.A.) good very fine £1200-1400
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