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A Second World War ‘Burma’ M.C. group of six awarded to Subadar Bhadarbir Thapa, 3rd and 2nd Battalions 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘’1944’, lightly inscribed, ‘No 13656 Sub Bhadrabir Thapa, M.C. 1st G.R.’; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (6770 L-Naik, 2-1 G.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal, these unnamed, good very fine and...
Hammer Price: £3,500
A fine Great War M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Lance-Sergeant F. Emerson, Royal Fusiliers, who was decorated for his bravery in the 11th Battalion at Thiepval in September 1916 and at Westhoek Ridge in August 1917 - he died of wounds that November Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (7291 L. Cpl. F. Emerson, 11/R. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (7291 Pte. F. Emerson, R. Fus.); British War & Victory Medals (GS-7291 Cpl. F. Emerson, R. Fus.), together with related Memorial Plaque...
A rare Great War September 1918 advance M.C., Somme M.M. group of five awarded to 2nd Lieutenant H. Shepley, Durham Light Infantry, late Manchester Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Lt. H. Shepley, 19th D.L.I., Sept. 16th 1919’; Military Medal, G.V.R. (4502 Cpl. H. Shepley, 11/Manch. R.); 1914-15 Star (4502 L. Cpl. H. Shepley, Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. H. Shepley), minor contact marks, very fine and better (5) £2200-2500
Hammer Price: £3,400
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Lieut: The Hon: A. J. G. Byng, 7th Hussars) toned, nearly extremely fine and very rare £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,300
A very rare Second World War M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Bombardier J. W. Jennings, Royal Artillery – originally decorated for gallant deeds with the B.E.F. in May 1940, he won a Bar for operations in North Africa in May 1942, in which theatre of war he was twice ‘blown up’ in his Wireless Transmission Truck and taken P.O.W. Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (2563583 Bmbr. J. W. Jennings, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45,...
A particularly fine Second World War Burma operations M.M. group of five awarded to Private V. Conetta, Royal Sussex Regiment, who accounted for 16 of the enemy in a protracted action at Pinwe, prior to being wounded in a subsequent engagement in November 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6148677 Pte. V. Conetta, R. Suss. R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn, generally good very fine (5) £1600-1800
Pair: Private W. Hill, 91st Foot, who was severely wounded at Toulouse Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (Walter [H]ill, 91st Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Walter Hill, 1st Batt. 91st Reg. Foot), with original steel clip and ring suspension, one letter of surname obscured on the first, both with edge bruising and polished and thus fine or better (2) £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £3,200
A most unusual Great War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Captain H. T. Phillips, Australian Imperial Forces, late Royal Marine Artillery, including rare awards for services in the Sudan 1896, a Royal Marines M.S.M. and “royal visit” Spanish decoration The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3912 Br. H. T. Phillips, R.M.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Captain H. T....
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Martinique, St. Sebastian (William Jones, Midshipman) brilliant extremely fine £1800-2200
A rare and well-documented Second World War Italy operations Stretcher Bearer’s M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal E. J. Slade, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (13020903 L. Cpl. E. J. Slade, Bedfs. & Herts. R.), in its original card box of issue, complete with outer packaging and registered envelope; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, with original addressed card forwarding box for the...
A rare Second World War D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flying Officer I. A. Blaikie, Royal New Zealand Air Force, who completed a tour of operations in Wellingtons in the Middle East before joining No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron in January 1944, with whom he flew another 26 sorties prior to being killed in action on clandestine operation “Bob 106” on the night of 5-6 August Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (N.Z. 405365 Sgt. I. A. Blaikie, R.N.Z.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew...
A Defence of Ookiep pair to Corporal S. H. Peller, Namaqualand Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (12 Cpl. S. H. Peller, Namqlnd: T.G.); Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (S. H. Peller) extremely fine and scarce thus (2) £1600-1800
A most unusual Great War M.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Wing Commander J. E. Parkin, Royal Air Force, late Grenadier Guards and Royal Flying Corps - described as ‘a great Grenadier’, he served as a Sergeant-Major in the 1st Battalion during the retreat from Mons and was mentioned in despatches by Sir John French in November 1914 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1917; Royal Victorian...
Hammer Price: £3,100
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Abraham Farrant) minor contact marks, very fine £1500-2000
A Second World War M.C., O.B.I. group of eight awarded to Subadar Narain Sing Thapa, 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1944’; Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (1578 Rfm. Narain Sing Thapa, 1-2 G.R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, good very fine and better (8) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,000
A fine Second World War Burma operations M.M. awarded to Acting Sergeant R. C. Wherry, South Wales Borderers, who charged an enemy machine-gun post, killing three of the enemy and scattering the rest Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5440989 A. Sjt. R. C. Wherry, S. Wales Bord.), good very fine £1600-1800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Copenhagen 1801 (John Cunningham) extremely fine £2200-2600
Hammer Price: £2,900
An impressive civil C.B., C.B.E., Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Colonel L. Green, who was wounded with the 4/East Lancashire Regiment in Gallipoli: afterwards High Sheriff of Lancashire and Commandant of the Lancashire Special Constabulary - he also led Lancashire’s Cricket XI to three successive county championship victories in the late 1920s The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1936; The Most...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A rare Great War D.S.O., Waziristan 1920s O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Richey, Royal Artillery, an early aviator of 1911-vintage who was seconded to Royal Flying Corps and commanded No. 21 Squadron 1915-16 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt. F. W. Richey, R.F.A.); British War...
An impressive Great War M.C. group of ten awarded to Major & Quarter-Master F. H. Osborne, Bedfordshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Presented by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace, Dec. 9th 1916 to R.Q.M.S. F. H. Osborne, The Bedfordshire Regiment’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6887 Pte. F. Osborne, Bedford Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6887 C.Q.M. Sjt. F. Osborne, 2/Bedf....
A Second World War London Blitz G.M. pair awarded to Police Constable W. Griffiths, Metropolitan Police George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Willis Griffiths); Defence Medal 1939-45, the first with repaired suspension loop, good very fine (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,700
Waterloo 1815 (William Greham, 1st Batt. 95th Reg. Foot) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, light marks, otherwise good very fine £2500-3000
A Malaya Operations M.M. group of three awarded to Captain Tejbahadur Gurung, 2nd Gurkha Rifles Military Medal, G.VI.R, 2nd issue (21133088 Sjt., 2 G.R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21133088 Sjt., M.M., 2 G.R.); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula (Capt. (Q.G.O.), MM. 2 GR) some edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (7) £1800-2200
An extremely rare Afghanistan and Egypt campaign group of four awarded to Piper A. Corbett, Seaforth Highlanders, one of two Pipers to play his regiment into the city of Kandahar in September 1880 Afghanistan 1878-80, 4 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (1566 Piper A. Corbett, 72nd Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1566 Piper A. Corbett, 72nd Highlanders); Egypt 1882-89, reverse dated, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (1566 Piper A. Corbett, [1/Sea.] Highrs.); Khedive’s Star...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Second Award Bar group of three awarded to Captain David Wilson Anderson, 6th Battalion London Regiment (City of London Rifles), killed in action 8 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) mounted court style for wear, nearly extremely fine (3) £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £2,600
An extremely rare Great War D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Captain G. C. Andrews, New Zealand Forces, late 2nd Dragoons, in which latter regiment he was decorated for gallantry at Bourlon Wood in November 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (20858 S.S. Mjr. G. C. Andrews, 2/Dgns.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5817 Sjt. G. C. Andrews, 2/Dns.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (2 Dn.-5817 W.O. Cl. 2 G. C. Andrews, 2-Dns.); War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal...
Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Serjt. Major Rd. Heaton 50th Regt.) very fine £800-1000
A Second World War Path Finder’s D.F.M. group of four awarded posthumously to Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Woodcock, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force, an Air Gunner who was killed when his Lancaster bomber was shot down by enemy night fighters whilst on a raid against Hannover in September 1943 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1138811 F/Sgt. G. Woodcock, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, these last three in card box of issue addressed to his father together with named...
A superb ‘Flying Victory’ Defence of Jellalabad group of four awarded to Corporal William Tuckett, 13th Prince Albert’s (Somerset) Light Infantry Ghuznee 1839 (Pt. William Tuckett XIII P.A.L.I.) naming regimentally impressed on edge and fitted with German silver straight bar suspension; Cabul 1842 (Pt. Wm. Tuckett 13th P-A-L-I-) surname and regimental details re-engraved, the rest regimentally impressed, fitted with steel clip and bar suspension; Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Flying...
Hammer Price: £2,500
A pre-Great War Sea Gallantry Medal group of three awarded to Leading Boatman W. Marsden, Blyth Haven Coast Guard, also the winner of a rare Tynemouth Medal on the same occasion Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Willliam Marsden, “Dunelm”, 11th January 1913); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (168524 W. A. Marsden, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard); Tynemouth Medal, silver, inverted reverse type (a.k.a. the Tynemouth Extension Medal), this officially engraved, ‘Awarded to Coastguard...
A fine ‘Tunis’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major George Thomson, 5th Royal Tank Regiment, his exceptional citation notes ‘his one aim at all times has been to kill Germans, an admirable intention which he has fully achieved’ Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1943; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France & Germany Star; Defence & War Medals, the M.C. with its original case of issue, together with named Buckingham Palace letter, War Office transmission letter and...
A Great War O.B.I. group of seven awarded to Major Isa Khan, Bahawalpur Imperial Service Camel Corps Order of British India, 1st Class neck badge, gold and enamels; 1914-15 Star (No. 4 Capt. Isa Khan, Bahawalpur I.S.C. Corps); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. Isa Khan, Bah. I.S.C. Cps.); Delhi Durbar 1911; Bahawalpur Great War Star 1914-19 (Capt. Isa Khan, Bahwlpr. Caml. Cps.); Bahawalpur, Imtiaz-I-Abbasia, breast badge, silver and enamels, very fine or better (7) £2500-3000
Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff (Lieut. J. R. Brookes, R.M.) officially impressed naming, very fine and rare £1200-1500
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (2nd Mate Pilot R. Hand. Arracan Flotilla) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, minor edge bruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce £3000-3500
A C.M.G. and Great War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Sumner Ryan, Royal Horse Artillery, latterly an Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commissioner, Intelligence Agent and a Member of the House of Representatives, Australia The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; 1914-15 Star (Capt., R.H.A.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A rare Tayleur Fund Medal group of three awarded to Chief Boatman in Charge R. Twohig, Coast Guard, late Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Richd. Twohig, Cd. Boatn., H.M. Coast Gd.); Tayleur Fund Medal, silver, the reverse officially engraved, ‘Presented to Richard Twohig, Coast Guard, for prompt courage in saving life from the wreck of the Ada at Portrane, 2nd Febry. 1873’, the last with re-pinned suspension claw, occasional edge...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801 (Stephen Knott) small test mark to rim and other minor marks, otherwise better than very fine £2000-2500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (James Rundle) light contact marks, otherwise very fine £1800-2200
A Second World War ‘London Blitz’ G.M. group of three awarded to Post Warden George Richard Titcombe, Air Raid Precautions Service George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Richard Titcombe, M.M.); British War and Victory Medals (356468 Pnr., R.E.); together with an erased Military Medal, G.V.R., first three good very fine (4) £1600-2000
A rare Memorial Plaque to Miss Blanche Amelia Page, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Memorial Plaque 1914-18, ‘She Died for Freedom and Honovr’ (Blanche Amelia Page) in card envelope, good very fine £1600-2000
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