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The exceptional Great War Q-ship operations D.S.C. and Bar group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Commander W. S. Harrison, Royal Naval Reserve, Navigating Officer of “The splendid Penshurst” Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, hallmarks for London 1916; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. S. Harrison, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lieut. W. S. Harrison, R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, these last three privately inscribed,...
Hammer Price: £16,000
A scarce Second World War D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander J. Staniforth, Royal Naval Volunteer (Supplementary) Reserve, who served as a Landing Craft Flotilla Officer in the Sicily, Italy and South of France landings Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, together with original Buckingham Palace...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Second World War ‘Norway operations’ D.S.C. awarded to Chief Skipper John Wilson, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1940’, privately engraved, ‘John Wilson’, hallmarks for London 1940, in Garrard, London case of issue, extremely fine £500-600
Hammer Price: £580
A Second World War evacuation of Dunkirk D.S.C. attributed to Commander A. N. P. de Costobadie, Royal Navy, who also won a “mention” as C.O. Boarding Parties during the Vaagso Raid in December 1941, when he came under accurate sniper fire Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1940’ and privately engraved ‘A. N. P. de C.’ hallmarks for London ‘1939’, the reverse in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue, extremely fine £800-1000
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 F. B. Stone, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘S.M. F. B. Stone, R.E., 12.8.16’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (4889 Sapr., R.E.); 1914-15 Star (45850 C.Q.M. Sjt., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (45850 W.O. Cl.2, R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (45850 C.S. Mjr., M.C., R.E.) very fine and better (6) ...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A fine Western Front Royal Naval Division M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant A. P. Mecklenburg, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who escaped from internment in Belgium having been captured at Antwerp with the Benbow Battalion in 1914, and was twice wounded when winning the M.C. with the Nelson Battalion in the operations on the Ancre in November 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp (L7/3545 A. Mecklenburg, Act. A.B. R.N.V.R., Benbow Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £3,700
A rare Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Sub. Lieutenant A. M. Perry, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, attached Royal Naval Division, who was decorated for his bravery with Hawke Battalion at Passchendaele in November 1917 and later taken prisoner during the German spring offensive Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. A. M. Perry, R.N.V.R.), contact marks, very fine or better (3) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,700
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Major J. G. Taylor, Durham Light Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (Major) extremely fine (3) £600-700
Hammer Price: £680
The excessively rare Northern Kurdistan Military Cross and Waziristan 1925 group of nine awarded to Air Chief Marshal Sir Claude Pelly, G.B.E., K.C.B., M.C., Royal Air Force Military Cross, G.V.R.; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (F/O. C. B. R. Pelly, R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Northern Kurdistan, Cyprus (F/L. C. B. R. Pelly, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A rare Second World War ‘Burma Escaper’s’ M.C. group of six awarded to Subadar Pahal Sing Thapa, 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’, unnamed; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (2079 L-Nk. 1-3 G.R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (2079 Hav., 1-3 G.R.) minor correction to name; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, these three unnamed, good...
Hammer Price: £3,500
A fine Second World War Sicily and Italy operations M.C. group of six awarded to Acting Major W. I. Fraser, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action in May 1944: the recommendation for his award cites ‘coolness and courage under fire of the highest order’, not least at the crossing of the Garigliano - better known to those of the Seaforth who survived that occasion as the “River of Death” Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Africa...
£1,600–£1,800
A Second World War A.F.C. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant K. E. Walters, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Air Force Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, extremely fine (8) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,000
A fine O.B.I. group of six awarded to Subadar-Major Gopal Singh, 23rd Sikh Pioneers Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and light blue enamel, lacking top ribbon loop; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Sepoy Gopal Singh, 31st Regt. N.I.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Waziristan 1901-2 (28 Subdr. Gopal Singh 23rd Bl. Infy.); Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (28 Subr. Major Gopal Singh 23rd Sikh Pioneers); Delhi Durbar 1903; Delhi Durbar...
Hammer Price: £2,300
An extremely rare battle of Tamaai C.G.M. awarded to Private D. Drady, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who assisted in carrying Dr. Prendergast to safety with a ‘great number of rebels’ in close proximity: shortly afterwards his service record was endorsed ‘run’ but he ‘claimed the benefit of the Queen’s pardon’ in August 1887 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (13th Co. Private Daniel Drady, R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Cleopatra), officially impressed naming, together with a...
Hammer Price: £5,200
A rare Naga Hills D.C.M. group of three awarded to Acting Bombardier John Watts, Royal Artillery, for gallantry at the attack on Konoma in November 1879 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Actg. Bombr., R.A., 22nd Novr. 1879); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Naga 1879-80 (1783 Bombr., R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (23379 Sergt., 6th Bde. Sco. Div. R.A.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £9,800
A fine Light Brigade D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant-Major John Allen, 13th Light Dragoons, who had his horse killed in the charge at Balaklava Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Corpl. John Allen, 13th Light Dragoons) officially impressed naming, weak in places from contact wear; Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjeant John Allen 13th Light Dragoons) regimentally impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1199 Serjt. John...
Hammer Price: £18,000
A Boer War ‘Defence of Ladysmith’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Private Charles Sands, Royal Sussex Regiment, late Rifle Brigade Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (2254 Pte., Rifle Bde.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2254 Pte., 2/R. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (2254 Pte., Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2254 Pte., Rifle Brigade); 1914-15 Star (347 Pte., R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory...
Hammer Price: £3,100
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant S. L. Ridgway, 8th West Riding Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (12439 Sjt. S. L. Ridgway, 8/W. Rid. R.); 1914-15 Star (12439 L-Cpl. S. L. Ridgeway, W. Rid. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12439 A.C.Sjt. S. L. Ridgway, W. Rid. R.) mounted as worn, the first with repaired suspension which no longer swivels, edge bruising and contact marks but generally very fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £920
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Driver J. Gilbert, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (805185 Dvr. J. Gilbert, R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (1638 Dvr. J. Gilbert, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (1638 Dvr. J. Gilbert, R.A.), mounted as worn, possible minor official correction to surname on the first, somewhat polished, thus nearly very fine or better (4) £600-700
Hammer Price: £900
A Western Front D.C.M. group of three awarded to Petty Officer G. W. Mallett, Royal Naval Division Machine Gun Company, R.N.V.R. (Tyneside Division) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (TZ-4741 P.O. G. W. Mallett, 188/Bde: M.G. Coy. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (T.Z. 4741 G. W. Mallett, R.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £2,600
A rare Great War D.C.M. and Bar awarded to 2nd Lieutenant E. Wood, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was originally decorated for his gallantry in the 7th Battalion during the famous ‘liquid fire attack’ at Hooge in July 1915, on which occasion, in addition to assisting wounded comrades, he ‘threw about 200 bombs’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (A-412 Sjt. E. Woods, 7/K.R.R.C.), edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,200
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Serjeant G. D. Adam, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (S-11362 Sjt., 4/A. & S. Highrs.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £750-850
Hammer Price: £1,200
A superb immediate D.C.M. awarded to Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant (late Drum Major) Thomas Mattock, 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, for gallantry during the withdrawal from the Gazala Line in Libya in June 1942, when he personally destroyed two enemy machine-gun posts and was badly wounded; he was recommended for the ‘highest possible immediate award’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (4739803 W.O. Cl. II T. A. Mattock, E. York R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th...
A Second World War George Medal group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. E. R. Rhys-Roberts, Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Major Thomas Esmor Rhys-Roberts); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, together with related set of miniature medals, both sets mounted as worn, edge bruise to the first, otherwise very fine (10) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,800
The superb Great War Q-ship operations D.S.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Leading Seaman P. Ross, Royal Navy, who won both awards for his gallantry as Gunlayer in the special service smack I’ll Try (a.k.a. Nelson), the second of them on the same occasion that his skipper, Tom Crisp, won a famous posthumous V.C. Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of which officially dated ‘15 August 1917’ (184463 P. Ross, Lg. Sea., North Sea, 1 Feb. 1917);...
Hammer Price: £17,000
A Great War ‘Minesweeping operations’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer James Handley, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (268553 J. Handley, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., “Marigold” Minesweeping 1918); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (268553 J. Handley, Ch. E.R.A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Fox); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (268553 J. Handley, Ch. E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Fox); 1914-15 Star (268553 J. Handley,...
Hammer Price: £850
A highly impressive and well-documented Second World War Dunkirk beach party operations D.S.M., post-war B.E.M. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant F. H. McLaughlin, Royal Naval Reserve (Sea Cadet Corps), late Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 146012 F. H. McLaughlin, A.B., R.N.), the letters for ‘R.N.’ over-stamped on one another; British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (C.P.O. (G.A. 1) Francis H. McLaughlin, D.S.M., P/JX. 146012); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma...
Hammer Price: £2,400
“Great as is our loss in the Hood, the Bismarck must be regarded as the most powerful as she is the newest battleship in the world, and the striking of her from the German Navy is a very definitive simplification of the task of maintaining the effective mastery of the Northern Sea and the maintenance of the Northern Blockade.” Winston Churchill to the House of Commons, 27 May 1941 A fine Second World War Bismarck action D.S.M. awarded to Shipwright 1st Class T. J. R. Richards, who...
Hammer Price: £6,500
A rare Second World War Normandy operations D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman D. E. Halladay, Royal Navy, who was decorated for the recovery and destruction of an enemy torpedo in “Juno” anchorage: a crew member of Landing Craft Gun (Large) No. 1, he almost certainly went on to witness further action in the assault on Walcheren in November 1944, on which occasion No. 1 was sunk Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.B. D. E. Halladay, C/JX. 353658), extremely fine £2000-2500
£2,000–£2,500
A fine Second World War D.S.M. awarded to Chief Electrical Artificer E. A. Head, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the cruiser H.M.S. Bellona during Operation “Counterblast”, a spectacular night action off Norway in November 1944 when nine enemy ships were destroyed - in the words of Rear-Admiral McGrigor, “We caught the Hun in his nightshirt” Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C.E.A. E. A. Head, C/MX. 46689), extremely fine £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £1,600
A good Second World War D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman N. Billington, Royal Navy, for gallantry in the Coastal Forces control frigate H.M.S. Riou in actions against E-Boats in the North Sea in early 1945 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.B. N. Billington, P/JX. 357608), extremely fine £1000-1200
£1,000–£1,200
A rare Great War M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Corporal J. A. Guy, 1st Anzac Wireless Section and 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Australian Engineers, late 19th and 4th Battalions, Australian Imperial Force, a Gallipoli veteran who was decorated for gallant deeds on the Somme Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (2269 Sapr. J. A. Guy, A. Wireless Sec. Aust. E.); 1914-15 Star (2269 Pte. J. A. Guy, 19/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (2269 Cpl. J. A. Guy, 19 Bn....
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar awarded to Private Thomas Kenny, 2/8th Battalion Liverpool Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (308787 Pte., 2/8 L’pool. R.-T.F.) slight edge bruising, nearly very fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £650
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar awarded to Serjeant Joseph Mitchell, 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (546 Sjt., 2/Gord. Hdrs.) good very fine £400-450
A Great War Western Front M.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. F. Ingram, R.N.V.R., Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division Military Medal, G.V.R. (CZ-1823 P.O. J. F. Ingram, Anson Bn: R.N.V.R.); 1914-15 Star (C.Z-1823 J. F. Ingram, A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (C.Z.1823 J. F. Ingram, C.P.O. R.N.V.R.); Special Constabulary Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (John Ingram), together with related small gilt medal, central lion rampant within oval garter, the reverse...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private Albert James Hunt, 24th Battalion Welsh Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (18648 Pte., 24/Welsh R.); 1914-15 Star (18648 Pte., Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (18648 Pte., Welsh R.) mounted court style for wear, minor edge bruising, good very fine (4) £500-600
Hammer Price: £600
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private William Hawkins, 5th Battalion Dorset Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (10411 Pte., 5/Dorset. R.); 1914-15 Star (10411 Pte., Dorset. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10411 Pte., Dorset. R.) M.M. with edge bruise, very fine (4) £350-400
Hammer Price: £490
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. J. Martin, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (R-3118 Pte.-L. Cpl., 13/K.R. Rif. C.); 1914-15 Star (R-3118 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-3118 Cpl., K.R. Rif. C.) good very fine and better (4) £340-380
Hammer Price: £410
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. G. Morris, Seaforth Highlanders Military Medal, G.V.R. (5975 L. Cpl.-L. Sjt. W. G. Morris, 7/Sea. Hdrs.); 1914-15 Star (5975 Sjt. W. G. Morris, Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (5975 Sjt. W. G. Morris, Sea. Highrs.), generally very fine (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £520
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private W. T. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (366261 Pte., 1/2 Welsh F.A. R.A.M.C.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2270 Pte., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2270 Pte., R.A.M.C.) very fine (4) £260-300
Hammer Price: £370
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