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Pair: Corporal A. J. Nation, Royal Engineers Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Sapper A. Nation, R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (23527 Cpl. A. J. Nation, R.E.) first with heavy edge bruise to reverse, second with slight edge bruising, very fine and better (2) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,300
Four: Warrant Officer Class 2 H. J. Warwick, Royal Engineers Hong Kong Plague 1894 (Lance Corporal, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (153832 W.O. Cl. 2, R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (23367 F. of W. Q.M. Sjt., R.E.) the last three mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £1200-1500
A Second World War ‘Italian Campaign’ M.M. group of six awarded to Serjeant Thomas Wright Marsh, Royal Fusiliers, awarded for bravery in the night attack on Croce, 5 September 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6470141 Sjt., R. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, mounted court style for wear, nearly extremely fine (6) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,400
Five: Petty Officer H. P. G. Lazenby, Royal Navy South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (AB(S) D179513R HMS Ambuscade); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Air Operations Iraq (PO(S) D179513R RN); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (LS(S) D179513R RN); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo, unnamed, mounted as worn in that order, good very fine and better (5) £1200-1500
Waterloo 1815 (Serj. G. Townshend, 2nd Batt. Grenad. Guards) replacement silver loop and ring suspension, fine £1200-1400
A Great War M.C., post W.W. 2 R.V.M. group of seven awarded to Second Lieutenant Alfred Searies, Suffolk Regiment, late Royal Berkshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to A. Searies, Jan. 14th 1920’; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, silver, unnamed; 1914-15 Star (10543 Pte., R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Defence Medal, unnamed; Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sergt. Alfred Searies) some with contact marks, fine...
Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (William Eady, 50th Regt.) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
Four: Private J. O’Toole, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, late 88th Foot South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (758 Pte., 88th Foot); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2640 Pte., 2/K.O. Sco. Bord.); India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral, Tirah 1897-98, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2640 Pte., 2nd Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord.); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £650-750
A Second World War ‘Italy Operations’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Serjeant D. P. de B. Smith, 1st Royal Natal Carbineers, late 1st Battalion Transvaal Scottish Military Medal, G.VI.R. (32013 V. Sjt. D. P. de B. Smith, 1 R.N.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa Service Medal, these six all officially named (32013 D. P. Smith), note variation of initials, good very fine (7) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,500
Badge of the Certificate of Honour, for Hong Kong, G.V.R., large circular silver-gilt neck badge, unnamed, with neck cravat, nearly extremely fine, rare £1000-1200
A rare Great War 1914 operations D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant W. E. Packard, East Surrey Regiment, details of whose gallantry at Richebourg L’Avoue later appeared in Deeds That Thrill The Empire Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9932 A. Sjt. W. E. Packard, 1/E. Surr. Regt.), contact marks and somewhat polished, otherwise good fine £1000-1200
Waterloo 1815 (Joseph Maycock, 1st Regiment Life Guards), old replacement silver clip and hinge-bar suspension, edge bruising, contact marks and polished, fine £1600-1800
The mounted group of six miniature dress medals attributed to Field Marshal George Charles Bingham, G.C.B., 3rd Earl of Lucan, Colonel of the 8th Hussars and the 1st Life Guards, in command of the Light and Heavy Cavalry Brigades at Balaklava and wounded in the charge, comprising: Order of the Bath (Military), gold and enamels; Crimea 1854, 1 clasp, Sebastopol; Legion of Honour, 2nd Empire, gold and enamels, lacking reverse centre; Order of the Medjidie, silver, gold and enamel;...
Hammer Price: £1,600
‘Thursday 1st March [1945] Went with Their Majesties to see Top Selbourne’s secret exhibition of S.O.E. appliances in the South Kensington Natural History Museum; this was so interesting that the visit, estimated at forty-five minutes, lasted one and a half hours. We saw a great diversity of death-dealing devices, as used by the Maquis, paratroops, commandos, etc., and some very ingenious methods of communication. I had a special interest in it all, as I saw the birth of S.O.E. from...
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 H. Riley, Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11978 Sjt. H. Riley, 19/Manch. R.); 1914-15 Star (11978 Pte. H. Riley, Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (11978 W.O. Cl. 2 H. Riley, Manch. R.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (5) £800-1000
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star by Rundell Bridge & Co, silver with gold and enamel appliqué centre, circa 1835-37, 66mm diameter, the reverse centre inscribed with maker’s name ‘RUNDELL BRIDGE & Co Jewellers to their Majesties and all the Royal Family. Ludgate Hill London’, fitted with gold pin for wearing, fine quality, nearly extremely fine £1400-1600
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, a scarce early Victorian breast star, silver with gold and white enamel appliqué centre, circa 1840-50, 78 x 76mm diameter, the reverse fitted with Russian style screw-plate for attaching to court uniform, contained in its circular red leather case, extremely fine £1200-1500
A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Serjeant-Major R. W. Hart, Connaught Rangers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3995 Serjt. Major R. Hart, 1st Conn. Rangers); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (2998 S. Major R. W. Harte, 1st Connaught Rang.) last clasp a copy and loose on ribbon, note different service number and spelling of name, minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £1800-2200
Five: Able Seaman J. Ryall, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Glasgow at the Battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands East and West Africa 1887-1900, for Mwele 1895, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Ord., H.M.S. St. George); 1914-15 Star (166046 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (166046 A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (166046 Jesse Ryall, A.B., H.M.S. Forward) first and last with some contact marks, very fine and better (5) £400-500
Three: Private Chiweri, 1st King’s African Rifles, late British Central African Rifles Central Africa 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (53 Pte. Chewerie, B.C.A. Rifles); Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi, high relief bust (53 Pte. Chewere, 1st K.A.R.C.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, B.C.A. 1899-1900, Somaliland 1902-04 (53 Pte. Chiweri, 1st K.A. Rifles) note variations in spelling of name, good very fine, scarce combination (3) £1400-1800
A Second World War D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant G. L. Marsh, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (2211554 F/Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star (this a copy), clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, good very fine (5) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,700
Peking Siege Commemoration Medal 1900, obverse: the Ch’ien Men engulfed in flames, in the exergue a cannon, ‘junii xx - augusti xiv’, reverse: Britannia and Germania standing facing, clasping hands, a Chinese female standing behind; below a dragon, ‘mene. mene. tekel. upharsin.’ (Jno. Walter Richardson) 57mm., bronze, in J. Tayler Foot, London case of issue, the lid inscribed, ‘Peking Siege 1900. J. W. Richardson’, ref. B.H.M. 3672, E.1842, extremely fine and rare £1100-1300
A good Great War C.M.G., C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General Sir Charles Magniac, Kt., Royal Engineers The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914 Star (Capt. C. L. Magniac, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Col. C. L. Magniac); India General Service...
A rare Great War M.M. and Two Bars awarded to Private H. Brooker, Royal Army Medical Corps, who won all of his decorations within a year and was one of just two members of his corps so honoured: he was killed in action in August 1917, shortly before the announcement of his third M.M. Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars (63805 Pte. H. Brooker, 138/F.A. R.A.M.C.), minor edge bruising, very fine £1600-1800
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star by Green & Ward, silver with gold and enamel appliqué centre, circa 1830, 72mm diameter, the reverse centre inscribed with maker’s name ‘Green & Ward, Goldsmiths to Their Majesties. London’, fitted with gold pin for wearing and contained in its Green & Ward fitted red leather case, some enamel loss to green enamel wreath and stalks and lacking several red berries, otherwise good very fine and...
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star, an unusual and fine quality French made piece by Halley, silver with gold and enamel appliqué centre and additional flaming rays in the angles of the cross, circa 1855-60, 72mm diameter, the reverse centre with struck maker’s cartouche ‘Halley 143 Gie. Valois 143 Palais Royal’, fitted with silver pin and two prongs for wearing, some enamel loss to wreath and berries, otherwise good very fine and...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant Bruce Woodrow MacDougall, Black Watch of Canada, late Cameronians Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star, with clasp (5647 Cpl., 5/Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (2 Lieut.); Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these unnamed; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (C.S.M....
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Major J. H. W. Cobb, Canadian Infantry Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Capt. J. H. W. Cobb, 21st Bn.’; 1914-15 Star (59173 Pte., 21/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, no clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, unnamed, mounted for display; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (Major J. H. W. Cobb); Birks Memorial Bar (Maj. J. H. W. Cobb, M.C., V.G. of C.,...
Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Lieut Poole Gabbett 31st Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1200-1400
A rare Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. Windebank, Royal Air Force, late 12th Lancers and Royal Flying Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (104631 Cpl. Mech. W. Windebank, R.A.F.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5933 Pte. W. Windibank, 12/Lrs.), note spelling of surname; British War and Victory Medals (104631 Cpl. W. Windebank, R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage bust (104631 Sgt. W. Windebank, R.A.F.), contact marks and a little polished, nearly very fine or better...
General Gordon’s Star for the Siege of Khartoum 1884, pewter, with its original star and crescent suspension, sewn onto a black cloth backing, in a collage with two fine military watercolours signed and dated 1885, a contemporary half-length photograph of Gordon, and an original Five Hundred piastre banknote issued by The Treasury of Khartoum (25 April 1884) during the siege, all framed and glazed, extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,800
A fine Great War battle of Loos D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant-Major F. Winters, Northamptonshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7474 Sjt. F. Winters, 5/North. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (7474 C.S. Mjr. F. Winters, North’n. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7474 W.O. Cl. 2 F. Winters, North’n. R), generally very fine (4) £1200-1400
A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. H. James, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge conversion from a breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, in badly damaged case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar, enamel damage to wreaths; China 1900, no clasp (Capt., 1/Chinese Rgt.); British War...
A fine ‘Croatian operations’ O.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Colonel D. A. Wilkins, The Buffs The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lt. Col., The Buffs); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf, these five all inscribed...
Pair: Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Pritchard, K.C.B., Royal Engineers Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Lieut. G. D. Pritchard, Royal Engrs.); China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Lieut. G. D. Pritchard, Royal Engineers) officially impressed naming, claws tightened on both, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise, nearly very fine and scarce (2) £800-1000
A post-war ‘Malayan operations’ B.E.M. for ‘Gallant Conduct’ group of three awarded to Trooper Ivor Harold Fudge, 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (22202287 Tpr. Ivor H. Fudge, Q.O.H.); Defence Medal, unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (2220287 Tpr. T. H. Fudge, B.E.M., 4.H.) extremely fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Second World War ‘Operation Pedestal’ D.S.M. awarded to Ship’s Steward H. O’Connor, Merchant Navy, for service aboard the M.V. Melbourne Star, killed when serving aboard the same ship on 2 April 1943 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (H. O’Connor, Stwd.) in case of issue, extremely fine £1000-1400
A particularly fine O.B.E., Great War “V.C. action” M.C. group of seven awarded to Brigadier T. H. Darwell, Royal Tank Corps, late East Surrey Regiment, who was decorated for his great gallantry during the East Surrey’s epic stand on Hill 60 in April 1915 - an action that resulted in the award of three V.Cs to his comrades: such were the casualties inflicted on his unit that the honour of leading it out of the action fell to him as a young Lieutenant The Most Excellent Order of the...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Second World War ‘Tobruk’ D.S.O. and Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Major O. W. Sherwell, South African Artillery, late Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel, suspension bar officially dated ‘1946’, complete with brooch bar, in case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in case of issue; Africa Star; War and Africa Service Medals, these three officially named (105926 O. W. Sherwell); together with the...
A Great War D.F.C. group of three awarded to Major H. A. Coysh, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who served as an Observer in No. 15 Squadron in 1918 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in its John Pinches, London case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Major H. A. Coysh), very fine and better (3) £2000-2500
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