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A fine Great War M.C. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant F. E. S. “Pip” Phillips, Royal Flying Corps, late Artists Rifles and Devonshire Regiment, who was killed in action while serving in No. 3 Squadron in October 1916 - he flew as Observer to Cecil Lewis, the author of Sagittarius Rising, in which memoir he receives due recognition Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. F. E. S. Phillips, Devon R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. F. E. S....
Hammer Price: £3,300
A fine Great War Observer’s M.C. group of five awarded to Captain R. N. K. Jones, Royal Artillery, late Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was twice wounded during combat patrols in 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Lieut. R. N. K. Jones, R.F.C., 18th July 1917’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. N. K. Jones, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. R. N. K. Jones, R.A.F.); War Medal 1939-45, very fine and...
Hammer Price: £2,200
A good Great War D.F.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. L. Morley, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who flew in Sopwith Camels of No. 65 Squadron and Sopwith Pups of No. 204 Squadron in 1918, claiming three enemy aircraft and a kite balloon Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. L. Morley, R.A.F.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze star riband fitment, the third with minor official correction to surname,...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Family Group: An excessively rare Great War D.F.C., D.S.M. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant J. McK. Young, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F. 3652 J. McK. Young, Act. A.M. 1 Gr., R.N.A.S., Dunkerque, 11-12 July 1917); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (2 Lieut. J. McK. Young, R.A.F.), together with Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘RAF 8320’...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A Second World War pilot’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant A. R. Taylor, Royal Air Force, who completed a tour of operations in Lancasters of No. 622 Squadron in 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Flt. Lt. A. R. Taylor, R.A.F.), together with a set of related miniature dress...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A rare Great War A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Commander G. L. Lowis, Royal Navy, late Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, a long-served pilot in Sea Scout class airships 1917-18 Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Mid. C. L. Lowis, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. C. L. Lowis, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (8) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £6,000
A Second World War A.F.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant M. R. B. Clift, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew operationally in Coastal Command in 1943 Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Fg. Off. M. R. B. Clift, R.A.F.V.R.), good very fine and better (6) £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £2,000
A post-war A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Squadron Officer J. M. Payne, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), E.II.R., breast badge, silver and enamel, the reverse of the lower limb officially dated ‘1963’; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (Sister J. M. Payne, P.M.R.A.F.N.S.), obverse centre on the first recessed, otherwise good very fine and better (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £1,050
A particularly fine Great War D.C.M. awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Class C. M. Reynolds, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who ‘set a magnificent example of fearless devotion’ on the occasion he was wounded in eight places and lost his left arm Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7420 1 Cl. A.M. C. M. Reynolds, R.F.C.); 1914-15 Star (7420 2 A.M. C. M. Reynolds, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (7420 1 A.M. C. M. Reynolds, R.F.C.); Belgium, Decoration Militaire, generally...
A fine Second World War Pathfinder’s D.F.M. group of four awarded to Pilot Officer D. M. C. Silverman, Royal Air Force, a Jewish serviceman who was killed in action over Berlin in November 1943, weeks after being recommended for his decoration for gallant work as an Air Gunner in Lancasters of No. 156 Squadron - he had earlier participated in the Hamburg “firestorm” raids and in the celebrated attack on Peenemunde, when his pilot acted as Deputy Master Bomber Distinguished Flying...
Hammer Price: £2,700
A good Second World War D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant G. Rust, Royal Air Force, a two-tour Air Gunner who flew in Lancasters of 156 (P.F.F.) and 622 Squadrons Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1800867 F./Sgt. G. Rust, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine and better (5) £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £1,650
Waterloo 1815 (Vet. Surgeon Hogrefe (sic), 2nd Reg. Light Drag. K.G.L.) the ‘f’ in surname scratched over and crudely replaced with a ‘v’, original steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,750
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Vet. Surgn. F. Bailey, 9th Lancers) very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £500
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Vety. Surgn. R. F. Frost, Army Vet. Dept.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £380
Abyssinia 1867 (Vety. Surgn. J. H. Kettle, British Army) suspension refixed, suspension ring with solder repair and non-swivelling, pitted through fire damage (?), nearly very fine £300-350
Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Vet. Sur. F. Plomley, I/C. R.H.A.) very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £410
India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Vety. Ltt. H. B. Knight, Army Vety. Deptt.) clasps in that order, edge bruise, very fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £270
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Civ. Condr. J. J. Doubleday, A.V.D.) edge bruising, good very fine £120-160
Hammer Price: £150
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (G. W. Freer); together with Royal Agricultural Society of England Medal (G. W. Freer, Uppingham, Rutland, for Proficiency in Cattle Pathology, 1894) 54mm., bronze, in damaged case of issue; Royal Veterinary College Centenary Medal 1891, ‘Presented to G. W. Freer, Medal No. 102’, 42mm., silver; South Africa, Department of Agriculture Lapel Badge, 44mm., bronze-gilt and enamel, generally extremely fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £260
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Civ. Far. W. L. Johnson, A.S.C.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Civ. Clerk A. Valentine, A.V.D.) good very fine £80-100
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Lieut. H. C. Wilkie, 3rd N.Z. Contgt. 1900) engraved in upright capitals, erasure before ‘Lieut.’, good very fine £300-350
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Civ. Vet. Surg. C. Dyson, A.V.D.) some fine scratches to obverse, nearly very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £240
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (C.V.S. B. Runciman, A.V.D.) minor contact marks, good very fine £240-280
Hammer Price: £210
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Natal, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (860 Tpr. T. Issitt, Imp. Lt. Horse) minor edge bruise, very fine, unusual clasp combination £350-400
Hammer Price: £310
Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Capt. O. A. O’Neill, Natal Vet Corps) extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £370
Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Capt. Chas Tyler, Natal Vet. Corps) good very fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £330
1914-15 Star (S/Sjt. J. T. Burrows, S.A. Vetry C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Pte. H. Cockett, S.A.V.C.); Silver War Badge (498881) extremely fine (3) £60-80
Hammer Price: £65
Veterinary Medical Association Medal, obverse: a snake wound around the trunk of a tree; reverse: engraved, ‘Veterinary Medical Association. Awarded to Mr William Litt for his Thesis on the Teeth of Animals. Session 1839-40. Instituted 1836’, 63mm., silver, with ornamented border, hallmarked, with loop suspension, minor scratches, very fine £60-80
Hammer Price: £45
Pair: Veterinary Surgeon T. Hurford, 12th Royal Lancers Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Vety. Surgeon Thos. Hurford, 12th Rl. Lancers) engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, both with silver buckles on ribbon, slight edge bruising, very fine (2) £350-400
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel J. Anderson, Army Veterinary Department New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (Vety. Surgn., R.A.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Offg. Insp. Vet. Surg., A.V.D.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (Pl. Vet. Surgn., Ind. Contgt.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, minor contact marks, very fine and better (4) £1600-2000
Seven: Veterinary Major H. T. W. Mann, Army Veterinary Department Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Vet. Surgn. H. T. W. Mann.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Vety. Captn., A.V.D.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Vet. Maj., A.V.D.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Vet. Major, A.V.D.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Vet. Maj., A.V.D.); Khedive’s Star...
Pair: Veterinary Surgeon C. H. Betser, Army Veterinary Department Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Vet. Surgn., A. Vet. Dept.); Khedive’s Star, 1884-6, unnamed, second with contact marks, very fine and better (2) £400-500
Hammer Price: £350
Three: Colonel T. G. Peacocke, Army Veterinary Department India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Vety. Ltt. Army Vety. Deptt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Col.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed, very fine and better (3) £450-550
Hammer Price: £620
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. Edwards, Army Veterinary Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (Vet. Capt., A.V.D.); 1914 Star, (Major, A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.) good very fine and better (4) £360-400
Hammer Price: £450
Six: Major H. C. Welch, Army Veterinary Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Civ. Vet. Surg., A.V.D.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Vet. Lt., A.V.D.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (Captain, A.V.C.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt., A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major) mounted for display, generally good very fine (6) £800-900
Hammer Price: £880
Pair: Civilian Veterinary Surgeon E. Fern, Army Veterinary Department, late Kaffrarian Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Capt., Kaffn. Rif.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (C.V.S., A.V.D.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £550-650
Hammer Price: £700
Seven: Captain C. C. La Roux, Indian and Malay Corps, late Heidelberg Commando and South African Veterinary Corps, died on 4 February 1944 1914-15 Star (Pte., Heidelberg Cdo.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte., S.A.V.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War and Africa Service Medals, these officially named (223951 C. C. La Roux) mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (7) £120-160
Hammer Price: £120
Five: Private J. H. Miller, Technical Service Corps, late South African Veterinary Corps and South African Service Corps 1914-15 Star (Pte., S.A. Vetry. C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Dvr., S.A.S.C.); War and Africa Service Medals, these officially named (172085 J. H. Miller) mounted for display, very fine and better (5) £70-90
Three: Staff Sergeant H. E. Brown, South African Native Labour Corps, late South African Veterinary Corps 1914-15 Star (Sjt., S.A. Vetry. C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (S/Sjt., S.A.N.L.C.) minor contact marks very fine (3) £50-70
Hammer Price: £80
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