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The outstanding Second World War C.B.E., Great War fighter ace’s D.F.C. and Bar group of nine awarded to Brigadier C. G. Ross, South African Air Force, late Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps, who claimed and shared in 20 victories over the Western Front in less than six months in 1918 and rose to senior command in the S.A.A.F. in the 1939-45 War - of which latter force he was a founder member The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type...
Hammer Price: £25,000
The Great War Albert Medal for Saving Life at Sea posthumously awarded to Acting Boatswain Albert Charles Mattison, Royal Canadian Navy, for Gallantry in attempting to save lives at the cost of his own; killed in the devastating explosion at Halifax, Nova Scotia when the Mont Blanc blew up on 6 December 1917 - in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Awarded by His...
Hammer Price: £19,000
Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Allighur, Laswarree, Capture of Deig (D. Driscoll, 29th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, extremely fine and very rare £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £9,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Camperdown, Egypt, Trafalgar (James Aitken) fitted with contemporary silver ribbon buckle inscribed ‘Venerable 1797. Kent 1801. Defence 1805.’, suspension a little slack, otherwise nearly extremely fine £7000-9000
Hammer Price: £8,200
A particularly fine and rare Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. and Bar group of eight awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. J. Booty, Royal Navy: having been decorated for his services as Coxswain in the Unbending while attached to the famous “Fighting Tenth” Flotilla 1942-43, he added a Bar to his decoration for like services in the Truculent in Far Eastern waters in 1944 - both commissions witnessing clandestine operations and hair-raising depth charge attacks Distinguished Service...
Hammer Price: £7,500
A Second World War fighter ace’s D.F.C. and Bar group of six attributed to Wing Commander W. A. Douglas, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who served in No. 610 Squadron in the Battle of Britain and afterwards commanded No. 603 Squadron in Malta and No. 611 Squadron at the time of the Normandy Landings, claiming a total of six enemy aircraft destroyed and three probables, in addition to several more damaged Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the...
Hammer Price: £7,000
The Peninsula War medal to Thomas Broderick, 52nd Foot, who was wounded in the thigh at Corunna, in the head at Ciudad Rodrigo, where he was one of the Storming Party, and in the shoulder at Vera in the Pyrenees Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Corunna, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Orthes, Toulouse (Thomas Broderick, 52nd Foot) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £4000-5000
A fine ‘Light Brigade’ group of three awarded to Sergeant J. Andrews, 4th Light Dragoons, who was decorated with the French Medaille Militaire for his ‘gallant and distinguished conduct’ in the Charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Sergt. Andrews, 4th Light Drags.) contemporary engraved naming; French Medaille Militaire, lacking its obverse enamel and reverse centre; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Serjt. J....
Hammer Price: £6,800
The Great War K.C.I.E., Boer War C.B. group of ten awarded to Major-General Sir Herbert Raitt, who commanded the 1s Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in the Boer War The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, K.C.I.E., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash badge, gold and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gold and enamel centre, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, with later...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Robert Dent) a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine £5000-5500
Hammer Price: £6,200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, Trafalgar (William Osborne) nearly extremely fine £4500-5500
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 rare Korean War Bronze Star group of eleven awarded to Sergeant Jack Whiting, Royal Marines, a member of “Pounds’ Force”, 41st Independent Commando, which engaged in night raids in enemy-held Korea 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Korea 1950-53 (PO/X.4066 J. H. Whiting, Cpl. R.M.); U.N. Korea; Coronation 1953; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (PO/X 4066 J. H. Whiting, Sgt. R.M.); U.S.A., Bronze Star, with ‘V’ combat...
Hammer Price: £5,800
The Crimean War group of four awarded to Captain H. W. Verschoyle, Grenadier Guards, who carried the regimental colours at the battle of Inkermann Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Captn. Verschoyle Grenr. Gds. Sepr. 20th 1855); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue; Order of the Medjidie, 5th class breast badge by Maison Fayolle, Paris, silver, gold and enamel; Al Valore Militare, Spedizione D’Oriente 1855-1856 (Captain Hy. Willm. Verschoyle, Grenr....
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Corunna, Barrosa, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (Wm. A. Raynes, Lieut. R. Arty.) in its named card box of issue, dark toned, extremely fine £3000-3500
A rare Russian Medal of St. George for Bravery group of four awarded to Petty Officer L. C. M. Milner, Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for gallantry in Armoured Cars in the Dobrudsha operations on the Caucasian Front in November 1916 - in common with other “Locker Lambs”, he subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (80047 Sjt. L. C. M. Milner, M.G.C.); Russia, Medal of St. George for Bravery, 4th Class, the reverse officially numbered...
Hammer Price: £5,500
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’...
An important Knight Bachelor, Boer War C.B., C.V.O., Great War C.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Colonel Sir St. John Gore, Lieutenant of H.M. Bodyguard, late 5th Dragoon Guards, who commanded the cavalry engaged at Elandslaagte in October 1899 - an action that prompted General French to tell him: “You have had the honour of commanding the first real cavalry charge since the Crimea” Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1929 in...
Hammer Price: £5,200
A particularly fine Second World War D.S.O., Great War M.C. group of ten awarded to Group Captain C. S. Morice, Royal Air Force, late Worcestershire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who was twice wounded in the trenches before joining No. 57 Squadron and being downed by Richthofen’s “Flying Circus” in a combat over Douai in April 1917 - returning to uniform in the 1939-45 War, he added a D.S.O. to his accolades for his leadership of 121 (Typhoon) Wing in France in the summer of...
The unique Great War Dardanelles D.S.M. and Kurdistan M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer J. R. Woollard, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, including the rare Waziristan 1925 clasp Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (K. 15829 J. R. Woollard, P.O. Mech. ,R.N.A.S., 1917); 1914-15 Star (K. 15829 J. R. Woollard, A.M.1, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (K. 15829 J. R. Woollard, L.M., R.N.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (313303...
Hammer Price: £5,000
A rare Edward Medal for Industry in Silver awarded to Arthur Frankland for Gallantry at the Ardeer Factory, Glasgow, on 30/31 July 1915 Edward Medal (Industry), G.V.R., 1st issue, with 2nd type reverse, silver (Arthur Frankland) in case of issue; Gold Presentation Cross, 45 x 30mm., 11.5g., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1908, obverse bearing the ornate monogram ‘AF’, the reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Arthur Frankland by the employees at Nobel’s. For his heroic act in...
The Samana and Tirah campaign medal to Drummer Harry Little, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, killed in action at Saran Sar in November 1897, when 2nd Lieutenant MacIntire and a dozen Northamptons made a desperate but unsuccessful last stand against overwhelming odds India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (2682 Drummer H. Little, 1st Bn. North’n. Regt.) brilliant extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £4,600
A rare Great War Dardanelles operations D.S.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. W. A. Chubb, Royal Navy, an ex-Boer War Naval Brigade hand who was decorated for gallant deeds during a heated action in The Narrows - according to one survivor it ‘beat the Crystal Palace for fireworks hands down’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1916; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (178485 A.B. J. W. A. Chubb,...
Hammer Price: £4,500
A rare C.M.G. group of five awarded to Colonel Sir Raleigh Grey, ‘who was in the front rank of those who rendered yeoman service in establishing the new Colony of Rhodesia’: the recipient of a uniquely named B.S.A.C. Medal to the 6th Dragoons for the Matabele War of 1893, he went on to command the Bechuanaland Border Police’s detachment in the famous “Jameson Raid” - in which he was wounded - and 2nd Brigade, Rhodesian Field Force in the Boer War, in addition to receiving the...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A Great War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Squadron Leader R. K. Tailyour, Canadian Air Force, late Imperial Yeomanry, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was killed in a flying accident at Camp Borden, Ontario in April 1921: between service appointments, he had flown as a display pilot and “barnstormer” in Canada Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in its John Pinches case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State,...
Hammer Price: £4,300
A fine Great War K.B.E., Boer War C.B. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General Sir Robert Bewicke-Copley, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who commanded the 3rd Battalion in the desperate action at Spion Kop The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gilt and enamel centre; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge, with...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Campaign Cutlery Set to James Thomas Brudenell, 7th And Last Earl Of Cardigan 1797-1868, an extremely fine cased set in silver plate and ivory by Joseph Mappin & Brothers, comprising a fork, knife and spoon, the latter includes a corkscrew, all three utensils bear an earl’s coronet and monogram initials JB on the hafts, the spoon and fork are impressed with Mappin’s initials and the journeyman’s mark of a seven pointed star, the knife is stamped on the blade “Joseph Mappin &...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A rare Great War Antwerp 1914 operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. Payne, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the Machine Gun Section Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (188844 J. Payne, C.P.O., R.N. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Payne, P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Pelorus); 1914 Star, with clasp (118844 J. Payne, C.P.O., Anson Bttn. R.N.D.); Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D. oak leaf...
Waterloo 1815 (Anthony Dunn, 2nd Batt. Grenad. Guards) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, contained in contemporary red leather case, extremely fine and rare thus £2500-3000
A rare campaign service group of seven awarded to Captain T. M. Ogston, Army Air Corps, late Glider Pilot Regiment, who won the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air for his ‘incredible feat of airmanship’ as a helicopter pilot in evacuating wounded in South Arabia in 1965 Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (1931109 S. Sjt. T. M. Ogston, A.A.C.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (Capt. T. M. Ogston, A.A.C.)...
Hammer Price: £3,900
A rare Great War B.E.F. 1914 operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. C. Buck, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action in May 1915 while serving as the 1st Battalion’s Machine-Gun Sergeant Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7584 Sjt. T. C. Buck, 1/C.G.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7584 Sjt. T. C. Buck, C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (7584 Sjt. T. C. Buck, C. Gds.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Thomas Cyril Buck), good very fine and...
Hammer Price: £3,800
The Second World War D.S.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. E. Mammatt, Royal Navy, who, having been present in the First Battle of Narvik in the destroyer Hostile, was decorated for his gallantry in the Hereward during the withdrawal of Greece - he was taken P.O.W. when the latter ship fell victim to Stukas off Crete in May 1941 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1941’; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939,...
Hammer Price: £3,700
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the Order set in rose diamonds, suspended from a five-pointed silver star and ring suspension for neck riband, nearly extremely fine £2500-3000
A Queen’s Gallantry Medal awarded to Peter Bevan for a brave rescue of a colleague at the British Steel Corporation’s East Moor Works, Cardiff, on 11 February 1975 Queen’s Gallantry Medal, E.II.R. (Peter Bevan) in Royal Mint case of issue, edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2500-3000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (J. L. Clayton, Midshipman) original ribbon, minor marks, otherwise, good very fine £2500-3000
A rare and impressive Second World War Italy operations M.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Gunner J. Gilzean, Royal Artillery: a long-served O.P. signaller, he won an immediate Bar to his M.M. for the action at Lake Comacchio in April 1945 - an action invariably linked to the posthumous V.Cs won by Tom Hunter of the Commandos and Anders Lassen of the S.A.S. Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (14226045 Gnr. J. Gilzean, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A fine Great War C.B., Boer War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Major-General J. M. Walter, Indian Army, late Devonshire Regiment, who was taken prisoner at Colenso after a gallant last stand The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with swivel-ring suspension and riband buckle; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Captn. J. M. Walter,...
An Edward Medal for Mines in Silver awarded to James Dryburgh for gallantry at the Lockhead Colliery, Fife, on 29 December 1907 Edward Medal (Mines), E.VII.R., silver (James Dryburgh) in case of issue, extremely fine £2500-3000
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Alex. Carmichel, 1st Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £2500-3000
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 £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,500
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