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The important New Zealand Cross pair awarded to Private Thomas Adamson, Corps of Guides and Wanganui Rangers, a noted Bushman and Scout who adopted the Maori way of life - ‘as barbaric a figure as any Maori warrior’ New Zealand Cross, silver, with gold crown and appliqué decoration, the reverse centre inscribed ‘Private Thomas Adamson, Corps of Guides’, the reverse of the suspension bar with Phillips, Cockspur St. oval cartouche, complete with original gold ribbon buckle; New...
Hammer Price: £115,000
“I was sure there would be many stories of heroism to come out of it, but of them all, I remain most impressed by the conduct of John Leake who manned the machine gun in Ardent. He was not really in the Navy, but, as we say, we are all of one company, the Captain and the NAAFI man. And we all go together.” (Extract from, One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander Admiral Sandy Woodward) The outstanding ‘Falklands War’ D.S.M. group of three awarded to...
Hammer Price: £90,000
The Zulu War medal awarded to Lance-Sergeant John Key, 2/24th Foot, who served with “B” Company at the Defence of Rorke’s Drift South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (2389 Lce. Sergt. J. Key. 2-24th Foot) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £20000-25000
Hammer Price: £24,000
The unique Great War and Afghan War D.F.C. and 2 Bars, A.F.C. group of eleven awarded to Group Captain R. “Jock” Halley, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service: having won a brace of D.F.Cs for his gallantry in daring long-distance night bombing raids to Germany in 1918, he was awarded the A.F.C. for the epic flight of the Super Handley V/1500 Old Carthusian to India - where he promptly won a third D.F.C. for a remarkable raid on Kabul in May 1919 Distinguished Flying Cross,...
A rare Peninsula War and Waterloo group of four awarded to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick von Rossing, K.H., Hannoverian Army, late 1st Line Battalion, King’s German Legion, who was severely wounded at the siege of Burgos in September 1812, slightly wounded before St Sebastian in August 1813, and dangerously wounded at the storming of the churchyard at St Etienne in February 1814 Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo,...
Hammer Price: £16,000
An exceptional Light Brigade medal to Private Wilson Firth, 11th Hussars, who was severely wounded in the charge at Balaklava and died later at Scutari Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Balaklava (Wilson Firth. 11th Hussars) officially impressed naming, with original ribbon in its original named card box of issue together with tatty registered envelope addressed to ‘Henry Flather (Father of the late Wilson Firth 11th Hussars)’, the medal dark toned, nearly extremely fine £12000-15000
Hammer Price: £14,000
Sold by order of a direct descendant A fine Light Brigade group of three awarded to Private William Pearson, 17th Lancers, who was severely wounded in the charge at Balaklava and nursed by Florence Nightingale at Scutari hospital Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. Willm. Pearson. 17th Lans.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Wm. Pearson, 17th Lancers); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with scroll suspension; together...
Hammer Price: £11,000
An extremely rare Umbeyla operations D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private W. Malcolm, 71st Regiment, who assisted Major Harding in the retirement of his piquet under a murderous fire, thereby gaining a recommendation for the award of the Victoria Cross in Brigadier-General Sir Neville Chamberlain’s despatch dated at Umbeyla on 25 November 1863 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Wm. Malcolm, 71st Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (No. 4010 Wm. Malcolm, 71 Hd. Lt. Infy.)...
Hammer Price: £8,200
A very rare and impressive China service group of eight awarded to Captain H. E. Hillman, Royal Navy, who, having commanded the gunboat Woodlark in the Boxer Rebellion, and undertaken a pioneering ascent of the Upper Yangtze, served as Harbour Master at Canton and as Deputy Coast Inspector in the Chinese Customs China 1900, no clasp (Lieut. Commr. H. E. Hillman, R.N., H.M.S. Woodlark); 1914-15 Star (Commr. H. E. Hillman, R.N.); British War and Victory Medal (Commr. H. E. Hillman, R.N.);...
Hammer Price: £7,200
A fine Second Afghan War ‘Peiwar Kotal’ Order of Merit pair awarded to Havildar Wazir Sing Adkari, 5th Gurkha Regiment, who lead the charge at the storming of the Spin Gawai Kotal in December 1878, and was subsequently killed in the magazine explosion at the Bala Hissar in October 1879 Indian Order of Merit, 3rd class, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed on three lines ‘3rd Class “Order of Merit”’, complete with ribbon buckle; Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia,...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A rare North Russia operations D.F.C. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant L. Timmins, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, an ex-Sea Scout Airship rating who was taken P.O.W. after being shot down at 300 feet in his D.H. 4 over Zeebrugge in October 1918 - volunteering for further active service in Syren Force on being repatriated, he was decorated for a flurry daring seaplane missions against the Bolsheviks in the summer of 1919 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as...
Hammer Price: £6,500
A particularly fine civil O.B.E., Great War M.C., D.F.C., inter-war K.P.M. group of nine awarded to District Superintendent P. B. Wilkins, Bombay Police, late Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who, having been twice wounded in the trenches, completed a daring tour of night bombing raids into Germany territory as an Observer in No. 100 Squadron The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.V.R.,...
Hammer Price: £6,200
A scarce modern campaign group of five awarded to Lance-Corporal M. Blanchard, Intelligence Corps, a member of the Intelligence Section, D Squadron, Special Air Service (S.A.S.) during Operation “Barras” in Sierra Leone in 2000 General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25062492 L Cpl M Blanchard Int Corps) impressed naming, with original card box of issue inscribed, ‘25062492 L. Cpl. M. Blanchard, Int. Corps (22 S.A.S.) (D. Sqn.)’; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former...
Hammer Price: £6,000
The extremely rare and emotive British Empire Medal awarded to Arthur Disley, one of just six survivors from the R. 101 disaster in France in October 1930 - though suffering from severe burns, he insisted on telephoning first news of the disaster to the Air Ministry British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.V.R. (Arthur Disley), in its fitted card box of issue, good very fine £6000-8000
Germany, Third Reich, Merit Order of the German Eagle, 1943-45 issue, 1st Class set of insignia, sash badge, 50 x 50mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with ‘frosted silver’ eagles, suspension ring stamped ‘900’ and ‘21’; breast star, 80mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, pin stamped, ‘900’ and ‘21’, with full sash ribbon, in (scuffed) case of issue, insignia extremely fine (2) £4000-5000
The rare Great War “balloonatic’s” D.F.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant P. G. Phillips, Royal Air Force: twice compelled to take to his parachute, he completed 150 hours in the air and was accordingly entitled to wear the Observer’s half-wing Brevet Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (33443 Sergt. Mech. Phillips, P. G., R.A.F.); British War and Victory Medals (33443 Sgt. P. G. Phillips, R.A.F.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Percy Phillips), together...
Hammer Price: £5,800
A fine O.B.I., M.B.E. and Great War ‘East Africa’ I.D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Subadar-Major Payanda Khan Bahadur, 22nd (Derajat) Mountain Battery (Frontier Force), later Hong Kong & Singapore Mountain Battery and 10th (Abbottabad) Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel, light test marks to reverse; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, the reverse...
Hammer Price: £5,500
Ballater Tribute Medal, by Robb, Ballater, obverse, Stag’s head on coronet, ‘1 Co. 5th V.B.G.H. Ballater’ Bydand’, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by the people of Ballater & District to R. Milne’, 15ct. gold, hallmarks for Edinburgh 1900, with gold brooch bar, ‘S. Africa 1900-1’ and lion emblem on tartan ribbon, total weight 22g., in case of issue, extremely fine, rare £800-900
Hammer Price: £5,200
Pair: Private G. H. Avery, Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff and National Fire Brigades’ Union Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Pte., I.Y. Hp. Staff); National Fire Brigades’ Union Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (G. Avery, Cockington) second with some contact marks, very fine and better, rare (2) £1000-1200
A rare Northern Ireland, South Atlantic pair awarded to Sergeant D. J. Armour, 42 Commando, Royal Marines, one of the original defenders of Port Stanley when the Falkland Islands were invaded on 2 April 1982, all of whom returned to the South Atlantic with the Task Force General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Cpl D J Armour PO33754R RM); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (Cpl D J Armour PO33754R RM) mounted as worn, very fine (2) £2000-2500
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Thomas Doore, 43rd Foot, one of the small detachment present at the siege of St Sebastian where he was severely wounded in the left leg Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian (T. Doore, 43rd Foot) nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,000
The Zulu War medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Quentin McK. Logan who, as a Lieutenant in command of ‘E’ Company 2/24th Foot, witnessed the immediate aftermath of Isandhlwana and Rorke’s Drift, his accounts of which were published shortly afterwards in his old school magazine The Cheltonian South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Lieut Q. McK. Logan. 2-24th Foot) nearly very fine £4000-6000
A rare Russian Cross of St. George group of four awarded to Able Seaman G. H. Wright, Royal Navy, for the rescue of members of the Russian Royal Family 1914-15 Star (239250 G. H. Wright, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (239250 G. H. Wright, A.B., R.N.); Russia, Cross of St. George, 4th Class, the reverse officially numbered ‘870 171’, generally very fine or better (4) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £4,700
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, complete with length of neck ribbon in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue, nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,600
A Second Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant M. Kenny, Royal Irish Regiment, late Connaught Rangers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3335 Pte. M. Kenny, 1st Conn. Rangers); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (3335 Pte. M. Kenny, 1st Connaught Rang.); 1914-15 Star (3901 Cpl. M. Kenney, R. Ir. Regt.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3901 A-Sjt. M. Kenney, R. Ir. Regt.); together with an erased British War Medal 1914-20, note...
Three: Private John Jenkins, 1st Royal Dragoons, later Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry Hussars Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Toulouse (John Jenkys, 1st Royal Dragoons); Waterloo 1815 (John Jinkyns, 1st or Royal Dragoons) fitted with original steel clip and replacement steel bar suspension; Coronation 1821, Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry Hussars, G.IV.R., silver (John Jenkins 2d Reg. B.Y.C.H.) note variations in spelling of surname, very fine and better (3) ...
A fine ‘London Blitz’ George Medal awarded to Harold Percy Dingle, A.R.P. Rescue Party George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Harold Percy Dingle) extremely fine £1600-2000
A fine Second World War D.F.C., D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. W. Kleeman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a long-served Navigator who completed around 50 sorties in Lancasters of No. 83 Squadron, many of them as a Pathfinder, winning his immediate D.F.M. for gallantry in a protracted attack by enemy fighters during a low-level daylight strike against Essen Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1943’; Distinguished Flying Medal,...
Hammer Price: £4,300
Partick Tribute Medal 1900, obverse, in relief the arms of the town, engraved, ‘Burgh of Partick 1852’, reverse engraved, ‘R. F. Smith, Volunteer to South Africa 1900’, 9ct. gold, 35 x 25.5mm., 8.08g., in Alexander Brown, Glasgow leather case, extremely fine, rare £700-800
Hammer Price: £4,100
A Second World War North West Europe D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant J. W. Teale, 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6850982 Sjt. J. W. Teale, K.R.R.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal, mounted for wearing, very fine (6) £4500-5000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Pair: Trooper W. Eyres, Border Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (358 Tpr., Border M.R.); together with a Lostwithiel Tribute Medal 1899-1902, obverse, three towers, ‘A Tribute of Gratitude from the People of Lostwithiel and Neighbourhood’, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Trooper W. Eyres, Natal Border Mounted Rifles, South Africa 1899-1902’, 52mm., silver-gilt medallion, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, in...
Hammer Price: £3,900
Huntly Tribute Medal 1900-01, obverse, stag’s head within a wreath, reverse, inscribed (name and rank engraved), ‘Presented to Volunteer Pte. W. S. Chalmers, A Coy 4 V.B.G.H. by the Town of Huntly in recognition of his service with the Gordon Highlanders in South Africa 1900-1901’, 28.5mm., gold, 11.72g., with scroll suspension additionally fitted with a ring, extremely fine, rare £700-800
A Great War C.B. group of six awarded to Admiral Francis Spurstow Miller, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (F. S. Miller, Midn., R.N.H.M.S. “Monarch”); 1914-15 Star (R. Adml. F. S. Miller); British War and Victory Medals (V. Adml. F. S. Miller); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, minor contact marks, good very fine (6) £1000-1400
Hammer Price: £3,800
Addiscombe Military Seminary, Pollock Medal, 1st type (1848-55), by B. Wyon, obverse: bust of Major-General Sir George Pollock facing left, in uniform, wearing the star of the Knight Grand Cross of the Bath and the Cabul Medal 1842, with a circumscription in four bands, inner - ‘Major General Sir George Pollock G.C.B. Bengal Artillery’; intermediate 1 - ‘Treachery avenged - British honor vindicated - Disasters retrieved - British captives delivered’; intermediate 2 - ‘Kyber Pass...
Waterloo 1815 (Captain Francis Read, Royal Staff Corps) fitted with original steel clip, silver bar suspension and silver ribbon buckle, good very fine and rare £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,600
Lewes Tribute Medal 1901, obverse: heraldic shield, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented by the Town of Lewes to Capt. A. F. A. Howe (1st C.P.V.R.) on his return from Active Service in South Africa June 17th 1901’, 26mm., 15ct. gold and enamel, 9.30g., ring suspension, extremely fine, rare £800-900
Hammer Price: £3,500
Three: Captain C. W. Wilkieson, 1st Madras Pioneers India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-9 (Lieutt. C. W. Wilkieson 1st Madras Infy.) note rare date variety of second clasp; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Capt: C. W. Wilkieson. 1st Mad: Pioneers) small official correction to surname; U.S.A., Military Order of the Dragon, bronze and gilt (Capt. Claude W. Wilkieson 1st Madras Pioneers No. 617) with original ribbon but lacking Pagoda top suspension brooch,...
France, Kingdom, Order of the Holy Spirit, breast star, 65 x 64mm., silver with the beak and eyes of the dove enamelled, with pin fitting and twin support prongs on reverse, unmarked, Restoration period, nearly extremely fine £2000-2500
Campbeltown Tribute Medal 1900-1901, obverse, bust of Queen Victoria facing left in high relief, inscription engraved, ‘South African War 1900-1901’, reverse, arms of the town in high relief, inscription engraved, ‘Presented by the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of the Royal Burgh of Campbeltown, in recognition of services in the field; Private Thomas Moffat’, 58.5mm. dia., 5.5mm. thick, silver, hallmarks for Glasgow 1900, in Johnston & Co., Glasgow fitted leather case of...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Greenock Tribute Medal 1902, oval with an ornate border, 29 x 24mm., 9ct. gold, 9.24g., by ‘E. & F.B.’, obverse, an engraved three-masted sailing ship, with a quayside scene in the foreground, inscribed above, ‘God Speed Greenock’, lightly inscribed below, ‘D Mc L’; reverse: inscribed, ‘South African War 1902’, ring suspension, extremely fine, attractive, rare £700-800
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