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A Great War C.M.G. group of four awarded to Colonel F. J. Byrne, Connaught Rangers The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, minor enamel damage to ‘St. George’ centre; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (Lieut., 2d Bd. Con. Rangers); British War Medal 1914-20, M.I.D. oak leaf (Col.); Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd Class breast badge by...
Hammer Price: £1,800
A C.M.G. group of three awarded to Mr C. W. Leese, Colonial Service The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (L.Cpl. C. W. Leese, Nig. L. Ctgt.); Jubilee 1935, the first chipped on reverse centre, otherwise good very fine (3) £600-650
Hammer Price: £720
A Great War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Paymaster Rear-Admiral H. S. Hall, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Gambia 1894 operations The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (Asst. Payr. H. S. Hall, R.N., H.M.S. Raleigh); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. Capt. H. S. Hall, R.N.), with card box of issue for the last two, together with his Gieves rank...
Hammer Price: £880
A Second World War C.B.E. group of ten awarded to Paymaster Captain B. Carter, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Persian Gulf and Dardanelles operations who went on to witness active service in North Africa in the 1939-45 War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Asst. Payr. B. Carter, R.N., H.M.S. Swiftsure); 1914-15 Star (Asst. Payr. B....
Hammer Price: £550
A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Commander H. J. M. Rundle, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Lieut., H.M.S. Magpie) edge bruise; British War Medal 1914-20 (Commr., R.N.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 5th Class, silver, gilt and enamels, mounted as worn, the last with several enamel chips, otherwise nearly...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain Sir Oliver Lyle, Kt., late Highland Light Infantry, who was severely wounded in the fighting at Loos in September 1915 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Capt. O. Lyle, High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. O. Lyle), the last three official late claims, circa 1930, gilt on the first virtually removed...
Hammer Price: £420
A post-war O.B.E. group of six awarded to Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class R. A. Harpur, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, who witnessed active service in the 52nd Lowland Division in North-West Europe and afterwards in the South-East Asia operations of 1945-46 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (The...
An O.B.E. group of seven attributed to Captain Frederick Karl Butler, Nigeria Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed; Coronation 1953 (F. K. Butler, E.D. Nigeria) privately engraved; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Nigeria, unnamed, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (7) £240-280
Hammer Price: £240
An O.B.E. group of five awarded to Alderman C. N. Ribbeck, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Mayor of the City of Chester, 1972-73 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed, mounted as worn; together with another O.B.E. in case of issue; a mounted set of five miniature dress medals; City of Chester Past-Mayor’s Badge...
A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Commander (E.) D. Bower, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in H.M.S. Barham, in which battleship he was present at Jutland The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Art. Eng. D. Bower, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Art. Eng. D. Bower, R.N.), mounted as worn, generally very fine or better (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £520
An extremely rare inter-war M.B.E., Great War D.S.M. and Russia 1919 operations Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. P. Canty, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1930; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse officially inscribed, ‘Baltic, July 15, 1919’ (342015 J. P. Canty, Sh. Std., “Godetia”, Minesweeping, 1917); 1914-15...
Hammer Price: £3,700
A rare Second World War M.B.E., D.S.C. group of five awarded to Commander N. K. Cambell, Royal Navy, a Fleet Air Arm pilot who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Swordfish operating out of Malta up until his capture after ditching off North Africa in May 1941: his subsequent work in sending back valuable coded messages to the U.K. from assorted P.O.W. camps in Italy and Germany resulted in the award of his M.B.E. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military)...
Hammer Price: £4,800
An O. St. J. group of three awarded to Honorary Surgeon M. K. Hargreaves The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, plain silver; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Hony. Surg., M.D.); Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze (Hon. Sur.) mounted court style for wear, very fine and better (3) £160-200
Hammer Price: £220
An O. St. J. group of three awarded to Edmund Holland, Mercantile Marine The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, unnamed; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Edmund Holland) good very fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
A rare Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to the Rev. R. Armitage, Army Chaplains’ Department Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Revd. R. Armitage, C. to F.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Rev. R. Armitage, M.A., D.S.O., Chapln. to Forc.), mounted as worn, in Lambert of Coventry Street, London, red...
A Great War D.S.O., Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain (E.) E. C. Green, Royal Navy, who came under heavy fire in the destroyer Nessus at the battle of Jutland Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. Cr. E. C. Green, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Eng. Commr. E. C. Green, R.N.); Defence...
Hammer Price: £1,700
A rare Great War B.E.F. 1914 operations D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Moffitt, Essex Regiment: having gained a brace of “mentions” in the Boer War, he was decorated for his gallantry at Le Gheer in October 1914, when he was severely wounded holding off the Germans with a half company: afterwards he commanded the 1st Battalion during the Irish Troubles 1919-21 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service 1895-1902, 1...
Hammer Price: £4,300
A scarce Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to the Rev. J. M. Connor, Army Chaplains’ Department, a gallant Presbyterian Minister who first came to notice for his services under fire during the retreat from Mons Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914 Star, with (copy) clasp (Rev. J. M. Connor, A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Rev. J. M. Connor), the first with loose reverse centre-piece, good very fine, the remainder with contact...
Hammer Price: £1,600
An extremely rare Russia 1919 operations D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant E. A. Small, Military Intelligence Services, late South Staffordshire Regiment, one of just five British Army Officers to be awarded the Russian Order of St. George for gallantry during the Intervention: severely wounded in Gallipoli, he was subsequently employed as an agent in France by Military Intelligence and it is probable that his later work with partisans in Russia fell under the same clandestine...
Hammer Price: £15,000
A ‘Samana 1897’ I.O.M. awarded to Sepoy Gurmukh Singh, 36th Sikhs Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type, 3rd Class, Reward of Valor, silver and enamel, the reverse with screw nut fitting and inscribed in three lines ‘3rd/Class/Order of Merit’ and additionally privately inscribed ‘No. 1201 Sepoy Gurmukh Singh 36th Sikhs), lacking ribbon buckle and enamel loss to centre, good fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,300
A fine Great War Gallipoli landings D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commander G. F. D. Freer, Royal Navy: as a 17-year-old Midshipman in the battleship Lord Nelson, he was given command of one of the boats at the landings on ‘W’ Beach, scene of the famous “Six V.Cs Before Breakfast” won by the Lancashire Fusiliers Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1914, the reverse privately engraved, ‘G. F. D. Freer, R.N., 5-10-15’; 1914-15 Star (Mid. G. F. D. Freer,...
Hammer Price: £3,900
A good Great War ‘U-boat kill’ D.S.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant F. E. Beeching, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine, in which latter capacity he was a Captain in the service of the Great Eastern Railway Company’s fleet Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. F. E. Beeching, R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Frederick E. Beeching), good very fine (3) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,100
‘He was handsome, fair-haired, with piercing blue eyes and Nelsonian nose. He walked as if he were permanently on the deck of a ship. He was a daredevil, and his main aim appeared to be to force his way into the German area of the camp and then hack his way out with a metaphorical cutlass.’ Major P. R. “Pat” Reid, M.B.E., M.C., on his fellow escaper “Billie” Stephens in The Colditz Story. ‘By midday we had spread the search net to the 20-mile limit with the word...
Hammer Price: £62,000
A good Great War M.C., M.M. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. R. Wilson, East Surrey Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Military Medal, G.V.R. (10668 L. Sjt. J. Wilson, 7/E. Surr. R.); 1914 Star (L-10668 Pte. J. Wilson, 1/E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. J. Wilson), the first in its case of issue and the remainder mounted as worn, contact marks, thus nearly very fine (5) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £3,100
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major V. F. Stapleton-Bretherton, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. V. F. Stapleton-Bretherton, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major V. F. Stapleton-Bretherton), mounted as worn, contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (4) £700-900
A Great War ‘First Day of the Somme’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain M. R. Anderson, Royal Field Artillery, late Dorset Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. M. R. Anderson, Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. M. R. Anderson), good very fine (4) £900-1200
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Brevet Colonel R. S. Newton, Royal Signals, late Manchester Regiment and Lancashire Fusiliers, and onetime attached Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Capt. R. S. Newton, 6th Lan. Fus. attd. 42 Div. Signal Co. R.E., June 5 1917’; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. R. S. Newton, Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. R. S. Newton); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (3 C. Sjt. R. S....
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major E. L. Jones, Royal Fusiliers; who as Adjutant to the 17th Battalion, received a glowing testimonial from Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Law Montgomery - who was to become Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘2nd Lieut. E. L. Jones, 11th Batt. Royal Fusiliers, Achiet-Loupart Line, March 1917’, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) these two mounted as worn; Defence Medal,...
A Great War ‘Passchendaele’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain H. S. Powell, 1/6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who died of wounds received at Broodseinde during the 3rd Battle of Ypres in October 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Harry Stanyer Powell, 1/6 Royal War. Reg. Poelcapelle, Oct. 4/1917’, in its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. S. Powell) extremely fine (3) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,300
A scarce Great War M.C. group of three awarded to the Rev. K. C. Jackson, Army Chaplains’ Department, who was attached to the 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Regiment, at the time of winning his decoration on the Somme in July 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘K. C. Jackson, 19.7.16’; British War and Victory Medals (Rev. K. C. Jackson), very fine and better (3) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War Egypt operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant P. J. W. McClenaghan, Indian Army Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. P. J. W. McClenaghan); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. P. J. W. McClenaghan, 4-8 Punjab R.), mounted as worn, together with official duplicate issue British War and Victory Medals (2 Lt. P. J. W. MacClenaghan), and a set of related miniature dress...
A Second World War fighter pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flying Officer J. S. Simmons, Royal Air Force Volunteer, who completed in excess of 80 operational sorties in Spitfires of No. 249 Squadron in support of the Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force, many of them over the Balkans Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the last four in their...
A Crimea War “Thin Red Line” D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Ross, 93rd Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Alexr. Ross, 93rd Highlanders); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. Alexr. Ross, 93rd Ft.), contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, Hunt & Roskill die, unnamed, nearly very fine or better (3) £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £12,000
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. Mundy, Wiltshire Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry in the action at Hobkirk’s Farm in February 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2734 Serjt. J. Mundy, Wilts. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2734 Sgt. J. Mundy, 2nd Wilts. R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2734 Serjt. J. Munday, Wilts. R.), surname...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A scarce Magersfontein D.C.M. pair awarded to Lance-Corporal D. Fraser, Highland Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (4896 L.Corpl: D. Fraser, 1st Highland L.I.) ‘1st’ corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Modder River, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (4896 Cpl. D. Fraser, 1st Highland Lt. Infy.) minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine (2) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £5,200
A Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain J. P. Adams, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for his gallantry with 38th Battery, R.F.A. at Bakenkop in July 1900 and severely wounded at Quaggafontein in September 1901 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (90344 Serjt. J. P. Adams, 38th Bty. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (90344 B.S. Major J. P. Adams, 38th Bty. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa...
A superb Great War ‘Old Contemptibles’ D.C.M. & Bar, M.M. group of six awarded to Serjeant J. Wood, 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. and Second Award Bar (8090 Sjt., J. Woods, 1/L’pool R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (8090 Sjt. J. Woods, 1/L’pool. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (7146 Pte. J. E. Wood, S. Lanc. Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8090 Pte. J. Wood, 1/L’pool. R.);...
Hammer Price: £9,500
A good Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. W. Chidgey, Dorsetshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3-8106 Sjt. W. W. Chidgey, M.M., 6/Dorset R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (3-8106 Sjt. W. W. Chidgey, 6/Dorset R.); 1914-15 Star (3-8106 Pte. W. W. Chidgey, Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-8106 Sjt. W. W. Chidgey, Dorset R.), lacquered, generally good very fine (5) £1600-1800
A Great War D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant C. J. Tunn, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9467 S. Sjt. C. J. Tunn. R.A.M.C.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (9467 L/Cpl. C. J. Tunn. R.A.M.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (9467 Sgt. C. J. Tunn. R.A.M.C.) naming officially re-impressed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A rare Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private A. Mc Lellan, Lovat’s Scouts Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2217 Pte. A. McLellan, 1/Lovat’s Scts.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2217 Pte. A. Mc Lellan, Lovat’s Scts.); British War and Victory Medals (2217 Pte. A. Mc Lellan, Lovat’s Scts.) very fine and rare to this unit (4) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,800
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