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The spectacular C.B., Army Gold Cross group awarded to Colonel John Galiffe, 60th Rifles, who received medals and clasps for no less than fifteen Peninsula war actions, a record unequalled by any other officer in the British Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge in gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IE’ for John Edwards, complete with wide swivel-ring gold straight suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Army Gold...
Hammer Price: £62,000
An important Great War fighter ace’s D.S.O., M.C. and 2 Bars group of four to Captain J. Gilmour, Royal Air Force, late Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and Royal Flying Corps, who amassed around 40 victories, the majority of them in Sopwith Camels of No. 65 Squadron and, remarkably, five of them in a single day Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. J....
Hammer Price: £40,000
The unique Murmansk 1919 operations D.S.O., Shackleton 1914-16 Antarctic Expedition O.B.E., Q-Ship operations D.S.C. group of twelve awarded to Commander J. R. Stenhouse, Royal Naval Reserve: according to Shackleton ‘he accomplished successfully one of the most difficult journeys on record, in an ocean area notoriously stormy and treacherous’ - just one chapter in a truly remarkable career spanning ‘square-riggers’ in the early 1900s to his death in action in September...
Hammer Price: £30,000
The unique Peninsula, Waterloo and Burma campaign group of four awarded to Colour-Sergeant Cottrell Little, 44th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca (C. Little, Serjt. 44th Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Cottrell Little, 2nd Batt. 44th Reg. Foot) fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension inscribed ‘Peninsula & Ava’; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Color Serjt. C. Little, 44th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed...
Hammer Price: £23,000
A superb First Afghan War C.B. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Simmons, 41st Foot, a Rifle Brigade veteran of the Peninsula War The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1843, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with wide swivel-ring gold straight suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (J. Simmons, C.B....
Hammer Price: £22,000
Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-92, gold, 43mm., milled edge, fitted with contemporary gold loop for suspension, good very fine and of the highest rarity £12000-15000
A rare Peninsula and Waterloo group of three awarded to Captain J. R. Budgeon, 95th Rifles, who was one of the rearguard in the celebrated retreat from Corunna, was wounded during the crossing of the Bidassoa and again at Aranjues in October 1813, and later fought at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Corunna, Barrosa, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (J. R. Budgeon, Lieut. 95th Rifles); Waterloo 1815 (Capt. J. R. Budgen, 1st Batt. 95th Reg. Foot);...
The important Great War Q-ship operations D.S.O. and Bar group of five awarded to Captain F. H. Grenfell, Royal Navy, who commanded the ‘The splendid Penshurst’ in several actions and was second only to Gordon Campbell, V.C., in terms of U-boats destroyed Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914 Star (Lieut. F. H. Grenfell, R.N., Transport Staff); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. H. Grenfell, R.N.); France, Croix de Guerre...
Hammer Price: £21,000
The remarkable North Russia operations D.S.O. and Bar group of seven awarded to Commander P. H. Edwards, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, C.O. of the Anglo-Russian Naval Brigade in 1918 and, on attachment to the Army, of the Slavo-British Legion in 1919: he had earlier been wounded in Gallipoli and in France with Howe Battalion, R.N.D., and again as a member of a storming party in the Zeebrugge raid, by which time Admiral Keyes described him as a ‘one-eyed, bearded warrior ... who was...
Hammer Price: £19,000
The Field Officer’s Gold Medal awarded to Colonel G. H. Zulke, C.B., 2nd Caçadores, late 5/60th Rifles, fighting with whom he was severely wounded at Talavera and taken prisoner by the French Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Vittoria, 2 clasps, Pyrenees, Orthes (Major Geo. H. Zulke) complete with gold ribbon buckle, extremely fine £15000-20000
The important 13 clasp M.G.S. medal to Corporal Henry Backefeld, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion, orderly to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula, and awarded the Guelphic Medal for bravery at El Boden, Vittoria and Toulouse Military General Service 1793-1814, 13 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Henry Backefeld, Corpl. 1st Hussars, K.G.L.) very fine and very rare ...
Hammer Price: £17,000
The unique Second Mahratta War and Peninsula War pair awarded to Sergeant James Stewart, 94th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Asseerghur, Argaum, Gawilghur (J. Stewart, 94th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (James Stewart, Serjt. 94th Foot) minor nicks and edge bruises, otherwise very fine and better (2) £10000-12000
The superb ‘Operation Nimrod’ and ‘Operation Corporate’ group of five awarded to Warrant Officer J. V. Thompson, Special Air Service, formerly Royal Army Ordnance Corps, whose unique and extraordinary service saw him present during two of the ‘The Regiment’s’ most successful operations of the modern era, encompassing both the Iranian Embassy Siege in May 1980 as one of the four members of ‘A’ Squadron attached to what was a ‘B’ Squadron operation, and then two years...
An important South Africa Medal awarded to Acting Commissariat Officer J. N. Hamer, who left a vivid account of his escape from the massacre at Isandhlwana in January 1879 - ‘on coming up we saw the Zulus, like ants in front of us, in perfect order, as quiet as mice and stretched across in an even line. We estimated those we saw at 12,000’ South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (Ag. Comst. Officer J. N. Hamer), edge bruising and polished, thus good fine £12000-15000
Hammer Price: £15,000
A fine group of decorations conferred on Thomas Norman Manners, Commissioner of Posts in China China, Republic, Order of the Striped Tiger, 5th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, two silver stars on upper arm, stamp marks on reverse, central medallion a little chipped and cracked, with lapel rosette, in its black lacquer case of issue; Order of the Golden Grain (Excellent Crop), 3rd Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel chipped on obverse centre, with neck cravat and...
A rare Great War East Africa operations D.S.C. group of three awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant A. F. R. Wollaston, Royal Navy, a noted explorer, mountaineer and naturalist who was also awarded the Patron’s Gold Medal of Royal Geographical Society: latterly employed as a Tutor at his alma mater, Kings College, Cambridge, he was shot dead in his rooms by a demented undergraduate in June 1930 - Stanley Baldwin, the University’s Chancellor, subsequently describing how Cambridge ‘mourned a...
Hammer Price: £13,000
An exceptional South Russia operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander B. J. Littledale, Royal Navy, who served in the Siwash Motor Boat Flotilla Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for 1920; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. B. J. Littledale, R.N.) possibly with officially re-impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. B. J. Littledale, R.N.); Russia, St. George Cross for Bravery, silver, 4th class, the reverse officially numbered ‘166 551’; Russia, Order of St....
An exceptional Great War Royal Naval Division operations M.C., C.G.M. group of five awarded to Temporary Lieutenant F. W. Stear, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in Anson Battalion in Gallipoli in June 1915 and in Hawke Battalion at Welsh Ridge in December 1917 - having in the interim been invalided with shell-shock: according to Douglas Jerrold, Hawke ‘never had a better company commander’ Military Cross, G.V.R.; Conspicuous...
The rare Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Miss Lilian A. Forse, Voluntary Aid Detachement Military Medal, G.V.R. (Miss L. A. Forse, V.A.D.); British War and Victory Medals (L. A. Forse, V.A.D.); together with a British Red Cross Society Distinguished Service Badge, gilt and enamel, by J. Gaunt, London, reverse inscribed, ‘L. A. Forse M.M. Replacement), this last in card box, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (4) £1600-2000
A rare Second World War C.G.M. group of six awarded to Petty Officer J. Dunn, Royal Naval Reserve, who was decorated for his gallantry on the occasion of the loss of H.M.S. Cape Finisterre to enemy aircraft off Harwich in August 1940 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (X. 19116 A. J. Dunn, Smn., R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, with Second Award Bar (19116 A. J. Dunn, P.O., R.N.R.), contact marks...
Hammer Price: £8,800
Family group: An extremely rare Chinese Civil War incident D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. Baldock, Royal Navy, among those who boarded the captured steamer Wanhsien amidst ‘a hurricane of bullets’ in September 1926 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 108966 J. Baldock, Ord., H.M.S. Kiawo, Wanhsien, 5.9.26); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J. 108966 J. Baldock, P.O.,...
Hammer Price: £8,200
An outstanding Great War ace’s D.S.C. group of three awarded to Captain C. B. Ridley, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who completed in excess of 200 operational sorties in Sopwith Triplanes and Camels of No. 1 Naval Squadron and No. 201 Squadron, a remarkable record that included at least 40 air-to-air combats and undoubtedly more “kills” than his official total of 11: moreover, he was renowned for his low-level strafing activities, once dropping to 10 feet to support...
Hammer Price: £8,000
An extremely rare Kronstadt raid D.S.M. group of three awarded to Chief Motor Mechanic H. E. Sadler, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who went in to action in Dobson, V.C’s leading boat, Coastal Motor Boat 31 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M.B. 2499 H. E. Sadler, Ch. M.M., R.N.V.R., “C.M.B. 31”, Cronstadt Harbour, 18 Aug. 1919); British War and Victory Medals (M.B. 2499 H. E. Sadler, C.M.M., R.N.V.R.), minor official corrections to the first, polished, nearly very fine (3) ...
Hammer Price: £7,800
A Guelphic Medal group of four awarded to Sergeant Henry Frehrking, 5th Line Battalion, King’s German Legion, who was captured but escaped from prison at Burgos in 1812 Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Thorschreiber Heinrich Frehrking) impressed naming, fitted with silver clip and ring suspension; Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, St Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Heinrich Frehrking, Serjt. 5th Line Bn....
A good Great War battle of Jutland D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain R. V. Alison, who was decorated for his gallant command of the destroyer Moresby Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. R. V. Alison, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Commr. R. V. Alison, R.N.); Coronation 1911, mounted court-style as worn, minor enamel damage to wreaths on the first, otherwise very fine and better (5) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £5,800
‘We have felt that our last act before leaving the region which has been our home for so long should be one of homage to the shipmate who sacrificed his life to our work. We have had a large wooden cross prepared for sometime; it bears the simple carved inscription to the memory of poor Vince, and yesterday it was erected on the summit of Hut Point, so firmly that I think in this undecaying climate it will stand for centuries. Today our small company landed together for the last time, and...
Hammer Price: £5,500
A rare Great War Falklands 1914 D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Petty Officer D. Leighton, Royal Navy, the senior naval rating to be decorated for this action Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (124238 D. Leighton, C.P.O., H.M.S. Kent); China 1900, no clasp (D. Leighton, C.P.O., H.M.S. Humber); 1914-15 Star (124238 D. Leighton, D.S.M., C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (124238 D. Leighton, C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (David Leighton,...
A fine Guelphic Medal group of four awarded to Hussar William Francis, 3rd Hussars, King’s German Legion, for gallantry during General Wallmoden’s campaign against the Danes in Northern Germany and at the battle of Waterloo Guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Hus[sar Wilh]elm Francis, vom 3 H[ussar R]egt.) naming weak in parts due to contact wear; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Sahagun & Benevente (Wilhelm Francis, 3rd Hussars K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (William Francis, 3rd...
Hammer Price: £5,200
A rare Lake Nyassa pair awarded to Sailmaker G. Powell, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Lake Nyassa 1893 (G. Powell, A.B., H.M.S. Pioneer); British War Medal (136280 G. Powell. Slmr. R.N.) accompanied by his officially re-impressed duplicate medal for Lake Nyassa which was issued circa 1920, nearly extremely fine (3) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,900
A very rare Great War submariner’s D.S.M., Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of eight awarded to Chief Petty Officer R. W. Sims, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the E-7 in the Dardanelles in September 1915, on which occasion he became a P.O.W., his subsequent deeds behind enemy wire almost certainly resulting in the award of his Medal of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (179585 R. W. Sims, P.O., “E 7”, Dardanelles,...
Hammer Price: £4,800
The Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Lieutenant Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Battalion, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria (Louis de Giesmann, Lt. 5th Line B. K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Lewes Geismann, 5th Line Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (2) £4000-5000
A scarce pair for the Capture of Java, the First Burma War and the Siege of Bhurtpoor to Colonel Robert Seymour, Bengal Native Infantry Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (R. Seymour, Lieut. 6th Bengal Vol. Bn.); Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Ava, Bhurtpoor (Captn. R. Seymour, 26th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine and scarce (2) £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £4,700
A scarce ‘Crowned Head’ Palestine M.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Corporal Alexander Miller, Seaforth Highlanders, who was wounded at Dunkirk in 1940 and subsequently served as a Sergeant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R.,2nd ‘crowned head’ issue (2819056 L. Cpl. A. Miller. Seaforth); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2819056 Pte. A. Miller. Seaforth); 1939-45 Star (Cpl., Seaforths); Defence Medal (Sgt., Ox-Bucks L.I.);...
Hammer Price: £4,500
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, K.C.I.E., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, gold and enamel; breast star, silver, gold and enamel, with gold pin, extremely fine (2) £3000-4000
A scarce ‘Crowned Head’ Palestine M.M. pair awarded to Fusilier W. Vines, Royal Scots Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R., 2nd ‘crowned head’ issue (3428344 Fsr. W. Vines, 1-R.S. Fus.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3128344 Fsr. W. Vines, R.S. Fus.), mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, G.C.S.I., Knight Grand Commander’s mantle star, 149mm. dia., silver, gilt and enamel star set upon a circular silver mount covered by faded maroon velvet, with fitments to reverse for attachment, some enamel damage, very fine, rare £2000-2500
A rare Great War Auxiliary Patrol and North Russia D.S.C. and Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant E. W. King, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. W. King, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. W. King, R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Ernest W. King); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, with bronze palm, generally very fine (6) £3000-3500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gaieta 24 July 1815 (J. R. Blois, Midshipman) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,100
The rare R.R.C. pair awarded to Miss Catherine G. Loch, Lady Superintendent of Nurses, Indian Army Nursing Service - the ‘Florence Nightingale of India’ Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, unnamed, on bow ribbon; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (Lady Supdt. C. G. Loch, Indian Nursing Service) nearly extremely fine (2) £2000-2500
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Capture of Deig, Nepaul (Capt. J. Cock, 21st N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, small official correction to part of unit, edge bruising and light contact marks, otherwise very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,000
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