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Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1763 Pte. R. Leppard, Rl. Suss. R.) small edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine and rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £900
A ‘P.Q. 16’ Russian Convoy D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer F. C. Laming, H.M.S. Volunteer Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (M.5556 C.E.R.A.); British War and Victory Medals (E.R.A.4 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (5556 E.R.A.2, H.M.S. Sandhurst) the Great War medals polished, fine, the first with edge cut, otherwise good very fine (7) £600-800
A Second War ‘Pacific’ theatre D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant T. W. Galliford, No. 209 Squadron, Royal Air Force, for gallantry as Flight Engineer of a Sunderland Flying Boat Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (652617 F/Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence & War Medals, good very fine (5) £900-1100
A Great War D.F.C. and Bar awarded to Major-General C. J. Venter, South African Air Force, late Royal Air Force, a 16-Victory Ace with No. 29 Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, in its original Pinches case of issue; together with the original 1918 Second Army Field Order announcing the award of the Bar to the D.F.C., his 9 carat gold tipped swagger stick with R.A.F. crests and inscribed with his name, a pair of leather flying gloves and a Royal Flying...
Hammer Price: £920
A ‘Battle of Calabria’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. C. E. Horn, H.M.S. Gloucester, killed in action when his ship was sunk off Crete in May 1941 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.152157 C.P.O. H.M.S. Gloucester); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal, very fine (4) £600-700
Hammer Price: £950
A Great War Sea Plane Pilot’s A.F.C. group of four awarded to Captain Ronald E. Dean, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Flt. S. Lt., R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Flt. Lt., R.N.A.S.) nearly extremely fine (4) £900-1200
Hammer Price: £980
A fine Second World War D.F.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant G. ‘Tiger’ Hunter, Nos. 218 (Gold Coast) and 142 Squadrons, Royal Air Force, later 2nd Pilot to comedian Jimmy ‘Whacko’ Edwards in No. 271 Squadron, engaged in towing Gliders on ‘D’ Day and to Arnhem Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1943, with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France & Germany; Italy Star; Defence & War Medals, with...
Hammer Price: £1,000
Four: Chief Gunner J. Dennis, Royal Navy, decorated for the battle of Jutland and killed in the internal explosion of the Vanguard in July 1917 1914-15 Star (Gnr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch. Gnr., R.N.); Russia, Medal of the Order of St Anne, gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,050
A fine ‘Chindits’ Special Forces M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant H. C. V. Dodd, Royal Corps of Signals Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5780038 Sjt., R. Signals; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence & War Medals, good very fine (5) £800-1000
Dragoon Guards, a very fine large rectangular portrait miniature of a junior officer c1834-1843, the three-quarter length picture shows the sitter wearing a single breasted scarlet coatee embellished with gold laced stand -up collar gilt buttons, gold laced box epaulettes and gold laced pouch belt, a gold laced waist belt is worn over a gold and crimson girdle; the sitter’s gaunleted left hand rests on his sabre and his right hand cradles his helmet, which appears to be of the 1834...
Hammer Price: £1,100
An Extremely Rare And Very Early Run Glendinings auction catalogues 1902 - 1931, a fascinating record of over 3500 pp., mostly with printed prices realised, in seven volumes, bound in old red cloth, good condition (7) £500-600
A scarce Second War A.F.M. awarded to Sergeant J. C. Sheppard, Royal Air Force Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (1343724 Sgt., R.A.F.) extremely fine £1000-1200
A Polish Battle of Britain Pilot’s Virtuti Militari group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Jan Rogowski, Nos. 303, 74, and 306 Squadrons, Royal Air Force, credited with the destruction of two Bf 109’s and three V-1 Rockets, with another two V-1’s shared 1939-45 Star, with copy clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France & Germany; Defence & War Medals; Poland, Virtuti Militari, 5th class; Cross of Valour, with two bars, together with his Polish Pilot’s Badge,...
Hammer Price: £1,150
Six: Sergeant A. J. Henderson, The Parachute Regiment General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24093355 Pte., Para); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24093355 L Cpl, Para); U.N. Cyprus; U.N. Bosnia; Nato Medal, clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Regular Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (24093355 Cpl, Para) nearly extremely fine (6) £750-850
A Second War Radar Operator/Navigator’s Immediate D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Flying Officer R. J. McIlvenny, No. 604 Squadron, Royal Air Force, officially credited with the destruction of five enemy aircraft Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France & Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (Flt. Lt., R.A.F.) very...
A Great War ‘Messines Ridge’ D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Major J. A. Howell, Cheshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Major, Cheshire Regt.’; 1914-15 Star (Capt., Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major) the Victory Medal renamed, good very fine (5) £900-1100
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Hurricane Pilot’s Immediate D.F.C. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant Victor Smith, Nos. 3 and 198 Squadrons, Royal Air Force, killed whilst flying a Typhoon over Holland in 1943 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1943, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, these in their named card box of issue addressed to his widow together with Air Council condolence letter, extremely fine (4) £1200-1400
A Charge of The Light Brigade pair to Private William Phillips, 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (1370 Wm. Phillips, 11th P.A.O. Hussars); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (1370 William Phillips, XI P.A.O. Hussars) both regimentally impressed, first medal with crudely re-fixed soldered suspension, top three clasps now detached and loose on ribbon, both medals polished and with edge bruising and contact wear, thus...
Hammer Price: £1,250
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Lake Nyassa 1893 (G. Powell, A.B. H.M.S. Pioneer) nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Second War D.F.C. and American Silver Star group of six awarded to Squadron Leader Gilbert Wood, Nos. 103 and 35 Squadrons, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1943; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals; U.S.A., Silver Star, with case of issue for this, together with companion set of miniatures, both groups mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £900-1100
A Dakota Transport Pilot’s D.F.C. and American D.F.C. group of six awarded to Flying Officer S. J. Rand, No. 117 Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence & War Medals; U.S.A., Distinguished Flying Cross, the reverse inscribed ‘F/O S. J. Rand AR 600-45 15.9.45’, mounted as worn, together with the recipient’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book for the period August 1941 to December 1945, original U.S....
A Plymouth Blitz B.E.M. group of four awarded to Fire Inspector A. W. Larson, Plymouth City Police and Fire Brigade British Empire Medal (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Arthur William Larson); Defence Medal; Police Exemplary Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Sergt.) these three mounted as worn; Plymouth City Constabulary Conspicuous Bravery and Good Service Medal, with bar ‘For Gallantry’, unnamed as issued, in its original Fattorini case of issue, together with a Royal Life Saving...
A good 1940 D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer John Pullen, H.M.S. Wild Swan Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (M.1577 C.E.R.A.2 H.M.S. Wild Swan); 1914-15 Star (M.1577 E.R.A.4 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.1577 E.R.A.3 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp France & Germany; Defence & War Medals; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage head (M.1577 A/C.E.R.A.2 H.M.S. Wild Swan) together with Admiralty instructions for Investiture at Buckingham...
Hammer Price: £1,350
A rare South African Second World War D.F.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant L. W. Bates, No. 40 Squadron, South African Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (48186 A/Sgt., S.A.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal; Africa Service Medal, these last five all officially impressed (48186 L. W. Bates) together with several original letters and documents concerning the award and investiture of the D.F.M., and a news cutting with photo announcing the first D.F.M....
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Barrosa, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (John Metcalf, 87th Foot) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Second War Radar Operator/Navigator’s O.B.E., D.F.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Dear, Nos. 125 and 141 Squadrons, Royal Air Force, who had three confirmed victories in Beaufighters and Mosquitos The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) 2nd type; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France & Germany; Defence & War Medals, together with two Observer’s and Air Gunner’s...
A Dwina River Expeditionary Force D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer Edward Eves, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (217536 Ldg. Sea., River Dwina 1918); 1914-15 Star Trio (217536 L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (217536 P.O. H.M.S. Victory); together with the group of four awarded to his brother, Regulating Petty Officer J. E. Eves, Royal Navy, comprising 1914-15 Star Trio (237525 L.S./P.O. R.N.) and Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue...
A scarce Great War D.F.M. group of three awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Grade Reginald A. Miller, Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division and Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (205670 A.M.1, R.A.F.); British War and Victory Medals (F.5670 A.M.1, R.N.A.S.) good very fine (3) £1200-1400
A Spitfire Pilot’s Immediate D.F.M. group of four awarded to Flight Sergeant David Hutton, No. 93 Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1566371 F/Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal, nearly extremely fine (4) £1400-1600
A Spitfire Pilot’s Immediate D.F.C. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. G. C. Russell, Nos. 601 and 241 Squadrons, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence & War Medals; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn, together with his very detailed and comprehensively annotated S.A.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Book for the period February 1943 to August 1951, good very fine (6) £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £1,450
A superb Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Gunner S. W. Brattle, Royal Marine Artillery Reserve, for the epic five-hour engagement between the Defensively Armed Merchant Ship S.S. Durango and two German submarines in August 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (B.1227. Gunr., R.M.A.R. Atlantic Ocean 26 Aug. 1917); 1914-15 Star (R.M.A. 9262 Gr.); british War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 9262 Gr.); Naval L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. 1st issue (9262 Gunner, R.M.A.) together with parchment...
A fine Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Acting Yeoman of Signals G. J. Davis, H.M.S. Vanoc, later Chief Airman Fleet Air Arm, for the destruction of U-99 and U-100, commanded by two of Germany’s leading U-boat aces Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P/JX.137589 A/Y.S. H.M.S. Vanoc); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R., 1st issue (L/FX.670883, D.S.M. C.A. R.N.); Coronation 1953;...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A fine Second World War escaper’s M.M. awarded to Private J. Farrell, Seaforth Highlanders, who was captured in June 1940 and returned to England in January 1942 after his fifth escape attempt Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2819021 Pte., Seaforth) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000
An ‘Operation Neptune’ D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander J. P. Apps, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1944; 1914-15 Star (Mid., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S.Lt., R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-39, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Lt.Cdr., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf, together with original Admiralty letter advising of the award of the D.S.C.,...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War Gallipoli M.C. and Mediterranean Theatre A.F.C. group of five awarded to Captain C. McM. Laing, Royal Scots Fusiliers and Royal Air Force Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Gallipoli 1915’; Air Force Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Mediterranean 1919’; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut., R. Sc. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt., R.A.F.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £1400-1600
A Second War Submariner’s D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Mechanician (Engineering) C. H. Frostick, H.M. Submarine Torbay Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A/Ldg. Sto., C/KX.105421); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (KX.105421 D.S.M., P.O. S.M., H.M.S. Trump) the last with official corrections, otherwise very fine and better (7) £1200-1500
A scarce Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Commander A. H. S. Casswell, Royal Navy, serving with the Naval Siege Guns on shore in Belgium Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Nieuport, 1915’; 1914-15 Star (S.Lt., D.S.C. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); French Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, the reverse arms inscribed ‘A. H. S. Casswell, Nieuport’, very fine (5) £900-1100
Hammer Price: £1,650
A 1940 D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Squadron Leader P. Duggan-Smith, No. 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1940; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; Defence & War Medals; New Zealand War Service Medal, together with his four Pilot’s Flying Log Books for the period January 1938 to October 1974, and an album containing a most comprehensive collection of...
Hammer Price: £1,700
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. G. James, 2nd (Queen’s) Regiment South Africa 1834-53 (Capt., 2nd Regt.); China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Major, 1st Bn. 2nd Regt.) impressed naming, nearly extremely fine and a scarce pair (2) £900-1200
Four: Staff Sergeant T. Caudwell, The Parachute Regiment General Service 1962, 3 clasps, Radfan, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (24059380 Pte., Para); U.N. Cyprus; South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24059380 S Sgt, Para); Regular Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (24059380 Sgt, Para) mounted as worn, extremely fine (4) £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £1,800
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