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‘In ten months from March 1944, these two fearless fliers carried out over a hundred operational sorties and shot down twenty enemy planes. Each of them in the same period won the D.S.O. and Bar, and the D.F.C. and Bar. Sixteen of their victories were scored the hard way, during thirty missions deep into the heart of enemy territory. Five times they had to fly back to base on one engine, and on one occasion their Mosquito was hit and caught fire over Hamburg, but Burbridge, by means of some e...
Hammer Price: £155,000
A fine Field Officers’ Gold Medal and Bar awarded to Major William Campbell, 36th Foot, for his command of a ‘Light Battalion’ at the battles of the Pyrenees and Nivelle; he was afterwards severely wounded at the battle of Toulouse Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Pyrenees, 1 clasp, Nivelle (Major Willm. Campbell, 1st Bn. 36th Foot) complete with gold ribbon buckle, extremely fine £18000-2200
Hammer Price: £21,000
The outstanding Great War Dogger Bank D.S.C. and Antarctic 1902-04 group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander F. E. Dailey, Royal Navy - a carpenter by trade, he assisted in the building and fitting out of the Discovery and lent valuable service in Scott’s first expedition, service duly recognised by the naming of Dailey Islands in McMurdo Sound: subsequently Chief Carpenter of the cruiser Lion for much of the Great War, he was present at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland, the latte...
Hammer Price: £17,000
Sold by Order of Martin Boothman, Esq. for the Benefit of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund ‘Boothman as a senior officer of the Royal Air Force was armed at all points. He was one of the finest pilots his service has produced - he piloted the aircraft which won the Schneider Trophy outright for his country - he flew with great gallantry in the earlier part of the Second World War, he had a wide technical knowledge of aircraft and their engines, and he brought to the Air Staff and Minis...
‘There are some men who will do more than their share of work and who will attempt more than they are physically able to accomplish. Rickenson was one of these eager souls.’ Shackleton’s South refers. The rare Great War and Polar exploration group of four awarded to Engineer Commander L. R. “Ricky” Rickinson, Royal Navy, who lent valuable service to Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914-16 expedition prior to his collapse on Elephant Island British War Medal 1914-20 (Eng. Lt. L. R. Rickinson,...
Hammer Price: £16,000
Sold by Order of Richard Jennings MC The exceptional ‘Commando Forward Air Controller’s’ M.C. group of five awarded to Lance Bombardier Richard Jennings, 148 Commando Forward Observation Battery, 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery, who was awarded his M.C. for gallantry during Operation Herrick 5 - The sole survivor of his three-man Forward Observation Team following a Taliban rocket-propelled grenade attack on 3 March 2007 in the highly dangerous location of Sangin District Centre, he...
A rare Gold Albert Medal for Saving Life at Sea and Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Marine Medal and Bar pair awarded to First Mate Thomas Averett Whistler of the Ennerdale, for a rescue performed on 17 December 1885, off Cape Horn, and an attempted rescue on 13 December 1886 in Sydney Harbour - the first made all the more difficult by the attentions of a belligerent Albatross! Albert Medal, 1st Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, gold and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Present...
Hammer Price: £15,000
A rare Second Mahratta War medal awarded to Colonel J. J. Meredith, 4th Light Cavalry, who was wounded in Wellesley’s famous victory at Assye and had his horse shot from under him at Argaum Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Assye, Argaum, Gawilghur (Lieut. J. T. Meredith, 4th Lt. Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, note incorrect second initial, extremely fine £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £14,000
The Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Thistle, K.T., a rare and unusually large Knight’s breast star, 128 x 118mm., silver, gold and enamels, circa 1800-10, the faceted and pierced silver Cross of Saint Andrew with similar rays issuing from between its angles is of the sprung section type, the springs fashioned in gold, the eight principal points with gold sew-on eyelets, the turned gold centre, 43mm. diameter, bearing a Thistle enamelled in its proper colours encompassed by a green enamell...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The outstanding Kronstadt raid D.S.C. group of four awarded to Acting Lieutenant-Commander R. N. O. Marshall, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Naval Reserve: an early recruit to Agar V.C’s clandestine C.M.B. operations in the Baltic, he participated in several hair-raising operations and was credited as being the best Lewis-gunner in the Flotilla Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Mid. R. N. O. Marshall, R.N.R.); British War and Victory M...
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., a fine Georgian Knight’s breast star by Garrard, silver, gold and enamels, 103 x 100mm., the reverse centre plate engraved ‘RJ & S. GARRARD Goldsmiths &c. TO THE KING and THE ROYAL FAMILY.’, not fitted with pin but the eight principal points of the star pierced for sewing directly to the coat, circa 1822-27, sold with a length of silk sash ribbon, extremely fine and scarce £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £12,000
A rare and impressive Second World War Albanian operations M.M. group of six awarded to Private B. Hendry, Royal Berkshire Regiment, attached No. 2 Commando, 2nd Special Service Brigade, who, firing his Tommy gun from the hip, stormed and captured two enemy gun positions in an attack on Sarande in October 1944 - an operation carried out alongside local partisans Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5337785 Pte. B. Hendry, R. Berks. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 193...
Sold by Order of John Norton MM A fine Korean War ‘Operation Commando’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance Corporal John Norton, 1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, a 19 year-old National Service soldier who was decorated for his exceptional gallantry on 4 October 1951, when although wounded, he pressed on and silenced an enemy machine-gun post with his Bren gun – His citation stating that during the subsequent bunker clearing operations ‘Norton was always to the fore, chargin...
Sold by Order of a Member of the Family ‘Throughout the expedition Launcelot was a strong and moral force, helping it to be an extraordinarily happy party despite its poverty of resources. Physically tough, he was the only member who, for a little bet, swam across the ice-infested creek at the Debenham Islands. Already referred to by some as the “Bishop”, he held a formal parish covering the entire British-claimed Antarctic Territory, of enormous size and utterly empty of people apart from...
Hammer Price: £11,000
Russia, Order of St. Anne, Medal of Distinction for Foreigners, 1911 pattern, 41 x 27mm., gold and enamel, suspension eyelet bearing the ‘56’ gold mark for St. Petersburg (1908-17) and the mark for Varvara Dietwald of Edouard, St. Petersburg, complete with suspension loop, nearly extremely fine and rare £12000-15000
‘With my usual luck I met three different salvoes and am wounded as follows: upper and lower lips torn to pieces (since sewn together); three teeth removed; shrapnel hole through the throat - about the size of a 4/- piece; splinter hole in the right forearm and right ear cut; shot or splinter in the right chest; left hand burned ... ’ Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield, late C.O. of H.M.S. Nomad, writing from captivity after Jutland The outstanding Great War Jutland D.S.O., prisoner of...
Hammer Price: £9,800
The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, K.P., an attractive jewelled Knight’s breast star, 84 x 72mm., silver, gold and enamels, the centre set throughout with small diamonds, the reverse inscribed ‘C. F. HANCOCK JEWELLER 39 BRUTON STREET LONDON’, and fitted with gold pin for wearing, good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £8,500
The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Civil) a magnificent Knight Grand Cross sash badge, 108 x 74mm. excluding suspension ring, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked on top loop and in reverse centre, London 1835, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, small chip to blue enamel before obverse motto and some very minor loss to wreaths, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £7,200
A fine ‘Old Contemptibles’ Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Lee-Warner, Royal Artillery, who won early recognition for his gallantry as a Forward Observation Officer around Rue du Bois in May 1915: adding the M.C. to his accolades for further acts of bravery under intense fire in early 1916, he also collected no less than five wounds during the course of his wartime career - but ‘returned to duty each time’ Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-...
The unique Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant Thomas Baynes, 39th Foot, who served as A.D.C. to Major-General Sir John Lambert at Waterloo, where he had two horses killed and two wounded under him Waterloo 1815 (Lieutenant Thomas Baynes, 39th Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and swivel-bar suspension, overall contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine and rare £6000-7000
Hammer Price: £6,800
A rare Great War Mespotamia operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Commander G. A. Feilman, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the gunboat Tarantula on the Tigris during the advance on Baghdad in early 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Lieut. G. A. Feilman, R.N.V.R., Mesopotamia, 22nd February 1917’; British War Medal 1914-...
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 1st type breast badge with ‘INDIA’ on the petals (1878-87), gold and enamels, complete with its gold top suspension brooch and contained in its very rare R&S. Garrard & Co first type ‘Imperial Purple’ velvet fitted case, extremely fine, an exceptional example £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £6,000
A fine Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Private Lewis Polson, 42nd Royal Highlanders, who was wounded in the head at Toulouse and in the left knee at Quatre Bras Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (L. Polson, 42nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Lewis Polson, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry.) fitted with steel clip and contemporary replacement bar suspension, the second with minor edge bruising and contact wear, very fine, the first nearly ext...
The Waterloo medal to Lieutenant E. J. Peters, 7th Hussars, who was taken prisoner at Genappe on 17th June but escaped to fight on the 18th at Waterloo when he was severely wounded Waterloo 1815 (E. J. Peters, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, see note below about absence of rank on medal, some edge bruising, the obverse with contact marks from tunic button?, therefore very fine, the reverse nearly extremely fine £5000-6000
Hammer Price: £5,200
The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, K.P., a fine Victorian Knight’s badge, 58 x 30mm. including suspension loop, gold, enamelled both sides, circa 1850, extremely fine £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £4,500
A fine Second World War Arctic convoys D.S.C. group of eight awarded to Commander P. G. Satow, Royal Navy, who survived the loss of the destroyer Wild Swan and was also twice mentioned in despatches, once for gallantry in “The Battle of Barents Sea”, the famous action in which the destroyers Orwell and Onslow repelled the mighty Hipper - a V.C. action and classic ‘David and Goliath’ contest that caused an enraged Hitler to order the scrapping of his High Seas Fleet Distinguished Service Cr...
Hammer Price: £4,400
The Royal Guelphic Order, G.C.H. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross breast star, 80mm. diameter, silver, gold and enamels, circa 1830-36, the reverse inscribed ‘RUNDELL BRIDGE & Co. Jewellers To their Majesties and all the Royal Family Ludgate Hill London’, and fitted with gold pin for wearing, scratch to white horse and minor damage to wreath, otherwise good very fine and scarce £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,300
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/SSX. 815328 E. Saunders. A.B. R.N.) good very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,200
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Asseerghur, Nagpore (Lieut. Boyce Combe, 2nd N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, claw tightened, minor nicks and bruises, very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,100
An important C.B.E. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. A. Whitlock, Royal Engineers - who was in charge of operations in the Sonkwala District of West Africa , 11-31 December 1908 - one of the few occasions in which British and German soldiers have fought on the same side The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in case of issue; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s...
The important Peninsula War medal awarded to General Sir Howard Douglas, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Colonel of the 15th (East Yorkshire) Regiment of Foot, later Governor of New Brunswick and Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (Sir H. Douglas, Bart. G.C.B. Asst. Qr. Mr. Genl.) contained in an old fitted case, nearly extremely fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A good Second World War D.S.M. and Bar group of eight awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer H. J. Otley, Royal Navy - the Bar for service on H.M.S. Enterprise in ‘Operation Stonewall’ which resulted in the sinking of three German destroyers Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (X.47750 A/C.E.R.A.Ty.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Royal Navy L.S....
Hammer Price: £3,800
‘I have been on the staff of Admirals, I have been an Admiral myself, I have been an A.D.C. to the King and, at my time of life, you ask me to be on the staff of a Brigadier-General. No sir, thank you!’ Cresswell Eyres contemptuously dismissing an offer of advancement to Colonel on the Staff The outstanding Great War D.S.O., inter-war O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Admiral C. J. Eyres, Royal Navy, who, having first seen action as a 15-year-old Midshipman in the engagement with the Peruv...
Hammer Price: £3,600
The Waterloo and Bhurtpoor campaign pair to Private Benjamin Smith, 14th Foot, one of the Waterloo veterans who formed the front rank at the storming of Bhurtpoor Waterloo 1815 (Benjamin Smith, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot) fitted with replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (B. Smith, 14th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; together with a Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (Benjamin Smith, 14th Foot...
A fine O.B.I. and North West Frontier I.D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Subadar Dost Muhammad, 5/12th Frontier Force Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides) Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel; Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Subdr. Dost Mohd. 5-12 F.F.R.) suspension rod replaced; British War and Victory Medals (342 Nk. Dost Mohd., 1 Bn. Cps. Guides) the Victory medal with naming erased; India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps, Afgha...
Hammer Price: £3,500
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 4 Nov 1805 (Charles Cumby, Lieut.) nearly extremely fine £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £3,400
Gunnedah and District Boer War Tribute Medal, a mounted trooper below crossed swords; reverse inscribed, ‘S. Africa Active Service 1900-1 Presented to W. O. Arnold, D.S.M. (sic) by the Residents of Gunnedah and District’, 35 x 29mm., 15ct. gold, extremely fine, rare £1200-1500
A extremely rare Russia 1919 operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Gunner C. W. Clarke, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in command of the armed-barge Suffolk in the Kama River Flotilla, Siberia Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (235903 C. W. Clarke, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. C. W. Clarke, R.N.), mounted as worn, together with Osmotherley Great War Tribute Medal, silver, named to ‘C. W. Clarke, Forei...
A fine Crimean War ‘Medaille Militaire’ group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant John Coughlan, 57th Regiment, who rescued a captured French officer from two Russian officers, both of whom he killed Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1569 Colr. Serjt. John Coughlan 57th Regt.) regimentally impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1569. Cr. Serjt. John Coughlan, 57th Foot); Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt and enamel, badly chipped; Turkis...
A fine Edward Medal for Mines in Silver awarded to John Jones for gallantry at the Witwatersrand gold mine, Johannesburg, 14 January 1909 Edward Medal (Mines), E.VII.R., silver (John Jones) in damaged case of issue, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £3,200
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