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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...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A rare Great War submariner’s D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman S. Wilson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for gallant deeds in the E. 12 in the Sea of Marmora Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 1582 S. Wilson, A.B., H.M. Submarine E. 12); 1914-15 Star (J. 1582 S. Wilson, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 1582 S. Wilson, A.B., R.N.), one or two edge bruises, generally very fine or better (4) £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £3,100
A rare Great War Tigris Flotilla operations D.S.M. pair awarded to Stoker Petty Officer A. E. Wilton, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the gunboat Sumana during the Kut operations Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (161168 A. E. Wilton, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Sumana, Mesopotamia, 1915-6); China 1900, no clasp (A. E. Wilton, Lg. Sto. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Aurora), minor surface scratches to the first and contact marks on the second, otherwise very fine and better (2) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £820
A rare Russia 1919 operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer G. B. Vincent, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the monitor M. 23 on the North Dvina Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (270827 G. B. Vincent, C.E.R.A. 2 Cl., “M. 23”, Dwina River 1918-19); 1914-15 Star (270827 G. B. Vincent, C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 (270827 G. B. Vincent, C.E.R.A. 1, R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,...
Hammer Price: £2,400
A rare Russia 1919 operations D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman W. J. Thompson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for gallantry under fire in an Observation Post on the North Dvina Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (SS 5974 W. J. Thompson, A.B., “Fox”, Archangel. Aug.-Sept. 1919), slack suspension, edge bruising, polished and plated, good fine £800-1000
£800–£1,000
An extremely rare North Russia operations M.M. awarded to Bosun C. H. Mitchell, Mercantile Marine Reserve, who was decorated for gallantry ashore at Rimskaya in August 1919 Military Medal, G.V.R. (MMR-978952 Bos’n C. H. Mitchell, M.M.R.), good very fine £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,700
The remarkable campaign service group of nine awarded to Commander A. C. Ackland, Royal Navy, a Midshipman with the Naval Brigade in South Africa and China who went on to witness further active service in his 60s during the 1939-45 War: a King’s Messenger in the Foreign Office in the interim, he was shot in the chest while serving on attachment to the Royal Irish Constabulary in May 1922 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Mid. A. C. Acland,...
Hammer Price: £2,300
A Great War campaign group of three awarded to Engineer Commander P. C. A. Hillier, Royal Navy, who witnessed extensive action in the East Africa operations of 1915-16 1914-15 Star (Eng. Cr. P. C. A. Hillier, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Commr. P. C. A. Hillier, R.N.), in their card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) £180-220
Hammer Price: £330
The Great War and Second World War campaign service group of eight awarded to Commander W. A. Ford, Royal Navy, whose career also encompassed a “mention” for service in monitors in North Russia in 1919 and command of a gunboat on the Yangtse, in which latter period he incurred the displeasure of Their Lordships for the ‘accidental shooting of a Chinese soldier’ - but made up for this indiscretion by rescuing some ‘captured Catholic priests’ 1914-15 Star (J. 4197 W. A. Ford,...
Hammer Price: £550
A Great War campaign service group of four awarded to Leading Stoker E. White, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (284081 E. White, Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (284081 E. White, L. Sto., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., Admiral’s bust (284081 Dev. B. 708 E. White, Sto. 1, R.F.R.), generally very fine (4) £40-60
Hammer Price: £90
A Great War campaign group of four awarded to Skipper H. J. Wood, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (W.S.A. 1628 H. J. Wood, Skr., R.N.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (W.S.A. 1628 H. J. Wood, Skr., R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Harold J. Wood); Victory Medal (W.S.A. 1628 H. J. Wood, Skr., R.N.R.), together with his identity disc, generally very fine or better (5) £100-120
Hammer Price: £150
‘One might go on for ever with stories of “Daddy” Edwards; but as one never knew what he was going to say or do next, he certainly kept us amused whenever he was in company. Some people called him a “pirate” and senior officers were sometimes shocked by his queer signals. All the same, if he was a pirate, he was a very loveable one. His saving sense of humour forgave him much.’ Taffrail’s Endless Story refers. The Great War campaign group of four awarded to Captain G. R....
Hammer Price: £430
An Arctic and Baltic pair attributed to Clerk-in-Charge of Stores W. H. Richards, Royal Navy Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, with silver riband buckle, edge nicks, very fine or better (2) £600-700
Hammer Price: £880
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...
Hammer Price: £17,000
‘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....
Hammer Price: £16,000
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...
Hammer Price: £11,000
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...
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. V. Hugo, Indian Medical Service, who distinguished himself throughout the defence of Chakdara Fort, Malakand, in 1897, recognised by some as the ‘Rorke’s Drift’ of the North West Frontier The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Surgn....
A fine M.V.O. 4th Class group of fourteen awarded to Captain E. C. Denison, Royal Navy - late H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘1305’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation...
Hammer Price: £1,800
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,...
Hammer Price: £4,100
A fine Second World War C.B.E., Great War D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Colonel GR Lynn, Indian Medical Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. G. R. Lynn, I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Maj. G. R. Lynn); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Col. G....
Hammer Price: £1,900
An interesting Palestine emergency C.B.E. group of six awarded to H.M. Consul-General C. H. A. Marriott, late Royal Navy, who served on Admiral Sir John Jellicoe’s staff in the Iron Duke at Jutland The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Asst. Clk. C. H. A. Marriott, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. S. Lt. C. H. A. Marriott, R.N.); Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn...
Hammer Price: £600
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,...
Hammer Price: £7,200
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. Hesketh, 12th Cavalry, Indian Army, late Gordon Highlanders, serving with whom he was severely wounded during the relief of Chitral in 1895 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2nd Lieut. W. Hesketh, 1st Bn. Gord: Highrs.) second clasp loose as issued; 1914-15 Star (Maj. W. Hesketh,...
£2,000–£2,500
A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel T. C. Robinson, East Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; 1914-15 Star (Capt., E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., with top bar; Egypt, Order of the Nile, 3rd Class neck badge by Lattes, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in damaged case of issue; together with a mounted set of six...
A rare Waziristan 1937-38 D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Brigadier Donald Powell, Indian Army Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1939’; 1914-15 Star (2/Lt. D. Powell, 1/30/Punjabis); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. D. Pawell) note spelling of surname; India General Service 1936-39, 2 claspa, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt-Col. D....
£2,500–£3,000
‘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...
Hammer Price: £155,000
An unusual Great War O.B.E. pair awarded to Commander F. W. Kershaw, Royal Naval Reserve and Merchant Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Transport Medal 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (F. W. Kershaw, In Command), good very fine (2) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Engineer Captain B. J. G. Johns, Royal Navy 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. Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Commr., R.N.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Coronation 1911 (Engr. Lieut. B. J. G. Johns, H.M.S. Queen) mounted for display, good very fine (7) £250-300
Hammer Price: £300
An interesting post-war civil O.B.E. group of three awarded to S. R. Campion, a long-served member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery and latterly Principal Information Officer at the G.P.O., late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; British War and Victory Medals (109136 2 A.M. S. R. Campion, R.A.F.), good very fine or better (3) £180-220
Hammer Price: £160
An interesting inter-war O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. M. Smyth, late 1/9th Gurkhas and Acting Commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police, who latterly served in M.I. 6: the brother of Brigadier Sir John Smyth, V.C., M.C., and himself the winner of a “mention” on the North West Frontier, he faced more than his fair share of challenges on the occupation of Shanghai - once being asked to arrest some British nationals for anti-Japanese activities The Most...
Hammer Price: £1,600
An M.B.E. group of six awarded to Sergeant H. Dyche, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (M.22097 S.B.A., R.N.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (352428 Sgt., R.A.F.) good very fine 6) £250-300
Hammer Price: £220
An impressive Second World War North Africa operations M.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Temporary Major H. W. G. Tingley, R.E., late Royal Munster Fusiliers and Royal Artillery - severely wounded in Gallipoli, he gained acclaim as an airfield engineer in the 1939-45 War and was decorated by the Bey of Tunis for his work on Carthage airport The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1914-15 Star (5771 Pte. H. Tingley, R. Muns....
Hammer Price: £920
A well documented Great War ‘Salonika’ A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Sister D. M. Sempers, Territorial Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed, on bow ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Sister D. M. Sempers); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-18 (S. Nurse D. M. Sempers, T.F.N.S.) these three mounted as worn; Territorial Force Nursing Service Cape Badge, silver, unnamed; West Suffolk...
A Second World War D.S.C. and Bar group of seven attributed to Captain C. B. “Hurricane Hank” Alers-Hankey, Royal Navy, a distinguished destroyer and carrier C.O. whose wartime record included valuable work at Dunkirk and gallant example at the time of the loss of the H.M.S. Limbourne in October 1943 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the Cross officially dated ‘1940’ and privately engraved, ‘Commander Conrad Byron Alers Hankey, R.N.,...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Second World War Fleet Air Arm operations D.S.C. group of five attributed to Lieutenant (A.) D. Levitt, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a Firefly pilot who was decorated for his part in five strikes against the Tirpitz in July-August 1944: just a few days after being notified of his award, he was killed in action over Palembang in January 1945 - but not before himself shooting down a Japanese Oscar Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., hallmarks for London 1945, the reverse officially...
Hammer Price: £2,100
A good Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Acting Captain J. Caven, Royal Scots Fusiliers, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, a veteran of the Gallipoli operations, in which was wounded Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2120 Sjt. J. Caven, K.O. Sco. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. Caven); Defence Medal 1939-45; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2120 Sjt. J. Caven, 5/K.O.S.B.), contact marks and a little polished, otherwise generally...
Hammer Price: £1,250
A Great War ‘Battle of Cambrai’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain G. W. Vesey, 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, late North Irish Horse, who died of wounds, France, 26 March 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., N. Ir. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) good very fine and better (4) £1400-1800
Family group: A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant W. G. Humphries, Royal Air Force, late Canadian Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (6113 Gnr. W. G. Humphries, R. Can. H. Art.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. G. Humphries, R.A.F.), together with a set of related dress miniature medals, a uniform button, his cap badge and ‘For Service at the Front’ badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘305547’, , generally good very...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War M.C. group of five attributed to 2nd Lieutenant H. Dowdall, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Lieut. H. Dowdall), official late issue from the 1930s; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, very fine and better (5) £500-600
Hammer Price: £500
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