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Six: Major A. T. Mercer, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Capt., R.A.O.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (7580257 Sjt., R.A.O.C.) mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine (9) £280-320
£280–£320
A quantity of Second World War memorabilia and documentation, comprising: wartime cartoons (8), watercolour, or ink and wash, subject matter including Hitler, Mussolini, the Desert Army and two old ladies ‘gassing’, with extensive letter by the artist to reverse of one; Home Guard Certificate of Service in the name of ‘John Gaffney’, for June 1940 to December 1944; Government Evacuation Scheme Certificate for ‘Children who would be transferred from the dangerous area of the City of...
£150–£200
Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Gunner David Daley, 4th Coy. 2nd Batt. Arty.) engraved naming, steel clip and straight bar suspension, with silver buckle on ribbon, good very fine, rare £4000-5000
£4,000–£5,000
An impressive group of thirteen miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry D’Urban Keary, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., D.S.O., Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division badge, gold and enamel, ring suspension; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, 15ct. gold and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, complete with top bar; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; India General Service 1854-95, 4 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-9,...
£800–£1,000
New Zealand Fire Brigades L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., silver base metal, good very fine £15-20
£15–£20
Belgium, Decoration of Industry and Agriculture, gold and enamel; Croix de Guerre, ‘A’ cypher; Civic Decoration, enamelled; Civic Medal (3); Academic Palms; Order of Leopold II, Medal; Croix du Feu; Medal of Graitude 1940-45, gilt; Volunteers Medal 1940-45; War Medal 1940-45; France, Croix de Guerre 1939-1940; Choral Society Medal, bronze; Greece, War Cross 1940, bronze, with gilt wreath on ribbon; Italy, War Medal 1915-18; United Italy Medal 1848-1918; United Italy Medal 1848-1922;...
£70–£90
Germany, Prussia, Pour le Merite, lapel badge, 25 x 25mm., silver and enamel, bearing post-war Dublin hallmarks, date letter obscured by pin fitting, very fine, unusual £150-200
Haywood, Col. A. & Clarke, Brigadier F. A. S., The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force, published by Gale & Polden Ltd., Aldershot, 1964, xv, 540pp., full colour portrait frontispiece, and black and white plates and maps, original (faded) cloth boards, good condition £60-80
£60–£80
The Great War D.S.C. group of four awarded to Skipper J. Turrell, whose command the drifter Golden Rule was severely damaged in the enemy raid into the Dover Straits in February 1915 - ten of his crew were killed and himself severely wounded Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Presented by H.M. the King to Skipper J. Turrell, Channel Raid, 14-2-18’, hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (1126 W.S.A. J. Turrell, Skr., R.N.R.); British War and...
£3,000–£3,500
The Great War pair awarded to Lieutenant D. Livingstone, Royal Naval Reserve, who was killed in action aboard his command the drifter Cosmos British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. D. Livingstone, R.N.R.), good very fine (2) £400-500
£400–£500
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Deck Hand A. G. Holt, Royal Naval Reserve, who was decorated for his gallantry aboard the drifter Vera Creina, which ship took two hits from 4-inch shells Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (D.A. 1005 A. G. Holt, R.N.R., Dk. Hd., R.N.R., “Vera Creina”, Dover Patrol, 14-15 Feb. 1918), contact marks, nearly very fine £1600-1800
£1,600–£1,800
The Great War D.S.M. awarded to Deck Hand F. Plane, Royal Naval Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds aboard the drifter Clover Bank - the sole survivor of his crew, he remained at his gun until the ship was rapidly sinking, and was later picked up Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (D.A. 5728 F. Plane, Dk. Hd., R.N.R., “Clover Bank”, Dover Patrol, 14-15 Feb. 1918), good very fine £1800-2200
£1,800–£2,200
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star, of continental manufacture, silver with gold and enamel appliqué centre, circa 1840-50, 60mm diameter, unsigned, fitted with silver pin for wearing, small chip to white enamel centre, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-1000
The Great War campaign group awarded to Skipper J. J. Colby, Royal Naval Reserve, who was killed aboard his command the the drifter Clover Bank 1914-15 Star (S.A. 259 J. Colby, 2 Hd., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S.A. 259 J. Colby, Skr., R.N.R.), very fine and better (3) £600-800
£600–£800
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s breast star, silver with gold and enamel centre, circa 1850, 81mm diameter, the reverse plate impressed with silversmith’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, fitted with gold pin for wearing, extremely fine £800-1000
Pair: Private A. Alexander, 72nd Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 4 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (58B/356 Pte., 72nd Highrs.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (58B/356 Priv. 72nd Highlanders) good very fine (2) £1000-1200
£1,000–£1,200
The outstanding Great War pilot’s Mesopotamia operations D.S.O., R.M.A. howitzer 1915 operations M.C. and Iraq 1919-21 operations D.F.C. group of nine awarded to Group Captain F. L. Robinson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Marine Artillery, onetime attached Royal Flying Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (2nd Lieut. F. L. Robinson, R.M....
£12,000–£15,000
A Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Major R. T. Meadows, Royal Army Medical Corps - awarded for his services ‘on the occasion of the mining of a Hospital Ship’ Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with brooch bar; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Coronation 1902, Mayor and Provost’s issue, silver, unnamed, mounted for wear, good very fine and better (4) £2000-2500
£2,000–£2,500
A rare ‘Murmansk 1919’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Major W. G. F. Sheffield, Middlesex Regiment, Special Reserve and Machine Gun Corps, Officer Commanding 253rd Company M.G.C., wounded in action in 1914 and thrice rewarded for his services in North Russia, 1919 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with brooch bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt., Midd’x. R.) gilded; British War and Victory Medals, small M.I.D. oak leaf (Major) ‘Victory’ gilded;...
£2,500–£3,000
A Great War I.D.S.M. awarded to Subadar Major Niaz Gul, 59th Scinde Rifles, who was decorated for gallant deeds in France in 1915 and subsequently mentioned in despatches for operations in Iraq Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4342 Hav. Niaz Gul, 59th Scinde Rfls. (F.F.)), official correction to name, polished, thus good fine £600-800
Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John N. Leach) very fine £300-350
£300–£350
A Great War ‘1914’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Acting Serjeant J. Buchanan, 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry, killed in action, Flanders, 7 November 1914 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9117 A. Sjt., 2/H.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (9117 Cpl., High. L.I.) minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine (3) £1800-2000
£1,800–£2,000
A scarce K.P.M. and Indian Police Medal for Distinguished Conduct group of six awarded to Inspector General C. J. Minister, Bengal Police British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. J. Minister); King’s Police Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (C. J. Minister, I.P. Addl. I.G. of Police, Bengal); Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R., for Distinguished Conduct (C. J. Minister, I.P., Bengal); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted as worn in order listed, good very fine (6) ...
£900–£1,100
A rare Baltic 1919 operations D.S.M. awarded to Stoker Petty Officer G. Cornish, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (S.T. 2929 G. Cornish, Sto. P.O., “Banbury”, Baltic 1919), rank and ship officially re-impressed, good very fine £600-700
£600–£700
Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), V.R., bronze specimen, ‘Presented by the British Government, For Saving the Life of a British Subject’; another, V.R., bronze specimen, ‘For Saving the Lives of British Subjects’, both unnamed and unmounted, extremely fine (2) £160-200
£160–£200
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (William R. Whetnall for Gallant Service 15.7.1923 (Replacement)) hallmarks for Birmingham 1978, non-swivelling suspension, with silver brooch bar, in case of issue, extremely fine £120-150
£120–£150
Six: Chief Steward J. A. Peterson, B.E.M., Merchant Navy British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (John A. Peterson); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine or better (6) £120-150
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (J. Maxey, 32nd L.I.) good very fine £1200-1400
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Three: Ordinary Seaman T. Baxter, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the S.S. Ashcrest was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic in December 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Thomas Baxter’, extremely fine (3) £60-80
Bulgaria, Order of St. Alexander (2), 5th Class with swords, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, in case of issue, slight enamel damage to one reverse arm; another, 5th Class without swords, silver, gilt and enamel, in case of issue, very fine and better (2) £140-180
£140–£180
Three: Chief Engineer J. C. Hall, Merchant Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the S.S. Linwood was mined in the Thames Estuary in November 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s Minister of Transport condolence slip in the name of ‘Jefferson C. Hall’, extremely fine (3) £60-80
Fifeshire Militia Artillery Officer’s Shako Plate c. 1852 - 1856, an extremely fine and rare example, being a copper gilt eight pointed star overlaid with silver mounts comprising a scroll ‘Deo Juvante’ the Thane of Fife over a scroll ‘Nimo Me Impune Lacessit’ a cannon and a scroll ‘Fifeshire Artillery’ the scroll with triple headed thistle finials, two loop fasteners, one ray point with slight buckling otherwise exceptional condition for the age £600-800
France, Reign of Louis Philippe, Legion of Honour (2), Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, with enamel damage; another, with crude repairs to white enamel, good fine and better (2) £120-160
£120–£160
John Gillman, 11th Light Dragoons Waterloo 1815 (John Gillman, 11th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge with small holes drilled at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock, suspension re-fixed, edge bruising and polished, good fine £1200-1400
£1,200–£1,400
Pair: K. J. Holmes, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (MM1 K. J. Holmes, RFA); Kuwait, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, extremely fine (2) £200-250
£200–£250
Germany, Prussia, Alsen Cross 1864, combatants; War Commemorative Medal 1864, combatants; War Commemorative Cross 1866, for Königgrätz, all with ribbon, very fine and better (3) £100-140
£100–£140
Germany, Prussia, Campaign Medal 1870-71, for combatants (2) bronze; for non-combatants (1) steel; together with 25 clasps, Weissenburg; Spicheren; Wörth; Colombey-Nouilly; Vionville-Mars-le-Tour (copy); Gravelotte-St. Privat; Beaumont; Noiseville; Sedan; Amiens; Beaune la Rolande; Villers; Loigny-Poupry; Orléans; Beaugency-Cravant (copy); An der Hallue; Bapaume; Le Mans; A.D. Lisaine; St. Quentin; Mont-Valerien (copy); Strassburg; Paris; Belfort; Metz, the medals and clasps mounted in a...
Germany, Third Reich, Oakleaves and Swords, for the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939, a contemporary jewellers privately made piece, silver, stamped, ‘800’ on reverse, extremely fine £800-1000
1st Ayrshire Yeomanry Officer’s Shako Plate c. 1817 - 28, a very rare example in cast silver or silver plate with a pin through oval overlay featuring St. Andrew and his cross and unit title, two original long silver loop fasteners (Bloomer Book 1, 257), very good condition £300-400
£300–£400
A German Third Reich ‘Condor Legion’ group of four Spanish Cross in Silver with Swords, silver, reverse pin-fitting removed and replaced by a screw-fitting, with consequent marks to reverse, in untitled blue case of issue; Armed Forces Long Service Medal, for 4 Years, with ‘Luftwaffe’ eagle on ribbon; Spain, Franco Period, Order of Military Merit, breast badge gilt and enamel, red enamel arms, centres refixed; War Commemorative Medal 1936, combatant’s ribbon, these two complete...
£1,200–£1,500
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