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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 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 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 Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Colonel A. N. R. McNeill, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; 1914 Star (Capt., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); India General Service 1936-39,1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Col., D.S.O., R.A.M.C.); War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (7) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,150
‘The escape of M.L. 128 under Lieutenant-Commander R. Saunders deserves more than a passing reference, for it was certainly one of the most thrilling during two actions filled with thrills. As this launch was approaching Ostend piers she suddenly emerged from the smoke-screen to find herself almost on the beach, not more than two or three hundred yards away. By the houses on the front Lieutenant-Commander Saunders knew he was to the westward of the piers, and turned to make for them at...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A good Great War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Ferguson, Royal Engineers, onetime attached Egyptian Army, who won a “mention” for his command of a New Zealand Field Company in Gallipoli and rose to senior command in France in 1918, where he was wounded Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star (Capt. F. A. Ferguson, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. F. A. Ferguson); Defence Medal 1939-45; Egypt,...
Hammer Price: £2,100
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 C.B.E. group of four awarded to Engineer Captain A. V. Blake, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (A. V. Blake, Asst. Engr. R.N., H.M.S. “Inflexible”); Khedive’s Star, 1882, unnamed; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 2nd Class set of insignia, neck badge, silver, gold and enamel; breast star,...
Hammer Price: £1,250
A fine M.V.O., Great War boat action D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Rear-Admiral E. R. Corson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in H.M.S. Fox’s steam cutter at Dar-es-Salaam in November 1914, on which occasion Commander Ritchie won the first Naval V.C. of the War - ‘bullets were raining over and into the boat and through and against the thin iron plates rigged on either side of the boiler and around the coxswain’ The Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) Member’s Fourth...
Hammer Price: £8,000
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. group of five awarded to Major H. D. Cloete, Indian Army, late Middlesex Regiment, murdered by an outraged husband, 29 February 1920 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (2/Lieut., Middx. Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Capt., 92 Punjabis); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) some contact marks, very fine and better (5) £1600-2000
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War ‘Palestine’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain E. Hammick, Indian Army, who died of wounds on 8 October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘20th Sept. 1918 Capt. Eustace Hammick, 17th Regt. I.A. Palestine’; 1914-15 Star (Capt., 1/17/Infy.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Belgium, Order of the Crown, 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, extremely fine (5) £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,950
A Great War ‘Palestine’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant R. P. Young, Royal Sussex Regiment, killed in action near Jerusalem, 17 December 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) mounted court style for display, extremely fine (4) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,100
‘I have been sitting in about a foot of mud in a trench full of dead bodies which swell. But I am used to it and it makes no difference to me ... My battery alone must have fired many more shells than were used in the South Africa War by the whole army ... We were the only Division who took both lines of the German trenches and in the process my Brigade wiped out the Prussian Guard by shell fire. In some of our Infantry Battalions there is hardly an officer left. Over half our gunners in...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A fine Great War ace’s M.C. group of three awarded to Captain J. H. T. Letts, Royal Air Force, late Lincolnshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who, having taken over as a Flight Commander from Captain W. Leefe-Robinson, V.C., in No. 48 Squadron, claimed 13 victories in Bristol Fighters inside six months: famed for his aggression in combat, he twice returned to base with dead Observers, was himself shot down and wounded by Leutnant Maashoff of Jasta 11, and was killed rolling his...
Hammer Price: £4,100
A Great War ‘Salonika’ M.C. group of three awarded to Second Lieutenant T. Featherstone, 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action, Second Battle of Doiran, 25 April 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals, small M.I.D. oak leaf (2 Lieut.) extremely fine (3) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £2,300
A rare 1920 ‘Army of the Black Sea’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major E. U. Grimshaw, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. U. Grimshaw. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major E. U. Grimshaw), mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Second World War M.C. group of five attributed to Major R. W. Cook, Northamptonshire Regiment, who died on active service in Italy in May 1944 Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1943’, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the recipient’s original Army Council condolence slip in the name of ‘Major R. W. Cook, M.C.’, and the addressed lid of his campaign medal forwarding box,...
Hammer Price: £750
INTRODUCTION Jack Tirrell was first decorated for his coolness under fire in the Blitzkrieg in May 1940, when B.Q.M.S. of ‘L’ Troop, 2nd R.H.A. In the desperate action at Mont des Cats, he and his battery engaged the enemy over open sights until virtually overrun, whereupon they hastily destroyed their guns and made for Dunkirk. As it transpired, Tirrell was to be present in several more actions of the ‘open sight’ variety, for in 1941, and having been commissioned in the Field,...
Hammer Price: £48,000
The exceptional Iraq ‘Battle of Danny Boy’ M.C. group of six awarded to Corporal M. R. Byles, 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, who was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry on 14 May 2004 when he dismounted his Warrior armoured vehicle and led a full frontal assault with bayonets fixed to clear an enemy trench system – A comrade of Johnson Beharry who was decorated with his Victoria Cross at the same time as the recipient, the story of this extraordinarily action...
Hammer Price: £20,000
A Great War D.F.C. group of three awarded to Major H. A. Coysh, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who served as an Observer in No. 15 Squadron in 1918 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in its John Pinches, London case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Major H. A. Coysh), these last two official late claims from 1940, very fine and better (3) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,650
A Second World War ‘special duties’ D.F.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader W. W. Gunton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallantry in No. 161 Squadron, which unit was charged with dropping agents and supplies into Occupied Europe Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with the recipient’s original Buckingham Palace D.F.C....
Hammer Price: £1,600
‘Sir Samuel Hoare, British Air Minister, and Lady Maud, returned to London last week from a 12,000 mile round trip flight inaugurating the London-Cairo-Delhi air service. For this feat she was appointed Dame Commander of the British Empire (D.B.E.). She is the first woman ever to fly so many miles. There had been snow, rain, fog, sandstorms, but not a spare part was needed.’ The Times, 28 February 1927, refers. The rare Dame of the British Empire set of insignia bestowed on Lady...
A Great War Mesopotamia operations O.B.E. pair awarded to Quarter-Master & Major D. C. Baxter, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1917; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq, M.I.D. oak leaf (Q.M. & Capt. D. C. Baxter), good very fine (2) £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
A post-war Colonial Service O.B.E., Second World War campaign group of five awarded to Captain A. R. Elliott, 4th Gurkha Rifles, attached 2nd (Gurkha) Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment, late Royal Engineers, who was mentioned in despatches for gallant deeds in Burma - most probably his unit’s parachute deployment to Elephant Point as part of “Operation Dracula” in May 1945 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, in its...
Hammer Price: £600
An M.B.E. pair awarded to Matron Gladys Hope-Lucas The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, unnamed, mounted ‘bow and tails’, in Royal Mint case of issue; Guy’s Hospital Sisters’ Medal, by Waterlow & Sons, obverse: hospital facade, ‘Guy’s Hospital Founded A.D. 1724’ ‘Sister’ and inscribed, ‘Hope Lucas August 10th 1925’, 82mm., silver base metal, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine (2) ...
Hammer Price: £220
A rare pre-war Palestine operations M.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain H. J. C. Thomas, Lincolnshire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2nd Lieut. H. J. C. Thomans, Linc. R.), in its named card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, in their original addressed card forwarding box, extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War A.R.R.C. pair awarded to Nursing Sister G. B. McCullouch, Canadian Army Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed; 1914-15 Star (N. Sister G. B. McCullough, Can. A.M.C.); together with erased British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, good very fine and better (4) £200-250
Hammer Price: £290
A Great War A.R.R.C. pair awarded to Sister Mary Theresa Wilman, Territorial Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed, on bow ribbon; British War Medal 1914-20 (Sister M. T. Wilman) nearly extremely fine (2) £200-250
Hammer Price: £200
The exceptional O.B.I. pair awarded to Subadar Oomraj/Umraz, 27th Regiment Native Infantry Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 6 clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, Jowaki 1877-8, Looshai (Sepoy Oomraj, 27th Regt. N.I.) clasps mounted in that order, claw refitted; together with a loose clasp, ‘Ali Musjid’, medal with contact marks and some edge bruising, nearly very fine; decoration nearly extremely...
Hammer Price: £1,750
A Crimean War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal Frederick Minister, Scots Fusilier Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R., naming neatly erased; Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Fredk. Minister Scots Fusr. Gds.) contemporary engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2474 Corpl. Fk. Minister, Scots Fusr. Gds.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (2474 Fredk. Minister S F G) contemporary engraved...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A September 1914 ‘Battle of the Aisne’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Acting Corporal James Webber, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, who was also mentioned in despatches and killed in action in October 1914 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8944 Pte. J. Webber. H.L.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8944 Pte. J. Webber, 2/High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (8944 Pte. J. Webber. High. L.I.) extremely fine (4) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,800
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 Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant W. H. Barrett, 2nd Battalion London Regiment - later severely wounded in action Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2290 Sjt., 2/Lond. R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2290 L. Cpl., 2’ Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2292 Sjt., 2-Lond. R.) note different service numbers, mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £1000-1200
A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Serjeant J. Clarke, 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who died of wounds on 18 June 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6931 Sjt. J. Clarke, 1/Nth.’ld. Fus.) edge bruising, very fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £550
‘Eustace was No. 1 of the gun. Nothing ruffled him. Just how many tanks he accounted for is impossible to say. But when one of them passed him at a few yards’ range he swung his gun through almost a complete circle, engaged it and knocked it out. With his gun spattered with bullet holes, with an A.P. round lodged in the carriage and assisted only by a gunner from a disabled Bofors, he fought his gun until the remaining enemy had withdrawn. Then he reverted to a field role in answer to...
Hammer Price: £4,600
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 ‘N.W. Frontier 1908’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Subadar-Major Bahadur Khan, 33rd Punjabis, killed in action France, 25 September 1915, and awarded a posthumous I.O.M. 2nd Class Indian Distinguished Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Subdr. Major Bahada[r] Khan, 33d Pjbs.) erasure between the two names, lacking brooch bar, very fine £600-700
An extremely rare Great War relief of Kut operations D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman H. Blanchard, Royal Navy, one of 15 men who volunteered to man the river steamer Julnar on a suicidal mission to get supplies through to Kut in April 1916, an extraordinary episode that resulted in the award of two posthumous V.Cs, a D.S.O., three C.G.Ms and ten D.S.Ms - and the cold-blooded murder of Lieutenant-Commander C. H. Cowley, R.N.V.R., the “Pirate of Basra” Distinguished Service...
Hammer Price: £3,700
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