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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 June 1794 (John Heraut) better than very fine £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,050
Three: Ship’s Cook George Smith, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Geo. Smith); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor type (George Smith, Ship’s Cook, H.M.S. Excellent. 20 Years); St. Jean d’Acre 1840, bronze but sometime silvered, the last good fine, otherwise good very fine (3) £800-1000
A Great War ‘Salonika’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain (Pilot) H. J. Scales, No. 47 & 150 Squadrons, Royal Air Force, formerly City of London Yeomanry, killed whilst flying in 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2290 Pte., C. of Lond. Yeo.); British war and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) Victory Medal officially re-impressed; together with related group of three to Lieutenant J. W. H. Scales, Royal Air Force, comprising: 1914-15 Star (2833 Pte., C. of Lond....
A fine Immediate D.F.M. group of four awarded to Flight Sergeant B. Bolsworth, No. 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1338939 F/Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, very fine (4) £850-950
Hammer Price: £1,100
A fine 1940 ‘Fort Capuzzo’ M.M. awarded to Corporal L. F. Edmonds, 6th Royal Tank Regiment, later drowned in the Mediterranean when his P.O.W. transport was torpedoed by H.M. Submarine Porpoise Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7886393 Cpl., R. Tank R.) mounted on its original investiture pin, nearly extremely fine £450-550
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (C. P. Wallace, Lieut. 40th Foot) nearly extremely fine £700-900
A Great War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Captain (Pilot) H. Slingsby, Royal Air Force, who flew with No. 56 Squadron, commanded by the legendary fighter ace Major Jim McCudden, V.C. Air Force Cross, G.V.R. British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine (3) £600-800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801 (Stephen Knott) very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,150
A fine Somaliland 1940 M.M. group of eight awarded to Colour-Sergeant Harry Robertson, 2nd Battalion, Black Watch Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2754768 Cpl., Black Watch); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2754768 Pte., Black Watch); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence & War Medals; Korea 1950-53 (2754768 C.Sjt., M.M. B.W.); U.N. Korea, mounted as worn, contact marks, very fine or better (8) £600-700
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Color Serjt. Alexr. McLellan, Coldstm. Gds.) officially impressed naming, minor hairlines, otherwise nearly extremely fine £600-800
A very rare ‘Bahr-El-Ghazal Expedition 1900-1901’ presentation silver cigarette case, hallmarked Birmingham 1902, the front of the case inscribed ‘Bahr-El-Ghazal Expedition 1900-1901’, and with finely enamelled Union Jack and Turkish national flags, the back of the case inscribed with five facsimile signatures of the officers and the names of two N.C.O.s in block capitals, very good condition and very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,200
A post-war B.E.M. and Second War D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Electrician H. J. Justice, Royal Navy, for the sinking of the U-187 in January 1943 British Empire Medal (Military) E.II.R. (Ch. Elect., D.S.M., P/MX 803817); Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.128514 T/P.O.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.128514 A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.128514 P.O. H.M.S....
Three: Private Donald M’Kenzie, 42nd Regiment, a volunteer sharpshooter who was awarded the French Medaille Militaire Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (Donald M’Kenzie, 42nd Regt.) officially impressed naming; French Medaille Militaire, 1st type, lacking enamel to central circlet on reverse; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, generally very fine (3) £800-1000
Russia, Order of St Anne, First Class sash badge, circa 1830, gold and enamels, 50 mm, in the typical style of Pannasch, the reverse with maker’s mark EP under the red enamel, the top ring with St Petersburg hallmark, lacking suspension loop but sewn to its original full dress sash, very small chip to reverse centre, red enamel almost entirely lacking from two obverse arms and one reverse arm, the badge otherwise good very fine and rare £400-600
A good Jutland D.S.M. group of four awarded to Wireman G. J. Ellisdon, H.M.S. Tiger Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M13438. Wiren. 2Cl. H.M.S. Tiger. 31 May-1 June 1916); 1914-15 Star (M.13438. Ar. Cr. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.13438. Wmn. 1 R.N.) good very fine (4) £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,250
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893 (3583 Pte. J. Armstrong, 1st Batt. R. Highls.) pawnbroker’s mark in obverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce £400-500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Egypt, Martinique, Guadaloupe (Joseph Hudson, 13th Foot) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine and rare £1000-1200
A Great War D.S.C. group of five awarded to Captain H. A. Furniss, Royal Naval Air Service, late British Red Cross Society and R.N.V.R. Armoured Cars Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (B.R.C. & St.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.A.F.); French Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, nearly extremely fine (5) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,300
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gaieta 24 July 1815, Syria (John Vaughan, Boatswain) last letter of Christian name and first three letters of surname engraved, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and a unique combination of clasps £1400-1800
Hammer Price: £1,350
Five: Chief Petty Officer A. C. Mansfield, Royal Navy, later 2nd Class Supervisor, Ashanti Field Force Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (A.B. H.M.S. “Inflexible”); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu August 1893 (C.P.O. H.M.S. Swallow); Ashanti 1900, no clasp (2nd Cl. Supervisor, A.F.F.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Captn. M. Top. H.M.S. Minotaur); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks, otherwise about nearly very fine and a very...
A Great War Destroyer Commander’s D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Rear-Admiral G. H. Knowles, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Commr., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal; Coronation 1911, mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (L. Kennedy, 42nd Foot) extremely fine £600-700
Hammer Price: £1,450
A good Great War M.C., Al Valore Militare group of five awarded to Captain F. C. Pritchard, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Defence Medal; Italy Al Valore Militare, in bronze, extremely fine (5) £800-1000
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Piper A. McLeod, 42nd Rl. Highlanders) suspension claw re-fixed, edge bruise, otherwise very fine and rare £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,500
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 2 clasps, Rhodesia 1896, Mashonaland 1897 (Lieut. C.V. Williams, Victoria Coln.) extremely fine and rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £1,550
Royal Marines, an extremely fine and very rare officer’s 1829 pattern shako plate, the crowned copper gilt back plate with gilt scroll overlays ‘GIBRALTAR’ and ‘PER MARE PER TERRAM’ and centrally in silver the fouled anchor (KK1085), the top jewel missing from the orb and cross otherwise near mint condition £1000-1500
Hammer Price: £1,600
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military), breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘TD HD’, complete with wide gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, some minor chips to central wreaths, otherwise nearly extremely fine and an excellent example £1200-1500
Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Captn. Brook Bailey, Comg. 4th Compy. 2nd Bn. Arty.) good very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,650
A good Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. Morris, Scottish Rifles, later Military Provost Staff Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2883 Serjt., 4th Scot. Rifles); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (2883 Sgt., Scottish Rifles); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R.G.VI.R., 1st issue (1180 S./Sjt., (D.C.M.) M.P.S.C.); Army L.S.G.C., E.VII.R. (1180 S. Sjt., Mil. Pro. St. C.) some edge...
Hammer Price: £1,700
Three: Private Cornelius Reilly, 1st European Fusiliers and Waikato Regiment Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (1st Bombay Eurn. Fusrs.); New Zealand 1845-1866, reverse dated 1861 to 1866 (Corpl., 3rd Waikato Regt.); H.E.I.C. Long Service, 1st issue with company arms on obverse (Private, 1st Eur. Regiment Fusiliers) light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine and a rare group (3) £800-1000
A very rare Great War ‘Immediate’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Nursing Sister Alice Meldrum, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, awarded for the sinking of the Hospital Ship Anglia in 1915 Royal Red Cross, R.R.C., G.V.R., 2nd class, in silver and enamels; 1914-15 Star (S./Nurse, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Sister); together with uniform tippet, in grey cloth with red facings, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Medal, in silver,...
Royal Marine Artillery, a most rare and magnificent officer’s shako plate c1812-1816, the die-stamped copper gilt plate with raised designs of the crown battle trophies title strap and enclosed fouled anchor, at the base a mortar between two piles of shot, two stout original loop fasteners to the reverse (KK1084A), near mint state £1000-1500
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Great War A.F.C., Second World War C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Air Commodore J. J. Williamson, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, with whom he served in the Sudan in 1916 The Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 2nd type neck badge in case of issue; Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2354 Pte., Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.A.F.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, no clasp (36203 2.A.M., R.F.C.) officially impressed naming; Greece, Order of the...
A Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain Spencer Tryon, East African Mounted Rifles, formerly Imperial Light Horse and Transvaal Mounted Rifles Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse neatly inscribed ‘Awarded to Capt. S. Tryon, King’s African Rifles’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (Lieut., Imp. Lt. Horse); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt., I.L.H.); Natal 1906, clasp, 1906 (Lt., Transvaal Mtd. Rifles); 1914-15 Star...
Hammer Price: £1,850
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Hawke 18 Augt 1811, the impressed naming almost completely erased except for faint traces of the first and final letters (W and S.), otherwise as issued, nearly extremely fine and very rare £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,900
A very rare Boer War D.C.M., Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant J. P. Donnelly, East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action in 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3269 Pte., E. York. Regt.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (17469 A./Cpl., 1/E. York. R.) surname spelt ‘Donnolly’ on this medal; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (3269 Pte., 2: E. York. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3269 Pte., E....
Hammer Price: £1,950
A scarce M.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Sergeant C. S. Moreton, 41st Royal Tank Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7903790 Sjt., R. Tank R.) with Second Award Bar, contained in named card box of issue with named Buckingham Palace letter and transmission letter; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal, together with original Warrant of appointment to be Warrant Officer, R.E.M.E., dated July 1954, and a cigarette case with engraved monogram, extremely fine (5) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Trafalgar, St. Domingo (Henry Silcock) edge bruises and some rubbing to rim, possibly mounted at one time, otherwise very fine £1400-1600
A rare Great War D.F.M. pair awarded to Sergeant J. C. Hagan, Royal Air Force, one of the first two ever awarded in June 1918 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (113763 Sergt., R.A.F.); French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with M.I.D. oak leaf and bronze palme; together with R.F.C. cap badge and related British War and Victory Medals (S-14650 Pte. H. Hagan, Seaforth) good very fine (5) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,100
A fine escaper’s D.C.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant George “Paddy” Devlin, 1st Royal Tank Regiment, captured at Tobruk Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (7887993 A.Sjt., R. Tank R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal, light contact marks and small edge bruise to the first, otherwise very fine (4) £1800-2200
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