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The important and excessively rare Second World War S.B.S. operations M.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Sergeant D. “Duggie” Pomford, South Lancashire Regiment: a pre-war champion amateur boxer - who later established and ran the famous Golden Gloves Club in Liverpool - he honed his fighting skills in No. 2 Special Service Brigade and No. 11 Commando under Keyes, V.C., prior to becoming a founder member of No. 1 Special Boat Section in 1941: he was subsequently twice decorated for...
Hammer Price: £90,000
THE GRENFELL FAMILY MEDALS ‘He was all that you could have desired and all that our race needs to keep its honour fair and bright.’ Winston Churchill, in a letter of condolence to Lord and Lady Desborough, the parents of Captain Hon. Julian Grenfell, D.S.O. The important and poignant Great War B.E.F. 1914 operations D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain Hon. J. H. F. Grenfell, 1st Royal Dragoons, the noted war poet whose “Into Battle” received critical acclaim on being...
Hammer Price: £16,000
The Field Officer’s Gold Medal awarded to Major Thomas Laing, 94th Foot, a veteran of the Mysore campaign and the capture of Seringapatam in 1799, he was severely wounded with the storming party at Ciudad Rodrigo; affectionately known as ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ on account of his dishevelled appearance, ‘he was well liked by the soldiers being an excellent officer and brave as a lion’ Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Nivelle, 1 clasp, Orthes (Captn. Thos. Laing, 94th Regt.)...
Hammer Price: £15,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Martinique, 1 & 18 Sep Boat Service 1812, 6 Jan Boat Service 1813 (Theos. Furneaux.) good very fine £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £11,000
A rare Korea M.C. group of four awarded to Captain R. T. D. Sullivan, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for his gallantry under fire on the Hook feature in November 1952 Military Cross, E.II.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1953’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Lt. R. T. D. Sullivan, R.E.); Korea 1950-53 (Capt. R. T. D. Sullivan, M.C., R.E.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted court-style as worn, rank officially corrected on the third, generally extremely fine (4) ...
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, G.C.I.E., Knight Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising sash badge, gold and enamels; and breast star in silver with gilt rays and appliqué centre in gold and enamels, fitted with gold pin for wearing, complete with full dress sash in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue, a few very minor enamel chips to badge, otherwise extremely fine £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £9,200
An important Knight Bachelor’s C.B., Great War C.M.G. group of thirteen awarded to Brigadier-General Sir James “Archimedes” Edmonds, late Royal Engineers, who, among other accolades, outscored the likes of Haig and Allenby at Staff College and, as a talented Intelligence Officer, assembled sufficient evidence of German espionage to prompt the creation of the Secret Service Bureau: but he will best be remembered for his extraordinary contribution as Editor in Chief to the 29-volume...
Hammer Price: £7,000
As Gifted by Squadron Leader C. A. C. Stone, D.F.C., and Thence by Direct Descent ‘To me, the saddest thing about the whole campaign was the failure to reward Bunny Stone for the absolutely magnificent job he did as the senior fighter squadron commander of the R.A.F. forces in Burma. The fact that in Burma he was credited with two confirmed and two damaged aircraft in the air, destroyed two of their bombers on the ground, led the unit which sank the troop ship, and took part in numerous...
Hammer Price: £6,500
Russia, Empire, Order of St Anne, 2nd class neck badge with swords by Edouard, St Petersburg, gold and enamels, 48 mm x 48 mm, manufacturer’s name on reverse, ‘56’ zolotnik mark on eyelet, kokoshnik marks for St. Petersburg 1908-17 on sword hilts, with full neck cravat; Order of St Stanislaus, 2nd class neck badge with swords by Keibel, St Petersburg, gold and enamels, 49 mm x 49 mm, manufacturer’s initials ‘IK’ and double-headed eagle on reverse, ‘56’ zolotnik mark for St...
Hammer Price: £6,200
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Thomas Reynolds, 2nd Batt. 73rd Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, file marks over ‘2nd’, otherwise nearly very fine £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £6,000
A very fine Great War Divisional Commander’s C.B., C.M.G., and Boer War D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Major-General W. H. ‘Bob’ Greenly, 19th Hussars, late 12th Lancers The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; 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, enamel damage to both centres; Distinguished Service Order,...
An unusual Second World War Rhodesian pilot’s D.F.C. and Bar group of eight awarded to Squadron Leader K. D’A. Taute, Royal Air Force, afterwards a Brigadier in the Rhodesia Staff Corps, whose first D.F.C. was an immediate award for operations over France and Belgium in 1940, when he was ‘shot through the leg in two places’ but still managed to bring his aircraft home: his was also the first D.F.C. awarded to a Rhodesian in the 1939-45 War Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with...
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (Hy. Mann. Shipwt. H.M.S. Alert) lightly polished, otherwise very fine £4000-5000
A particularly fine Second World War D-Day M.M group of seven awarded to Sergeant W. E. “Bob” Palmer, 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, who at point blank range destroyed an enemy anti-tank gun emplacement at Le Hamel, thereby allowing 231 Infantry Brigade’s advance to continue Military Medal, G.VI.R. (899639 A./W.O. Cl. 2 R. E. Palmer, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medal 1939-45, these four privately inscribed, ‘899639 A./W.O....
Three: Private James Gosnell, 42nd Royal Highlanders, who was severely wounded at Toulouse and by a lance at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Jas. Gosnell, 42nd Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (James Gosnell, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry) fitted with replacement silver bar suspension; 42nd Foot Medal 1819, silver (Js. Gosnell) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (3) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £5,200
An exceptional Second World War escaper’s M.C. group of eleven awarded to Captain C. D. C. K. Leslie, Highland Light Infantry, attached Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.), who made a successful bid for freedom in Italy in 1943-44, having been captured during a special mission to Rhodes while a member of S.O.E’s M.O. 4’s ‘Marine Section’: having enjoyed some success out in Hollywood in the 1920s and 30s, he eventually settled in Rhodesia where he onetime served as Sergeant at...
A Second World War Normandy operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant-Major D. Wilkinson, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, for great gallantry in a classic “bocage” action in July 1944 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (4688371 W.O. Cl. 2 D. Wilkinson, K.O.Y.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (4) £3500-4000
Hammer Price: £5,000
Polar Medal 1904, E.II.R., 2nd issue, silver, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1958-61 (Anthony G. Davies, M.B., Ch.B.) extremely fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,000
A rare Second World War North Africa operations M.M. and Bar group of six awarded to Sergeant W. Penman, 25th (New Zealand) Battalion, who was decorated for his gallantry on Meterya Ridge in October 1942, when he was wounded, and at Djebel Tebaga in March 1943 - he was subsequently killed in action in Italy Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (35902 L./Sgt. W. Penman, 2 N.Z.E.F. 1943); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; New Zealand Service Medal 1939-45;...
Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, silver (Mr Bruff Master of the Orion) finely engraved in running script in reverse field, contained in a glazed gold case with integral loop, a superb example, extremely fine £2000-3000
Hammer Price: £3,900
‘Major Adair’s Grenadiers evoked the highest admiration amongst all the soldiers they passed on their way, the Guardsmen showing no sign of exhaustion. The ferocity of their attack however would later be confirmed ... German losses were high for the 27-28 May 1940. In front of the bitterly fought over Woestyns House lay the bodies of Major Riedelsdorfer, Kommandeur of III/IR 176, together with his Adjutant Leutnant Gansnske and Oberleutnant Gorg. The counter-attack by the 3rd Grenadiers...
A fine Second World War escaper’s D.C.M. awarded to Corporal W. Corkery, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment), who was captured in Norway in April 1940: at length finding himself in a P.O.W. camp in Poland, he and a comrade made a break for the Russian lines and, following much hardship, were handed over to the British Embassy in Moscow Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (3511456 Cpl. W. Corkery, Foresters), good very fine £3000-3500
A fine Second World War Italy operations D.C.M. group of six awarded to Corporal W. Crockett, Royal Fusiliers, who was decorated for his gallantry during the River Savio operations of October 1944, when he displayed an ‘utter contempt for the enemy’ and a ‘savage and intense eagerness’ to close with him: several fell to his gun at close quarters Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6141418 Cpl. W. Crockett, R. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star;...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A rare Second World War honorary M.M. group of eight awarded to Lance- Sergeant Michael Antoniszewski, Polish Army, who was decorated for gallantry in North Africa Poland, Cross of Valour, with 2 Bars; Poland, Monte Cassino Cross 1944, the reverse officially numbered, ‘2/086’; Poland, Army Active Service Medal; Great Britain, Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6194 L. Sjt. M. Antoniszewski, Polish Army); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal 1939-45, together with an embroidered...
A rare Second World War D-Day M.C. group of six awarded to Temporary Captain D. A. King, 81 Assault Squadron, R.E., whose specially adapted A.V.R.E. Churchill tank proved instrumental in enabling the 6th Green Howards - and C.S.M. Stanley Hollis, V.C. - to move forward off La Riviere beach on D-Day: equipped with spigot mortars that fired concrete-shattering 40lb. projectiles (a.k.a. “Flying Dustbins”), they were nonetheless vulnerable to the enemy’s much vaunted Panzerfaust...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A rare Second World War honorary D.F.M. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer E. Szczerba, Free Polish Air Force, attached Royal Air Force, who was decorated for his part in over 50 ‘special duties’ operations - half a dozen of them to Warsaw at the time of the famous uprising Poland, Virtuti Militari, breast badge, silver-gilt, silver and enamel; Poland, Cross of Valour, with 2 Bars; Poland, Air Force Active Service Medal, silvered-metal, with 3 Bars; Great Britain, Distinguished...
Pair: Private James Gearns, 42nd Royal Highlanders, who was wounded at Quatre Bras Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Jas. Gearns, 42nd Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (James Gearns, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, two letters of name corrected on the last, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £3,500
A fine Second World War anti-U-boat operations D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander A. H. L. Harvey, Royal Navy, a long-served destroyer officer who first went into action in H.M.S. Punjabi at Narvik in 1940, but who was decorated and twice mentioned in despatches for his subsequent services in the Croome 1941-44 - in which period she rammed and sank an Italian submarine and shared in the destruction of two U-boats: post-war he added a third “mention” to his accolades for his...
Hammer Price: £3,300
Serbia, Order of the White Eagle (Military), 2nd class, 2nd type set of insignia, comprising neck badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamels, 90 mm x 40 mm; and breast star with swords, silver-gilt and enamels, 88 mm x 83 mm, complete with full neck cravat in its Bertrand, Beranger & Magdelaine, Paris, case of issue, nearly extremely fine £400-500
Three: Private James McCabe, 13th Prince Albert’s Light Infantry Ghuznee 1839 (J. McCabe No. 533. 13th or P.A.L.I.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with ‘german silver’ bar suspension; Defence of Jellalabad 1842, Mural Crown, contemporary engraved naming as before, fitted with ‘german silver’ bar suspension; Cabul 1842 (Jas. McCabe 13th or P.A.L.I.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with fixed silver suspension bar, contact marks, therefore fine or better (3) £2000-2500
A most unusual grouping of awards and documentation to Zulu War veteran Corporal G. A. G. Cooper, 17th Lancers, afterwards a long served postman who added the I.S.M. to his accolades - and including an extremely rare surviving copy of Seven Months with the 17th (D.C.O.) Lancers in South Africa, by Private A. Walker South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (No. 2282 Pte. G. Cooper, 17th D.C.O. Lcrs.), contained in an old leather case; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., star-shaped issue (George Ap...
A most unusual Second World War B.E.F. 1940 operations D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant J. T. Carr, 2nd Surrey Regiment, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for his gallantry below deck in the destroyer H.M.S. Grafton when she was torpedoed off Dunkirk in May 1940 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (1052363 Sjt. J. T. Carr, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1052363 Sjt. J. T. Carr, R.A.), mounted...
Hammer Price: £3,200
An important Malaya operations O.B.E., Korea War Silver Star group of ten awarded to Colonel J. B. Gillies, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: in the 1st Battalion’s courageous assault on “Hill 282” in Korea on 23 September 1950, he fought alongside Major K. Muir, and was one of three men to submit statements in support of the latter being awarded a posthumous V.C. - it was Gillies who recorded the Major’s last words before he was carried mortally wounded from the summit: “No Gooks...
Hammer Price: £3,100
A fine Great War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Major S. Carwithen, Royal Artillery, late Cape Mounted Rifles, a veteran of the Bechuanaland operations and defence of Wepener, who was also twice mentioned in despatches for Salonika Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (2716 Pte. S. Carwithen, C.M. Rif.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Lieut....
Polar Medal 1904, G.VI.R., bronze, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1931-37 (Joseph Reid) extremely fine £2500-3000
Polar Medal 1904, E.II.R., 1st issue, silver, 1 clasp, Antarctic 1947-49 (Terence M. Randall) extremely fine £2500-3000
A Great War Zeebrugge raid D.S.M. group of four awarded to Leading Deck Hand W. S. J. Golding, Royal Naval Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Motor Launch 258 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (SD. 4488 W. S. J. Golding, Dk. Hd., R.N.R., M.L. 258, Zeebrugge-Ostend 22-3 Ap. 1918); British War Medal 1914-20 (4488 S.D. W. S. J. Golding, L.D.H., R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William S. J. Golding); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4488 S.D. W. S. J. Golding, L.D.H.,...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Pair: Staff Sergeant-Major E. G. Adames, British South Africa Police, a ‘Jameson raider’ who died in the Boer War British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (Corpl. E. C. Adams. B.S.A. Police) note second initial and spelling of surname; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Rhodesia (539 S. Sjt: Maj: E. G. Adames. B.S.A. Police) good very fine or better (2) £800-1000
A fine Second World War Burma operations D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier A. A. Crook, Northamptonshire Regiment, late Royal Artillery, who was decorated for his gallant command of 6th (West African) Infantry Brigade during the crossing of the Kaladan River in December 1944: he had earlier served with distinction as C.O. of the 5th Northamptons in North Africa and would add the Greek Military Cross to his accolades before becoming a Military Knight of Windsor Distinguished...
Hammer Price: £2,900
An outstanding Second World War Coastal Forces D.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Motor Mechanic 3rd Class R. H. White, Royal Navy, who, having been mentioned in despatches for gallant services under “Hitch” Hichens in M.G.B. 65 in December 1941, won a fine D.S.M. for another firefight in July 1942 - in which all of his shipmates were wounded - and a second “mention” for an equally spectacular action off Cherbourg in May 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (MX. 69116 R....
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