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Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (A. Campbell, Drumr. 74th Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £2800-3200
Hammer Price: £2,700
The 88th Foot Order of Merit awarded to Private John Richardson, a remarkable soldier who was one of the Forlorn Hope and wounded at Buenos Ayres in 1807, was again wounded at Busaco and also in each of the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, he was afterwards present at Plattsburg in North America, and when discharged after more than 30 years service the regimental Surgeon described him as ‘perhaps the oldest soldier in the Army’ 88th Foot Order of Merit 1818, 3rd class, 26mm but...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A fine Second World War Italy operations M.M. group of six awarded to Private M. Pook, Hampshire Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry on the first day of the Salerno landings in September 1943, on which occasion he was knocked out by a shell burst and hit in the leg, but nonetheless returned to the fray, firing his Bren gun from the hip - he was subsequently killed in action Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5499645 Pte. M. Pook, Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence...
A fine Royal Household K.C.V.O. group of eleven awarded to Sir George Ponsonby, late Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards - who was severely wounded at Neuve Chapelle in December 1915 - and was for many years Comptroller of the Household and Private Secretary to Queen Maud of Norway The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, breast star, silver, with gilt and enamel centre, both officially numbered ‘K624’; 1914-15 Star (2...
Hammer Price: £2,500
“He was a gentle and sensitive young man who knew the ideals he was fighting for. He is no longer missing.” Wing Commander Montgomery, C.O. of R.A.F. Manston, in his closing address at the funeral of Flight Sergeant Ernest Scott - 50 years after his death in action. An outstanding Battle of Britain ace’s campaign group of three awarded to Sergeant E. Scott, Royal Air Force, who gained five confirmed victories and three “probables” in Spitfires of No. 222 Squadron in September...
A scarce ‘Defence of Kumassi’ group of three awarded to Doctor A. J. Chalmers, Ashanti Field Force, one of the Governor’s party in the break out from Kumassi, he was later distinguished in the field of tropical medicine Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi, high relief bust (Dr: A. J. Chalmers. A.F.F.); Coronation 1911 (Capt A. J. Chalmers C.V.M.C.); Egypt, Order of the Nile, 3rd class neck badge by Lattes, silver, gilt and enamels, with full neck cravat, the first very fine, others good...
A Light Division Peninsular War medal to Private Robert Bottoms, 52nd Foot, one of the small detachment present at the siege of St Sebastian Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nive (R. Bottoms, 52nd Foot) edge bruising, therefore very fine £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,400
The rare Ashanti 1900 C.M.G. group of four awarded to H. B. W. Russell, Private Secretary to Colonel Sir James Willcocks, Commanding Ashanti Field Force The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; Coronation 1902, bronze; Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi, high relief bust (H. B. W. Russell, C.M.G., A.F. Fce:); Colonial Auxiliary Forces L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Capt. H. B. W. Russell,...
Hammer Price: £2,300
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (891 Pte. J. Mitchell, 1/60 K.O.R.) officially engraved naming, extremely fine £1200-1500
The Peninsula War medal to Corporal John Brokie, 79th Foot, who, taken prisoner at Fuentes d’Onor, escaped after one month in captivity, and was severely wounded in the right thigh at Toulouse and in both thighs and testicles at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Corunna, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (J. Brokie, Corporal, 79th Foot.) good very fine £2500-300
Perth Tribute Medal 1901-02, 33 mm x 24 mm, badge of the Black Watch in gold, glazed both sides and set within a gold band surmounted by the Imperial crown and ring suspension, reverse of the badge engraved ‘South Africa 1901-2 Pte. G. McFarlane 8972’, extremely fine and very rare £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £2,200
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Alfred Alone) edge bruise, very fine £2000-2500
A fine Great War M.C. group of nine awarded to Colonel J. D. “Debonair Digby” Wyatt, Northamptonshire Regiment, onetime Second-in-Command of the 2/4th Gloucesters and 2/6th Warwickshires, who was wounded at Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 and gassed in early December 1917: his wartime diary is held in the archives of the Imperial War Museum and is a popular reference in respect of his entries covering the “Christmas Truce” 1914, when he was attached to the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire...
A unique illuminated address from survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade - presented to T. H. Roberts on the occasion he invited them to his offices in Fleet Street to view Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee procession in 1897 The colours of the Light Brigade regiments top left, with laurel decoration, and inscribed: ‘To T. H. Roberts 158 Fleet Street Dear Sir, We the survivors of the Light Cavalry Charge at Balaclava desire to record our deep sense of the warm hearted...
A Crimean War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Drummer Thomas O’Connor, 72nd Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Drummr. T. O’Connor, 72nd Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed; Turkish Crimea 1855, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, edge bruising, otherwise very fine (3) £2000-2500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Nivelle (Thomas Colvin, 57th Foot) with silver buckle on ribbon, edge bruising, some scratches to reverse, very fine £1400-1800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (R. Wilson, 71st Foot) edge bruise, otherwise attractively dark toned, nearly extremely fine £1800-2200
A First Carlist War group of three awarded to Surgeon C. B. Brearey, M.D., British Auxiliary Legion Spain, Kingdom, San Sebastian Cross 1836, 27 x 27mm., silver, obverse arms inscribed, ‘Staff Surgeon C. B. Brearey’, incorrect ribbon; Cross for the Liberators of Bilboa 1836, 33 x 23mm., gold and enamel, incorrect ribbon; Irun Medal 1837, oval, 29 x 24mm., gold and enamel, reverse additionally inscribed, ‘Staff Surgen (sic) B.A. Lg. Spain C. B. Brearey, M.D., M.R.C.S,’, correct...
Hammer Price: £2,100
The unusual Great War C.B.E. and foreign order group of four awarded to Instructor Captain G. V. Rayment, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (Inst. Commr. G. V. Rayment, R.N.); China, Republic, Order of the Striped Tiger, 4th Class breast badge, 70mm., silver-gilt and enamel, three stars above centre, unmarked, enamel damage to...
A Second World War D.F.C. group of four awarded to Flying Officer A. E. Parker, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallantry as a Navigator in Lancasters of No. 49 Squadron in 1944-45 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (4) £1600-1800
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Juba River 1893 (H. Singer, Ord., H.M.S. Blanche) claw refitted, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine, rare £2000-2500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Sahagun (Thomas Bannister, 15th Hussars) silver buckle on ribbon, edge bruising, otherwise very fine and rare £1800-2200
A Great War C.B.E., Boer War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel John Mackie, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 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; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major, K.O. Scot. Bord.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps...
Hammer Price: £2,000
An interesting Great War M.C. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Fryer, Glider Pilot Regiment (A.A.C.), late King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Indian Army Reserve of Officers, who was killed in a flying accident in July 1944 Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2-Lieut. C. R. Fryer, K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. R. Fryer); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia, naming erased; 1939-45 Star;...
‘His devotion to the Regiment surpassed anything I have ever known. The Regiment was to him the beginning and end of all things; and I well remember once discussing with him his future prospects and intentions as his time for retirement was drawing near. He sat silent for a few moments, and then in slow measured tones remarked: “They may turn me away officially, but I will never leave the Regiment.” The remark was so typical of the man and so thoroughly characteristic of his life’s...
An interesting group of four awarded to Sir Henry Hayden, C.S.I., C.I.E., Director, Geological Survey of India, and co-author of Sport and Travel in the Highlands of Tibet India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Asst: Supdt. H. H. Hayden. Geo: Survey of India) minor official correction to rank; Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (H. H. Hayden Esqr. Supdt. Geol. Survey Deptt.); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, complete with ribbon buckle; Delhi Durbar...
A pair of medals to Private C. Scotchman, 21st Lancers, who rode in the charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3617 Pte. C. Scotchman 21/Lcrs); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £2000-2400
Waterloo 1815 (Serj. James Stanley, 2nd Batt. Coldstream Gds.) fitted with replacement silver loop and straight bar suspension, heavy contact marks, otherwise better than good fine £1800-2200
Waterloo 1815 (Bruce Ranken, 1st Bat. 92nd Highlanders) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £2500-3000
Ten: Sergeant (Chief Technician) M. J. Foster, No 7 Squadron (Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing) Royal Air Force, who was awarded the O.SM. for Sierra Leone, with rosette, for Operation Maidenly on 15 July 2000 and subsequently a Commander (Joint Helicopter Command’s) Commendation in 2008 for his work as a specialist engineer on Chinook Helicopters General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (SAC (F8409336); NATO Medal, clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Operational Service Medal, Sierra...
Hammer Price: £1,950
Waterloo 1815 (Miles Marley, 32nd Regiment Foot) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise good fine £1600-2000
Waterloo 1815 (William Thomson, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, slight edge bruise, good very fine £1400-1800
A Rhodesian Bronze Cross group of four awarded to Lieutenant Moses Pongweni, 2nd, late 1st Battalion Rhodesian African Rifles Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980 (09867); Rhodesia, Bronze Cross, reverse inscribed, ‘641024 W.O.II M. Pongweni’; General Service Medal (R41024 Cpl. Moses); Exemplary Service Medal (Lt M. Pongweni) note variation in name, mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,900
Waterloo 1815 (Serj. William Tuck, 1st or Royal Dragoons.) fitted with original steel clip and replacement silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine £1600-1800
‘The exploit of swimming the Jordan was one of great gallantry, as well as picturesque and historic, and the names of the men taking part will long be remembered as adding to the Regiment’s roll of honour.’ The Second Nineteenth, by Major F. W. Eames, refers. A scarce Great War Palestine operations M.C. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant G. E. Jones, London Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry in leading the crossing of the River Jordan in March 1918 Military...
Hammer Price: £1,850
Four: Captain G. C. W. Dew, Chinese Labour Corps China 1900, no clasp (Capt. G. C. W. Dew) renamed; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. C. W. Dew); China, Order of the Striped Tiger, 5th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse with Chinese stamp mark and additionally stamped, ‘7XII’, mounted as worn, contained in Spink, London leather case, good very fine and better (4) £750-850
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1846 to 1847 (J. Friend, Boy 1st Cl., H.M.S. Calliope) officially impressed naming, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,800
A fine Second World War Normandy M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal A. Henry, Coldstream Guards, who was decorated for his gallantry as a stretcher bearer in “Operation Goodwood” in July 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2661603 L. Cpl. A. Henry, C. Gds.), in its original named box of issue and forwarding box with related Buckingham Palace letter, extremely fine £1200-1500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (W. Coulston, R. Y. Rangers) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine and a scarce casualty £1600-1800
A Crimean War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private M. Grimmison, 21st Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Matthew Grimmison, 21st Fusiliers); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unnamed; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, with replacement loop and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £1,750
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