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The outstanding Second World War bomb disposal G.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander L. H. Harrison, Royal Air Force, who was decorated for the first action for which the George Cross was awarded George Cross (Leonard Henry Harrison, Civ. Armament Instructor, 3rd January 1941), with its Royal Mint case of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49 (Act. Wg. Cdr. L. H. Harrison, R.A.F.); Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977;...
Hammer Price: £120,000
A rare Victorian campaign pair awarded to Private W. Crawford, 80th Foot, a confirmed survivor of the Intombi River massacre on 12 March 1879: in a letter home to his wife, Colour-Sergeant A. C. Booth, who won a V.C. on the same occasion, described how Crawford ‘was the only man out of his tent that got across [the river] alive’ India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (499 Sergt. Willm. Crawford, 80th Foot); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (499 Pte. W. Crawford, 80th...
Hammer Price: £40,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Royalist 29 Decr 1812, Syria (Alexr. Brown, Gunner.) original ribbon, extremely fine and extremely rare £18000-22000
Hammer Price: £38,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Basque Roads 1809, Anse La Barque 18 Decr 1809, Guadaloupe (James G. Gordon, Lieut.) good very fine £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £16,000
The highly important Women’s Social and Political Union Medal for Valour awarded to Frances Parker, the New Zealand born niece of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener and an important and courageous leader of the suffragette movement in Scotland - she was imprisoned on five occasions and thrice force fed, latterly by appalling means in Perth gaol after being arrested for attempting to burn down Robert Burns’s cottage in Alloway Her fellow suffragette and friend Ethel Moorhead said that she...
Hammer Price: £15,000
A rare Great War Gallipoli operations C.G.M. group of six awarded to 2nd Lieutenant F. Pilgrim, Royal Marines Light Infantry, attached Royal Naval Division and afterwards a Major in the Home Guard Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.V.R. (PO. 846 S. Act. Cpl. F. Pilgrim, R.M., R.N.D., Gallipoli, 20 Nov. 1915); 1914-15 Star (PO. 846 -S. F. Pilgrim, L.Cpl., R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (2 Lt. F. Pilgrim, R.M.L.I.); Defence Medal 1939-45; France, Croix de Guerre...
The outstanding G.C.B. group awarded to General Sir Charles Keyes, Indian Army, the veteran of at least a dozen action-packed North-West Frontier expeditions in the period 1850-78: twice recommended for the V.C. - and thanked by the Government of India on countless occasions - he will best be remembered for his outstanding leadership of Coke’s Rifles in the savage fighting at Crag Piquet during the Umbeyla operations of 1863 - during which he was severely wounded - and for his leadership...
Hammer Price: £13,000
Pair: General Sir Richard Llewellyn, K.C.B., 28th Foot, who was promoted and awarded the C.B. for Waterloo, where he was severely wounded, and later Colonel in Chief of the 39th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Busaco, Albuhera (Richd. Lluellyn, Capt. 28th Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Major Richard Llewellyn, 28th Regiment Foot) rank engraved, fitted with replacement silver bar suspension, the second with contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £10000-12000
Hammer Price: £12,000
An outstanding Great War ‘Dadizeele 1918’ M.C. and ‘Gheluvelt 1914’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain A. E. Kemp, Royal Irish Rifles, late Worcestershire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10968 A. Sjt., 2/Worc. R.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (10968 L. Sjt., 2/Worc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) contact marks, fine and better (5) £6000-8000
Hammer Price: £11,000
A rare Afghanistan 2010 operations M.C. group of three awarded to Rifleman H. Lanceley, 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, who was decorated for rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire in Helmand province Military Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially inscribed, ‘Rfn. H. Lanceley, Rifles, 25225947, 2010’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Non-Article 5, in its box of issue; Operational Service Medal 2000, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (Rfn. H. Lanceley, Rifles,...
Pair: Lieutenant Henry Hilliard, 28th Foot, wounded at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Busaco, Albuhera (Hy. Hilliard, Lieut. 28th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Henry Hilliard, 28th Regiment Foot.) fitted with steel original clip and ring suspension, some small edge bruises, otherwise very fine and better (2) £6000-8000
The unique D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Jones, 14th Sikhs, for gallantry at the Koragh Defile in March 1895, from which disaster only Lieutenant Jones and 14 of his men emerged alive, all the surviving Sikhs being awarded the I.O.M. Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-891 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut. H. J. Jones. 1/Rl. Ir: Regt.) naming re-engraved; India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (Lieut. H. J....
Hammer Price: £10,000
‘The war continued relentlessly, and only two nights later, on 11-12 October [1944], Tim Bligh took four boats of his 57th Flotilla into an action off Vir Island, north of Zara, which by its results and by the significance of the challenge it presented to the heavily armed F-Lighters, has frequently been referred to as the finest Coastal Forces action of the war. It has been described in detail in both ‘Flag 4’ and ‘The Battle of the Torpedo Boats’, and each had the advantage of...
The outstanding Great War C.B., C.M.G., Boer War D.S.O., K. St. J. group of thirteen awarded to Major-General J. Vaughan, late 7th and 10th Hussars, onetime attached 21st Lancers: having emerged unscathed from famous charge at Omdurman, he was wounded in the course of winning his D.S.O. in South Africa, a notable action in which, according to Conan Doyle’s history, his men galloped with such dash that some of them got among the Boers with their swords He subsequently rose to senior...
An extremely rare Anglo-Boer War D.T.D., Great War German South-West Africa D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. de Jager, Piet Retief Commando, one of a handful of South Africans to be awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus Anglo-Boer War Decoration voor Trouwe Dienst 1899-1902 (Kapt. & Adj. P. L. de Jager); Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Kapt. & Adj. P. L. de Jager); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Kol. P. J. de...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A rare Great War Arabian Coast operations C.G.M. group of six awarded to Able Seaman F. G. Noble, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant part in the capture of Salif in June 1917 Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.V.R. (205234 F. G. Noble, A.B., H.M.S. Topaze, Salif, 12 June 1917); 1914-15 Star (205234 F. G. Noble, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (205234 F. G. Noble, A.B., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (205234 Francis G. Noble, A.B., H.M.S. Excellent);...
Hammer Price: £8,500
The 11-clasp Peninsula War medal awarded to Private John Whitehouse, 43rd Foot, who was wounded in the head at Badajoz and at Salamanca Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (John Whitehouse, 43rd Foot.) together with original parchment Certificate of Out-Pensioner at Chelsea Hospital, dated 28 January 1852, some heavy edge bruising and contact marks, three solder...
The important and unique K.C.B. group of ten awarded to Colonel Sir Henry Hozier, Assistant Military Secretary to Lord Napier of Magdala, Times War Correspondent, Secretary to Lloyd's of London and the father of Lady Clementine Churchill The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1902, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; China 1857-60,...
A scarce Korean War B.E.M. group of three awarded to Private D. C. Stockting, Glosters, for services whilst a prisoner of war after the battle of Imjin River British Empire Medal (Military) E.II.R. (14468948 Pte. Donald C. Stockting, Glosters.) in its Royal Mint case of issue; Korea 1950-53 (14468948 Pte. D. C. Stockting. Glosters.) official correction to part of number; U.N. Korea 1950-54, good very fine (3) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £7,500
The impressive and unique group of awards to Colonel Sir Wyndham Murray, K.C.B., G.C.St.J.J., late Gloucestershire Regiment, Military King’s Messenger in France 1915-16, a Member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, and Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod in the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s set of insignia comprising silver-gilt neck badge, hallmarked London 1912, and breast star in silver and gilt; The Order of St....
Hammer Price: £7,200
An outstanding and extremely rare Second World War D.E.M.S. gunner’s D.S.M., Great War “Gavrelle Mill” M.M. group of ten awarded to Sergeant A. J. Kerslake, Royal Marines, who was wounded facing-off a determined low-level attack by a Fw. 200 Condor in February 1940 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A./T./Sgt. A. J. Kerslake, R.M., Ply. 17813); Military Medal, G.V.R. (Ply.-17813 Pte. A. J. Kerslake, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 17813 Pte. A. J. Kerslake,...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Brevet Major G. B. Bosanquet, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was wounded at Festubert in December 1914 and again in the attack on Aubers Ridge in May 1915, and killed in action on the first day of the battle of the Somme Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. G. B. Bosanquet. Gloucestershire Regt.’; 1914 Star (Lieut. G. B. Bosanquet. Glouc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Bt. Major G. B. Bosanquet.) Legion of...
The South Africa Medal awarded to Private R. Coughlan, 1/24th Regiment, who was killed in action at Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1690 Pte. R. Coughlan, 1.24th Foot), edge nicks, good very fine £6000-7000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, St. Domingo (John Purvis.) nearly extremely fine £3800-4200
Hammer Price: £6,500
‘At about this time, as well, two very surprised members of No. 105 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant Parry and Pilot Officer Robson, were told to report for an operational sortie - in lounge suits. Pilot and navigator were even more amazed when they saw their aircraft. The R.A.F. roundels had vanished, and it no longer carried any numbering or lettering. Crew and aircraft were as incognito as the R.A.F. could make them. Their object: to run the gauntlet of enemy fighters and deliver a...
Hammer Price: £6,000
A Constabulary Medal (Ireland) awarded to Constable Simon Hickey Constabulary Medal (Ireland), 2nd type, ‘Reward of Merit Royal Irish Constabulary’, reverse inscribed, ‘Constable Simon Hickey 67897 1920’, with swivel straight bar suspension and silver brooch bar, good very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £5,500
An outstanding 1940 British Expeditionary Force M.M. awarded to Sergeant W. G. H. Adlam, 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, the first ‘Terrier’ to be so decorated in the Second World War, he later joined No. 4 Commando and took part in operations at Dieppe and D-Day before becoming an instructor at Achnacarry Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5183147 Sjt. W. Adlam. Glouc. R.) good very fine £1800-2200
Pair: Gunner James Scallan, Royal Navy, who served in Hecla at the bombardment of Algiers and afterwards took part in Parry’s Arctic expedition of 1819-20 in search of the Northwest Passage Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (James Scallan); Arctic 1818-55, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £2000-2600
Hammer Price: £5,000
The unique Irish Medal for Saving Life at Sea awarded to Skipper Alfred Britton, of the trawler Mannofield, for saving the lives of the crew of the yacht Siren, 1 July 1924 Ireland, Medal for Saving Life at Sea, dark bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘Skipper Alfred Britton “Mannofield” 1st July 1924’, with bronze and enamel suspension bar and original ribbon, extremely fine £2000-3000
‘Next came Ted Burnett. I shall always think of him as the best specimen of Colonial I ever came across; and this is high praise. He was a Sergeant in the Force (Bechuanaland Border Police), certainly the best natural man on a horse and the second-best rifle shot I ever knew ... If I had to go into a tight corner and were restricted to one companion, I should have shouted for Ted Burnett ... ’ Fellow pioneer Frank Johnson’s Great Days, refers. The rare and emotive British South...
Three: Private James Philpot, Grenadier Guards, wounded at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Nivelle, Nive (James Philpot, 1st Foot Gds.); Waterloo 1815 (James Philpott, Grenad. Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension; Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (James Philpot, Grenadier Guards. 1831.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, the second with heavy edge bruise on obverse and polished, better than good fine, contact marks otherwise very...
Hammer Price: £4,600
An outstanding Olympian’s and Army Best Shot’s long service group of twelve awarded to Colonel R. Bodley, South African Forces Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (33 Tpr. R. Bodley, C. in C. Bdygd.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Capt. R. Bodley); South Africa Medal for War Service 1939-45; Coronation 1911; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R....
A rare and impressive Great War German South-West Africa operations D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel S. Carter, South African Forces, who was wounded on the Shiloh Patrol in Rhodesia in 1896 and afterwards commanded the Umvoti Rifles 1908-24 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. S. Carter, “L” Troop B.F.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela...
Hammer Price: £4,400
A fine Great War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Paymaster Lieutenant H. M. Fitch, Royal Navy, a recipient of the Orders of St. Sava and the White Eagle for his services with the Naval Mission to Serbia, services that included work as an Observer in aerial reconnaissance of the Danube in 1915 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Asst. Payr. H. M. Fitch, R.N.); British War...
Hammer Price: £4,200
Cased Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols by I. Hollis & Sons, London, the approximately 11 bore half stocked octagonal barrels 23.5 cms long profusely etched with herringbone and foliage panels, the lock etched with varying scrollwork; the wooden stock with four end caps in black horn and similar butt caps, unmarked silver escutcheon plates, the trigger guard again profusely etched, complete with horn and brass ramrods. The campaign style wooden case complete with sunken brass handle and...
An unusual Second World War G.M. awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. P. Lewin, Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers, for saving life after the largest ever ordnance explosion in the United Kingdom - namely that which occurred at the R.A.F’s underground bomb store at Fauld, near Burton-on-Trent in November 1944, resulting in over 60 fatalities George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Flt. Lieut. John P. Lewin, R.A.F.O.), in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £3000-4000
A fine Great War M.M., Boer War and North West Frontier group of eight awarded to Sergeant J. Grady, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (2-5848 Sjt: J. Grady. 1/R.M. Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (5848 Pte. J. Grady, Munster Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5848 Pte. J. Grady, Rl: Munster Fus:); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (5848...
An extremely rare inter-war A.F.M. group of four awarded to Squadron Leader B. Crane, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who flew operationally in the Waziristan 1925 operations Air Force Medal, G.V.R. (6428 F./Sgt. (Pilot) B. Crane, R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (6428 Sgt. B. Crane, R.A.F.); Jubilee 1935; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (6428 F./Sgt. B. Crane, R.A.F.), very fine or better (4) £3400-3800
A rare and impressive Union of South Africa M.S.M. group of nine awarded to ‘Jameson raider’ Squadron Sergeant-Major F. K. “Paddy” Ryan, South African Forces and Police Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte. F. K. Ryan, Spl. Pol.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (531 Corpl. F. K. Ryan, Cape Police), the last two riveted clasps loose on riband; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps,...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes (Thos. Day, Serjt. 82nd Foot) with good length of original ribbon in its named card box of issue, the box somewhat damaged, otherwise extremely fine £2000-2600
Hammer Price: £4,000
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