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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain R. E. Perrett, 1/20th Battalion, London Regiment, formerly 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, who was wounded and taken prisoner of war during the German Spring Offensive of March 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2331 Pte., 16-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,600
A Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Hon. Brigadier A. D. Bridge, Coldstream Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. A. D. Bridge, C. Gds.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. D. Bridge); Victory Medal 1914-19, erased naming; Jubilee 1935; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (7) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. Thomson, Leicestershire Regiment, attached East Lancashire Regiment, late Highland Light Infantry, who, having been wounded in the German Spring Offensive, was killed in action in September 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in its case of issue; 1914-15 Star (3732 Pte. C. Thomson, High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. C. Thomson), together with the recipient’s Memorial Plaque 1914-18...
Hammer Price: £2,000
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant H. N. P. Sloman, Rifle Brigade Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘H. N. P. Sloman, 11th Bn. The Rifle Brigade, August 14th 1917’; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Harold Sloman) good very fine (4) £1500-1800
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain C. D. O’Brien-Butler, 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action at Wytschaete in June 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in its official case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. D. O’Brien-Butler.) these two additionally privately inscribed after the name ‘M.C. Rl. I. Regt.’, extremely fine (3) £1000-1200
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain L. V. Sutton, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment, C.E.F. Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. L. V. Sutton.) the Victory Medal officially re-impressed, good very fine (3) £600-800
Hammer Price: £850
A Great War Arras operations M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant N. E. Jervis, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, afterwards attached Machine Gun Corps, who was wounded on the occasion he won his decoration for an attack on Oppy Wood in June 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Oppy Wood June 28 1917, Norman E. Jervis, 16 R. War. Regt., Sept. 6th 1917’, in its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. N. E. Jervis), good very fine (3) £800-1000
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,...
Hammer Price: £11,000
‘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 rare Second World War Tomahawk pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Major L. B. Van der Spuy, South African Air Force, who, having recovered from wounds after baling out of his shot-up aircraft in April 1942, went on to command No. 5 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron in the Western Desert Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1942’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, these four officially...
Hammer Price: £2,600
Family group: ‘On 30 January 1943, the tenth anniversary of Hitler’s seizure of power, Reichsmarshal Goering was scheduled to address a large assembly of the Wehrmacht at the German Air Ministry at 11 a.m. A few moments before eleven o’clock, German radio listeners heard an announcer say, ‘A dignified ceremony of a military character is taking place in the Hall of Honour at the Reich Air Ministry’. Then Berlin went off the air. The Mosquito, the R.A.F’s ‘wooden...
A Crimean War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Serjeant J. Ross, 41st Regiment and West Yorkshire Militia Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Colr-Serjt. J. Ross, 41st Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (St. Mr. J. Ross, 41st Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1858 Serjt. J. Ross, 5th West York Militia); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed, plugged and fitted with a ‘British Crimea’ style suspension, edge...
£1,800–£2,200
A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Company Serjeant-Major F. E. Greene, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (49007 Serjt., R.G.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (49007 Sejt., 14 S.D., R.G.A.) contact marks especially to second, nearly very fine and better (2) £1200-1500
A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Private T. Doughty, Lincolnshire Regiment and 7th Battalion Mounted Infantry, who, on being taken prisoner while scouting, effected his escape, being severely wounded in the arm and body Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (4960 Pte., Lincoln. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4960 Pte., 2/Linc. Rgt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,400
A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Corporal M. Maher, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment (5th Battalion Mounted Infantry) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3078 Pte., Rl Irish Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (3078 Cpl., 1st Rl. Irish Regt.) last clasp attached by wire, mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £2400-2800
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major W. Haynes, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (80436 Serjt., R.F.A.) suspension slack; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (80436 (Sgt., 17th Bty. R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (80436 B.S. Mjr., R.F.A.) contact marks, edge bruising, good fine and better (3) £1400-1800
A Second Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Lance-Sergeant A. Scott, 5th Imperial Yeomanry Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3218 L. Sergt., 5th Imp. Yeo.) replacement suspension, fire damaged and showing considerable pitting, poor £550-650
Hammer Price: £800
A Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant-Major W. J. Gilchrist, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (53545 Q.M. Serjt. W. J. Gilchrist, R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (53545 Qr-Mr. Serjt. W. J. Gilchrist, R.A. Staff); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (53545 Qr. Mr. Serjt. W. J. Gilchriest, R.G.A.) unit re-impressed; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (53545 Sjt. Mjr. W. J. Gilchriest,...
A Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 C. T. Carpenter, Coldstream Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13073 Sjt. C. T. Carpenter, 1/C. Gds.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (10073 Sjt. C. T. Carpenter, D.C.M., 1/C. Gds.), note slight difference in number; 1914-15 Star (13073 Pte. C. T. Carpenter, C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (13073 A.W.O. Cl. 2 C. T. Carpenter, C. Gds.), a little polished, very fine or better (5) ...
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private S. Jones, Coldstream Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8705 Pte., 1/C. Gds.); 1914 Star (8705 Pte., C. Gds.) rosette on ribbon; British War and Victory Medals (8705 Pte., C. Gds); Coronation 1937, unnamed, mounted as worn, some edge bruising, very fine and better (5) £1200-1500
A fine St. Eloi 1915 D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. Berry, 1st Royal Irish Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9477 L.Cpl. H. Berry. 1/R. Ir. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (9477 L-Cpl. H. Berry, R. Ir. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (9477 Cpl. H. Berry, R. Ir. Regt.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £1200-1500
A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Acting Corporal J. B. Mann, 9th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (25139 A. Cpl., 9/L.N. Lanc. R.) suspension repinned, some scratches to obverse and reverse, about very fine £550-650
Hammer Price: £500
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...
Hammer Price: £15,000
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
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
Hammer Price: £4,200
A Second World War ‘Burma’ I.D.S.M. group of six awarded to Subadar Ali Bahadur, Royal Pakistan Artillery, late 5th (Bombay) Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (37876 Hav. Ali Bahadur. 5 Mtn. Bty., I. Arty.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal; India Service Medal, these late four unnamed as issued; Pakistan Independence 1947 (PJO-2506 Sub Ali Bahadur R.P.A.) first with edge bruise, very fine and better (6) £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,100
A Great War minelaying operations D.S.M. group of four awarded to Leading Stoker H. Wright, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant services in H.M.S. Abdiel Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (K. 5000 H. Wright, Lg. Sto., H.M.S. Abdiel, 1917); 1914-15 Star (K. 5000 H. Wright, L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K. 5000 H. Wright, L. Sto., R.N.), good very fine (4) £600-800
Hammer Price: £700
A Great War ‘Patrol Boat’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Stoker Petty Officer A. J. Luff, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (310668 Sto. P.O., H.M.S. P.45 1917); 1914-15 Star (310668 L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (310668 S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (310668 S.P.O., H.M.S. Columbine) contact marks, very fine (5) £600-800
A rare Great War D.S.M. awarded to Boatswain W. Gallagher, Mercantile Marine, whose ship, the S.S. William Middleton, was fired on by a German submarine, abandoned, then re-boarded when the submarine was driven off Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (Boatswain W. Gallagher, Bristol Channel, 23 Dec. 1916) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £800-1000
£800–£1,000
A Great War ‘Battle of Jutland’ D.S.M. awarded to Artificer Engineer E. F. Edge, Royal Navy, for service aboard the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Cochrane Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (268684 E. F. Edge, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Cochrane, 31 May-1 June 1916) nearly extremely fine £600-800
‘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...
Hammer Price: £10,000
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 Dunkirk D.S.M., post-war B.E.M. group of six awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer R. W. Atkinson, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the destroyer H.M.S. Malcolm during “Operation Dynamo” Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (MX. 47004 R. W. Atkinson, C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Malcolm); British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (C.E.R.A. Redvers W. Atkinson, D.S.M., C/MX. 47004); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R....
Hammer Price: £3,200
A Second World War D.S.M. group of six awarded to Engine Room Storekeeper H. Coupe, Merchant Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry under air attack in the tanker Empire Metal in January 1943 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (H. Coupe, E.R. Stkpr.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £650
A Second World War Coastal Forces operations D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Able Seaman L. Lord, Royal Fleet Reserve, late Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in M.L. 480 during hazardous minesweeping operations between Fano and Rimini in the Adriatic in August-September 1944: ‘his personal courage and devotion to duty had a very far reaching influence during these prolonged operations’ Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.B. L. Lord, C/SSX. 30595); 1939-45 Star;...
Hammer Price: £900
A good Second World War Malta operations D.S.M. and ‘Taranto’ M.I.D. group of seven awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer Jack Derrick, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (MX. 47311 J. Derrick, C.E.R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX. 47311 J. Derrick, C.E.R.A., H.M.S. Erebus), mounted as worn, good very...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War M.M. and Bar group of four awarded to Piper T. Nisbet, 1/7th (Fife) Battalion Royal Highlanders Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (1810 Piper, 1/7 R. Hdrs..-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1810 Piper, R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1810 Cpl., R. Highrs.) mounted as worn; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; together with an engraved prize medal, 33mm., silver, ‘HD’ ‘Won by Sgt. T. Nisbet 1/7th Black Watch R.H. B.E.F. France’, and ‘Highland Division Football...
Hammer Price: £3,000
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...
A Great War M.M. group of seven awarded to Private H. R. Plested, 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (9862 Pte., 1/R. Berks. R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9862 Pte., 1/R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9862 Pte., R. Berks. R.); France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, mounted as worn; together with medals awarded to his son: 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, good fine and better (12) £420-460
Hammer Price: £550
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal R. Jeffery, 154th Company Machine Gun Corps, late Royal Highlanders, who died of wounds, 23 November 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (24486 L. Cpl. R. Jeffrey, 154/Coy. M.G.C.); 1914 Star (1538 Pte. R. Jeffray, 1/5 R. Highrs); British War and Victory Medals (1538 Cpl. R. Jeffery, R. Highrs.) note variation in surname, mounted for wear, good very fine and better (4) £500-600
Hammer Price: £480
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