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A fine Second War C.B., Great War Pilot’s M.C., D.F.C. group of twelve awarded to Air Vice-Marshal H. V. Champion de Crespigny, commanding No. 29 Squadron R.F.C. and No. 65 Squadron R.A.F. on the Western Front, and with extensive service on the North West Frontier of India The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieutenant, R.F.C.);...
Hammer Price: £6,200
An outstanding Second World War C.B., C.B.E., ‘Wadi Akarit 1943’ and ‘Monte Cassino 1944’ D.S.O. & Bar group of eleven awarded to Major-General O. de T. Lovett, 2nd Gurkha Rifles, later commanding 7th and 19th Indian Divisions The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; The Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 2nd type neck badge; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Pe...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Sir Harry Smith’s Medal for Gallantry 1851 (Thos. Dicks) fitted with silver clip and ring suspension, good very fine and very rare £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £5,000
Pair: Captain Charles Gregorie, 13th Light Dragoons Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (Capt. 13th Lt. Dgns.) neatly fitted with two additional but removeable tailor’s clasps for ‘Orthez’ and ‘Toulouse’; Waterloo 1815 (Capt., 13th Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with contemporary silver ball and ring suspension, both medals contained in a contemporary fitted case, the interior silk lining gold-embossed Maison P. Stopin, A. Dupetitbosq, Péristyle Montpensier,...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A C.M.G., C.I.E. group of ten awarded to Rear-Admiral Hector Boyes, Royal Navy The Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; The Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Midsn., R.N. H.M.S. Centurion); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaf (Commr., R.N.); Italy, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels; Por...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (D. McGuirk, Serjt. 74th Foot) light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,400
Seven: Admiral G. S. Bosanquet, Royal Navy, twice mentioned in despatches and twice severely wounded in action during the Taeping Rebellion 1862-63 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Actg. Lieut. R.N.) officially impressed naming; China 1857-60, 3 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1858, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed as issued; Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Capt. R.N. H.M.S. “Northumberland”); Order of the Medjidie, 5th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels; Order of Osm...
Hammer Price: £3,000
An O.B.E. and Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Lieutenant R. Connor, Royal Air Force, late Petty Officer Mechanic, No. 8 Seaplane Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, East Africa The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) 2nd type, in case of issue; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F.4597 P.O. Mech. R.N.A.S. 1917); 1914-15 Star (F.4597 A.M.1, R.N.A.S.) in named card box of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (F.4597 P.O.M. R.N.A.S.) in named card box...
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. J. G. Ogle, 33rd Regiment Foot) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £2,900
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Hebrus with L’Etoile (Gerard Highton) edge bruise, nearly very fine £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £2,800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera (Sir Geo. Dalbiac, Major, 4th Dgns.) nearly extremely fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £2,700
A Second World War Commando M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant J. A. Groom, Combined Operations Experimental Establishment, Royal Engineers, for a daring covert reconnaissance of beach mines and obstacles, Operation ‘Tarbrush’, prior to the D-day landings Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1944, and additionally inscribed ‘J. A. Groom, 251488, 4th Commando’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; France & Germany Star; Defence & War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as w...
Hammer Price: £2,600
Indian Order of Merit, 1st Class, Reward of Valour, 1837-1912 issue, gold and enamels, with silver-gilt suspension and gold three-pronged ribbon buckle, the reverse officially engraved ‘1st Class Order of Merit’, nearly extremely fine and very rare £1000-1200
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (John Roaf, .) ‘Carpenter’ erased after name, clasp a little bent and some edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1800-2200
A Great War K.C.M.G. group of ten awarded to Admiral Sir S. H. Carden, Royal Navy, in command of Naval operations in the Dardanelles until March 1915 The Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G., neck badge and breast star, silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1884 (Lieut. R.N. H.M.S. “Thalia”); East & West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Comdr., H.M.S. Theseus); 1914-15 Star (V. Adml.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak...
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant Piper T. McDonald, 7th Battalion, Royal Highlanders Military Medal, G.V.R. (1321 S. Piper, 1/7 R. Hdrs.-T.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6273 Pte., Rl. Highrs.); 1914-15 Star (1321 Sjt. Piper, R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1321 Sjt., R. Highrs.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (290056 Sjt. Piper, 7-R. Highrs.); together with: an or...
Hammer Price: £2,500
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera, Salamanca (C. Spedding, Capt. 4th Dgns.) extremely fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £2,300
Eleven: Henry Chandler, Superintendent of the Wardrobe to King Edward VII The Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., Silver; Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, silver (Henry Chandler); Coronation 1902, bronze; Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, 4th class, gilt and enamel; Greece, Royal Household Medal, George I, gold; Portugal, Order of Villa Vicosa, 4th class, silver-gilt and enamels; Italy, Royal Service Medal, Victor Emanuele III, gold; Sweden, Medal of the Order of the Vasa, gilt; Germany, Saxe-Cobur...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Nine: Brigadier Ivan Simson, Royal Engineers, Chief Engineer and Director-General Civil Defence at the time of the fall of Singapore in February 1942, and subsequently a Japanese prisoner of war 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Major, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, nearly very fine or better (9) £500-700
Austria, Empire, Order of Elizabeth, breast star, silver, gilt and enamels, 70mm, the reverse back plate stamped with mark of a greyhound’s head between number ‘3’ and letter ‘A’, and further stamp marks ‘A’ and ‘FR’, good very fine and rare £1200-1500
An interesting K.C.M.G., C.B. group of five awarded to Admiral Sir Guy Gaunt, Royal Navy, Naval Attaché and Chief of the British Intelligence Service in the United States during the Great War, where he was responsible for acquainting President Wilson of the contents with the famous Zimmermann Telegram The Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G., neck badge and breast star, silver-gilt and enamels, some minor chips; The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Civil) silver-gilt breas...
Thirteen: Albert Edward Wakeford, Page of the Backstairs to Her Majesty Queen Mary Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, suspension dated ‘1893-1913’, with two scroll bars, ‘Thirty Years’ and ‘Forty Years’ (Albert Edward Wakeford); The Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., Silver; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Belgium, Royal Household Medal, Albert I, gilt, with gilt crowned monogram on ribbon; Denmark, Medal of Recompense, Christ...
Hammer Price: £2,100
Great War Period London Gazette’s, January 1914 to December 1919 inclusive, comprising 27 volumes of London Gazette’s and 8 volumes of indexes; together with 13 other consecutive volumes for the period January 1920 to December 1921, both runs bound in hard covers, the first in red and the second in a beige, all original issues, excepting London Gazette’s August to September 1916, and index October 1918 to January 1919 which are photocopied replacements, lacking index for April to June 1917, o...
A rare Great War ‘German East Africa’ D.S.C. group of four awarded to Major J. E. Maclean, Royal Air Force, late No. 8 Seaplane Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Flt. S. Lt., R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Major, R.A.F.) together with related cap badge, very fine or better (4) £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £2,000
Four: Duffadar Rumjan Khan, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Trooper, 3rd Regt. Light C.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Tr., 3rd Regt. By. Cavy.); Abyssinia 1867-68 (Sowar) impressed naming but no unit given, suspension repaired; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Duffr., 3d Regt. Bo. Light Cavy.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better and a very rare group (4) £600-800
An outstanding Defence of Mafeking family group to Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. More, commanding the Railway Section at Mafeking, his wife Marion More, Nursing Sister at the Mafeking Railway Convalescent Hospital, and their son Lieutenant-Colonel T. V. More, who was born at Mafeking shortly after the lifting of the siege Four: Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. More, General Manager of the South African Railways The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer, frosted silver breast badge; Queen’s South A...
A C.B. group of nine awarded to Major-General R. C. Munday, late Surgeon Captain, Royal Navy, and winner of the Gilbert Blane and Chadwick Gold Medals The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard case of issue; China 1900, no clasp (Surgn. R.N., Nl. Depot Wei-Hai-Wei); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (Fleet Surgeon, R.N. H.M.S. Hyacinth); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (F...
A rare ‘Waziristan 1939’ D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Lieutenant Colonel E. A. Evanson, Royal Irish Fusiliers and 17th Dogras, Indian Army Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., the reverse suspension bar officially dated ‘1940’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R. Ir. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. (Lt./Capt.) the war medal, named ‘Lt’, was issued separately by the India Office; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt., 4...
Hammer Price: £1,950
An interesting Naval Intelligence C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain V. R. Brandon, Royal Navy, tried and imprisoned in Germany for espionage prior to the Great War The Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 1st type neck badge; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt., R.N.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (Commr., R.N. H.M.S. Odin); Legion of Honour, Officer, silver-gilt and enamels, these last fi...
Hammer Price: £1,900
The rare C.Q.D. ‘Gold Medal’ and Lloyd’s Life Saving Medal pair awarded to Captain J. B. Ransom, S.S. Baltic Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, small type, silver (Capt. J. B. Ranson - S.S. “Republic” 23 January 1909) in case of issue; C.Q.D. ‘Gold’ Medal, silver-gilt, inscribed on the edge ‘J. B. Ransom’, and contained in its original wooden presentation box, the interior silk lining gold embossed with the recipient’s name, extremely fine and extremely rare, only four of the latter awa...
Hammer Price: £1,850
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Toulouse (C. Walker, Lieut. 5th Dgn. Gds.) extremely fine £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £1,750
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Nagpore, Ava (J. Spiller, 1st Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine £1600-1800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (George Graydon, Capt. R. Engs.) nearly extremely fine and rare £1600-1800
Hammer Price: £1,700
Royal Flying Corps, an extremely rare complete WWI Naval-cap tally ‘Royal Flying Corps’, 45” in length by 11/8”, gold thread embroidery on fine black silk band; together with a small sweet-heart’s base metal and enamel brooch to the Royal Naval Air Service, some tarnishing to the lettering consistent with age otherwise in excellent condition (2) £400-500
A ‘Sinking of the Scharnhorst’ D.S.M. group of ten awarded to Mechanician A. H. Mortimore, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Mech., D/K.30327); British War and Victory Medals (K.30327 Sto.1 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal; Jubilee 1935; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (K.30327 A/Mech. H.M.S. Norfolk) together with a good quantity of original documents, including Certificatew o...
Hammer Price: £1,650
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Wm. Shirley, 7th Regiment Hussars) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, sometime removed from mount, rubbing to edge and expertly plugged at 6 o’clock, otherwise about very fine £1200-1400
Austria, Empire, Order of Franz Joseph, Grand Cross set by Mayer’s Söhne, Wien, comprising sash badge with swords, bronze-gilt and enamels, suspension loop stamped with maker’s name; and breast star with swords and war decoration, in silver, bronze-gilt and enamels, the reverse with maker’s name plate, the body of the star stamped ‘G’, no sash, minor enamel damage, otherwise very fine and scarce (2) £1200-1500
A rare Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Commander B. C. Marsh, Royal Indian Marine, and Major, Royal Engineers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Sub-Lieut., R.I.M.S. Hardinge); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (Lieut., R.I.M.S. Minto); 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.I.M.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Coronation 1911, good very fine (7) £1200-1400
Hammer Price: £1,600
Indian Order of Merit, 1st Class, Reward of Gallantry, 1939-45 issue, silver with centre in gold and enamels, the reverse officially engraved ‘1st Class Order of Merit’, good very fine and very rare £500-600
A Coastal Forces D.S.M. awarded to Acting Leading Stoker C. J. Hart, Royal Navy, for gallantry in M.T.B. 728 during an action in the English Channel in September 1944 when three E-boats were destroyed Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C/KX.134913 A/L.Sto.) extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,550
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