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A most unusual K.C.B. group of five awarded to Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George Goodwin, Royal Navy, Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet during the latter half of the Great War The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) neck badge and breast star in silver-gilt and enamel; British War Medal (Eng. V. Adml. Sir G. G. Goodwin); U.S.A., Navy Distinguished Service Medal, gilt and enamel breast badge; Japan, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class breast badge in silver gilt and enamel,...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A Second World War D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Signal Boatswain J. C. S. Brown, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.106889 C.Y.S. H.M.S. Drake) mounted as worn, very fine and a rare award to this non-commissioned rank (7) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,350
A Coastal Forces D.S.M. awarded to Stoker William Wilson, Royal Navy, for gallantry in M.T.B. 632 off Terschelling Island in May 1943 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (KX.155257 Sto.1) extremely fine £800-1000
A Boer War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Captain E. J. G. Upton, Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry, later Brands Free State Rifles Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Captain, Imp. Yeo.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt., I.Y.) this with official corrections; 1914-15 Star (Lt., Brands F.S. Rfls.); British War Medal (Lt.) good very fine...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private John Robertson, 2nd Battalion, Royal Highlanders, later killed in action in Egypt Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2243 Pte., 2/R. Hdrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (2243 Pte., R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2243 Pte., R. Highrs.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (John Robertson) extremely fine (5) £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,450
A Lloyd’s Life Saving Medal and Al Valore di Marina group of five awarded to Able Seaman W. D. Bonas, Royal Navy, for the rescue of the crew of the Italian steamer Casmona in December 1929 Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea, small type, bronze (Able Seaman William Dalton Bonas, S.S. “Casamona”, 6/7th December 1929) in its embossed case of issue; Al Valore di Marina, bronze (William Dalta Bonas, Golfo di Biscaglia - 7 Dicembre 1929) in case of issue; 1914-15 Star Trio (210809...
Hammer Price: £1,500
Boer War Tribute Medal, in 9 carat gold and enamels, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, in the form of a cycle horn with central crest of Derbyshire, below which is a banner inscribed ‘Derby Rovers C.C.’, reverse inscribed ‘To F. A. Pitman on his return from the Boer War’, with double loop suspension, some damage to blue enamel, otherwise very fine and very rare £250-300
Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Nepaul, Bhurtpoor (Captn. Wm. Curphey, Arty.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine £1000-1200
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
Sixteen: Sidney John Miller, Page of the Presence to His Majesty King George VI, late Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and onetime Cowboy in Canada Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (7638 Pte., Rl. Warwick. Regt.); The Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., Silver, 1st issue; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, suspension dated ‘1902-1923’,...
A Great War M.M. and Al Valore group of four awarded to Corporal F. F. G. Barnard, 304th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (105476 Gnr., 304/Sge. By., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (105476 Cpl., R.A.); Italy Al Valore Militare, in bronze (George Bernard, Carso 23-25 Maggio 1917) nearly extremely fine (4) £400-500
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 ‘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...
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
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
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
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...
Hammer Price: £1,850
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...
Hammer Price: £1,900
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...
Hammer Price: £1,950
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera, Salamanca (C. Spedding, Capt. 4th Dgns.) extremely fine £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £2,300
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...
Hammer Price: £2,500
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,...
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...
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
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