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The important campaign group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel William Pinches, Royal Army Medical Corps, Medical Officer to the 21st Lancers who rode in their historic charge at Omdurman India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (Surgn., Army Medl. Staff); Queen’s Sudan 1896 (Maj., R.A.M.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (Major, R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Maj., R.A.M.C.); Order of the Medjidie,...
Hammer Price: £4,100
The important group awarded to Air Marshal Sir Humphrey Edwardes Jones, Royal Air Force, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., the first R.A.F. officer to fly the Spitfire and Commanding Officer of No. 213 Fighter Squadron during the Battle of France in 1940 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military) neck badge in silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star in silver with appliqué centre in gilt and enamels, the set contained in its Collingwood (Jewellers) Ltd case of issue, the...
A scarce Nile Campaign D.C.M. group of three awarded to Colour Sergeant J. Symons, Coldstream Guards, Guards Camel Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Sergt., 1/Coldm. Gds. 13th Feby. 1885); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2505 Sergt., 2/Cm. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2505 Cr. Sergt., Coldm. Gds.) the first two with pitting and contact wear, better than good fine, the last very fine (3)
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Rare Great War ‘Bloody April’ M.C. group of three awarded to Second Lieutenant G. R. Y. Stout, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, attached Royal Flying Corps, the sixteenth victim of the great German air ace Lothar Von Richtofen Military Cross, G.V.R., in its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (George Ronald Yorston Stout) this contained in a leather frame; a leather flying helmet, and his brother’s Great War pair (Lieut....
Hammer Price: £1,900
A fine family group including an important Korea pair to Fleet Air Arm Pilot Lieutenant J. T. McGregor, Royal Navy, who was shot down and killed over North Korea in April 1953 One: British War Medal (16-556 Pte. J. Ternent, North’d. Fus.) Three: 1100964 Sergeant R. McGregor, No. 75 Squadron, R.A.F., killed on a raid on Cologne, 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, together with card box of issue addressed to his father, Pilot’s Flying Log Book for the period May to June...
Hammer Price: £1,850
A fine Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major J. T. C. Murray, Black Watch (The Royal Highlanders) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (Capt., Rl. Highrs.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Captn., 2nd Bn. The Black Watch); 1914 Star, with Mons clasp (Mjr., R.Highrs.); British War...
Pilot’s Flying Log Book, an original Pilot’s Flying Log Book belonging to Group Captain Douglas Bader, D.S.O., D.F.C., for the period 2 June 1945 to 28 August 1945, containing more than 70 entries; together with a complete and rare fully bound photocopy of his wartime Flying Log Book for the period November 1939 to 8 August 1941, when he was shot down and became a P.O.W., and for the period June 1945 to May 1959, good condition
Hammer Price: £1,800
A Boer War C.B. group of three awarded to Colonel Herbert Batson, commanding the 2nd Battalion, Devon Regiment The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in silver-gilt and enamels, complete with ribbon buckle; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Major, Devon Rgt.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (Lt. Col., C.B., Devon Rgt.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3)
Hammer Price: £1,600
An important D.F.C., Silver Star, U.S. D.F.C. and Bronze Star group of fourteen awarded to Colonel George ‘Iron Man’ Lee, U.S.A.F., Commander of the 86th Fighter Group known as “Lee’s Lieutenants”, a Thunderbolt pilot with three combat victories, and holder of the European Theatre record of 258 combat missions during the war Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’; U.S.A., Silver Star; Distinguished Flying Cross, with Oak Leaf Cluster, the...
An Air Bomber’s D.F.C., D.F.M. group of five awarded to Squadron Leader T. R. Nixon, Nos. 78, 77, 97, 51, 35 (P.F.F.) and 7 (P.F.F.) Squadrons, Royal Air Force, killed in action during operations over Leipzig in February 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (580885 Sgt. T. R. Nixon, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, together with the recipient’s original Observer’s and Air...
A good Coastal Command D.F.C., A.F.C. group of seven awarded to Group Captain T. H. Carr, Commanding No. 220 Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1940’; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1941’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals; Iraq, Active Service Medal, with clasp for ‘Southern Kurdistan 1930-31’, together with the recipient’s original R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Book for the...
Hammer Price: £1,500
The Crimea group of three awarded to Private Isaac Archer, 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, one of the small band of heroes that saved the Regimental Colours in a desperate rear-guard action at the Battle of Inkermann Crimea 1854-55, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (5605 Corpl. I. F. Archer, 3 Batt. Grenadier Gds.) naming engraved in sloping capitals; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, named as before; French Medaille Militaire, enamel mostly lacking from...
Hammer Price: £1,450
The campaign group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. A. Fairbairn, O.B.E., West Riding Regiment and 9th Sudanese Infantry, who commanded the Zeraf Expedition 1913-14 and served in East Africa 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (2/Lieut., W. Rid. Rgt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, East Africa 1915 (Major, 9/Sud.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt.Col.) these officially re-impressed;...
A New Zealand pilot’s D.F.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant W. M. Strathern, who flew 36 clandestine sorties, dropping S.O.E. supplies and agents into enemy occupied territory, with No. 138 (Special Duties) Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’, with Second Award Bar, the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal, together with the recipient’s...
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military) neck badge in 18 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1862, and breast star in silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, the reverse centre plate inscribed ‘R. & S. Garrard & Co., Goldsmiths & Jewellers to the Crown, 25 Haymarket, London’, complete with full neck ribbon and gold clasp, the set contained in its original fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2)
Hammer Price: £1,400
A rare life saving group awarded to Joseph Beedon, Boatswain, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (J. Beedem, A.B.) the clasp loose on ribbon as issued; Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (Successful), (Joseph Beeden, A.B., H.M.S. Duke of Wellington 31 Jany. 1857) fitted with ring suspension; Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (Successful), (James Beeden, A.B., H.M.S. Cumberland 9 July 1857) with silver Second Award clasp, 1st...
Hammer Price: £1,350
An exceptionally well documented and scarce M.B.E., and pre-War ‘Aden’ A.F.M. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader A. L. Holland, Royal Air Force The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 2nd type; Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (562133 L.A.C., R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D., together with the recipient’s two original Flying Log Books for the period June 1933 to July 1945, two original M.I.D. Certificates, various letters of...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A scarce Honorary D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant Bernard Kowalski, Nos. 301 and 305 (Polish) Squadrons, Royal Air Force, who flew on all three ‘1,000 bomber’ raids in May and June 1942 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (780329 F/Sgt. B. Kowalski); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal; Poland, Virtuti Militari, Silver Merit Cross, the lower reverse arm numbered ‘9103’, together with the recipient’s original Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A ‘Battle of France’ B.E.M. and Northern Kurdistan group of eight awarded to Squadron Leader H. H. King, No. 145 (Fighter) Squadron, Royal Air Force British Empire Medal (Military) G.VI.R. (364123 Flt. Sgt. Harry Hatton King, R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Kurdistan (364123 Cpl., R.A.F.); France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; R.A.F. L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (W/O., (364123) R.A.F.); Iraq Active Service Medal, with clasp for...
Hammer Price: £1,150
A fine ‘Photo Reconnaissance’ Spitfire Pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant Harold Reeves, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1943’ and additionally inscribed ‘P/O, 543 Squadron, July’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals, together with the recipient’s two original Pilot’s Flying Log Books for the period September 1940 to March 1946, a good album of...
Hammer Price: £1,000
The Crimean War pair of medals of Ensign Malcolm Drummond, Viscount Forth, who carried the Regimental Colour of the 42nd Royal Highlanders at the battle of the Alma Crimea 1854-55, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (Ensign Vist. Forth, 42d Foot) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, Hunt & Roskill pattern, both medals fitted with silver ribbon buckles, nearly extremely fine (2)
Hammer Price: £950
An evader’s D.F.M. group of four awarded to Flight Sergeant D. D. Finlay, Nos. 429 (Bison) and 405 (Vancouver) Squadrons, Royal Canadian Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1390619 F/Sgt. D. D. Finlay, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, together with the recipient’s original Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air gunner’s Flying Log Book for the period January 1943 to September 1953, Certificate of Award of Path Finder Force Badge, letter confirming...
A Second World War D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander D. L. Johnston, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for the sinking of the ‘Bismarck’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1946’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal, M.I.D., mounted as worn, all unnamed as issued but sold with original M.I.D. certificate (Commander, R.N., H.M.S. Norfolk), named Buckingham Palace...
Hammer Price: £880
Crimea 1854-55, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Serjt. A. Rennie, 93rd Regt.) officially impressed naming, fitted with ribbon buckle, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine
Hammer Price: £850
Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes I-XXI, together with Supplement Vol. XXII, and Second Supplement Volumes I-III, 25 Volumes in all complete, Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee, Smith Elder & Co., London, 1908-12, uniform blue cloth binding, a fine set in good condition and a rare opportunity to acquire an important work of reference, sold not subject to return (25)
Hammer Price: £820
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) neck badge in 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1870, and breast star in silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamel, the reverse centre plate inscribed ‘R. & S. Garrard & Co., Goldsmiths & Jewellers to the Crown, 25 Haymarket, London’, complete with full neck ribbon and gold clasp, the set contained in its original fitted case of issue, the case scuffed, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2)
Hammer Price: £800
An immediate D.F.M. awarded to Sergeant B. L. Savill, No. 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who died during a remarkable search and rescue operation after his aircraft was forced to ditch in the sea Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (581475 A/Sgt. B. L. Savill, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, together with the recipient’s original Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book for the period September 1939 to September 1940, named condolence slip, an identity...
Hammer Price: £780
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant B. Miller, Royal Garrison Artillery, attached R.A.F. Balloon Section Military Cross, G.V.R., in case of issue; 1914 Star (M-36406 Pte., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut., R.A.F.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Benjamin Miller), Observers cloth wing, four letters of condolence, original photograph of recipient wearing R.A. uniform and C.W.G.C. photograph of grave, medals and plaque with...
Hammer Price: £750
A fine Normandy M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal Arthur Perkins, Devon Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3852702 L.Cpl., Devon.R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal; Regular Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (3852702 Cpl., Devon) mounted as worn, very fine or better (7)
South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (Captn. J. G. Ballantyne, 1/11th Foot) nearly extremely fine and unique to the regiment
Hammer Price: £700
A ‘Birmingham Blitz’ bomb disposal George Medal group of four awarded to Lance-Sergeant Andrew Sanders, Royal Engineers George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (2074517 L/Sgt., R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, the first with contact wear but better than good fine, otherwise very fine (4)
Five: Warrant Officer F. H. Tilke, Devon Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Elandslaagte (4753 Cpl., Devon Regt.); King’s South Africa, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (4753 Pte., Devon Regt.); 1914-15 Star (7490 Sjt., Devon. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7490 W.O.Cl.2., Devon. R.) generally good very fine and extremely rare (5)
Hammer Price: £620
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (Thos. Belton, Ensn. 61st Foot) in its original named card box of issue, extremely fine
Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (4660 Sergt. W. Holmes, Devon Regt.) contact marks, therefore nearly very fine and rare
A Rare Great War Family Group to Four Brothers, all serving with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in Gallipoli, two of whom were killed in action and another died of wounds Three: Major N. S. Mann, M.C., Loyal North Lancasire Regiment 1914-15 Star (Capt., L.N.Lan.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major) Three: Lieutenant R. Mann, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., L.N.Lan.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) Pair: Captain H. G. Mann, Loyal North...
Hammer Price: £600
A North West Europe M.M. group of four awarded to Private F. M. Barnett, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5569507 Pte., Glouc. R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal, very fine (4)
Pair: Captain W. A. Dely, 61st Regiment Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (Captn., 61st Foot); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Delhi (Captn., 61st Regt.) generally very fine (2)
Hammer Price: £590
Coorg Rebellion 1837, silver, fitted with rings for suspension, a good original striking with no die flaws, contact marks from wear but better than good fine and scarce
Hammer Price: £580
Three: Colour Sergeant George Morrison, 61st Regiment Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Corpl., 61st Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (2009 Corpl., 61st Foot); Indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Delhi (Color-Serjt., 61st Regt.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better and a rare group (3)
Hammer Price: £520
Waterloo 1815 (John Gudson, Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine
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