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A classic and emotive Fall of France and Battle of Britain fighter ace’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader A. F. “Shag” Eckford, Royal Air Force, who flew in Bader’s No. 242 Squadron at the beginning of the Battle and was among the Hurricane pilots of No. 32 Squadron to be memorably captured on film at Hawkinge in the Summer of 1940: one of his victims, a 109 pilot, stood up in a Kentish cornfield with his hands up as Eckford approached Distinguished Flying Cross,...
Hammer Price: £15,000
The unique M.G.S. and N.G.S. pair awarded to Major-General Sir William Reid, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Governor of Malta, heroic veteran of countless sieges and battles with the Royal Engineers in the Peninsula and at Algiers Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (Lieut., R. Engrs.); Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (Capt., R. Engrs.), both fitted with silver riband buckles, toned, good...
Hammer Price: £14,000
The fine Small Army Gold Medal and Waterloo C.B. group of three awarded to Colonel James Hawker, Royal Artillery The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1818, complete with wide swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, contained in its original red leather case of issue, enamel chipped on one obverse and two reverse arms and on both wreaths; Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Albuhera (Major Jas....
Hammer Price: £12,000
The historic campaign group of five awarded to Field Marshal George Charles Bingham, G.C.B., 3rd Earl of Lucan, Colonel of the 8th Hussars and the 1st Life Guards, in command of the Light and Heavy Cavalry Brigades at Balaklava and wounded in the charge Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Lt. Genl. The Earl of Lucan) contemporary engraved naming, the clasps converted on to a fixed carriage to facilitate wearing; Jubilee 1887, silver; Order of the Medjidie,...
A fine Light Brigade pair to Lance-Corporal W. H. ‘Tom’ Spring, 11th Hussars, wounded and taken prisoner in the Charge Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Sebastopol, Balaklava, Alma (Lce.-Crpl. W. H. Spring, 11th Hussars) officially impressed naming, clasps fitted in order listed; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, contained in an old case together with an original newspaper portrait, some nicks and surface bruises, otherwise very fine (2) £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £7,500
The C.B. and Waterloo pair awarded to Colonel Charles Gold, Royal Artillery, commanding the artillery of the 2nd Division at Waterloo The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in silver-gilt and enamels but with gold centres, fitted with gilt straight bar suspension and ribbon slide, a well made contemporary copy badge to replace the original which would have been returned at death; Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Col., Royal Foot Artillery) fitted with original steel clip...
Hammer Price: £6,000
An outstanding Boer War D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. J. Skeffington-Smyth, 9th Lancers, later Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Capt. G. H. J. S. Smyth, D.S.O., 9/Lcrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. G. H. J. Skeffington-Smyth); Jubilee...
Hammer Price: £4,900
A fine Great War Pilot’s M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. H. “Hootsmon” Cooper, Royal Flying Corps, late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who favoured especially close combat and the low-level attack Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Lieut. J. H. Cooper, M.C., 20-11-17’; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.F.C.); Defence and War Medals good very fine and better (5) £1500-1800
Hammer Price: £4,600
An outstanding El-Teb D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private Frank Hayes, 10th Hussars Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (1588 P... Hayes, 10th Hussars. 29th Feby. 1884); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1588 Pte., 10th Rl. Hussars); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (10th Rl. Hussars); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, suspensions generally slack, some loss of detail to naming in parts from contact bruising, heavily pitted and worn, therefore fine only but a rare group (4) £3000-3500
Hammer Price: £4,400
A scarce Albert Medal awarded to Lieutenant C. Foy, 10th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, for repeatedly intervening to save lives during a bombing practice on 7 September 1917 Albert Medal, 2nd class, for Gallantry in Saving Life on Land (Presented by His Majesty to Lieutenant Clifford Foy, 10th Battalion, The Manchester Regt. for gallantry in saving life at bombing practice on the 7th September 1917) contained in its original red leather fitted case of issue, with ‘G.V.R.’ cypher to...
Hammer Price: £4,300
Victoria Cross reverse of the Cross and suspension bar erased, thin replacement suspension ring, otherwise very fine £2500-3000
Hammer Price: £4,100
An outstanding 1914 D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major George Delara, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, captured at Kut-al-Amara and subsequently awarded the M.S.M. for services whilst a prisoner of war Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3865 S.Mjr., 2/Dorset. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3865 Serjt., Dorset Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps,...
An outstanding Second War Submariner’s D.S.M. and Bar group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer Ronald Pain, for services aboard H.M. Submarines Sturgeon, Trusty and Trump Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (J.115048 R. Pain, P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (P.O. H.M.S. Trusty) together with original Certificate of Service, four photographs and various letters, and a...
Hammer Price: £4,000
A fine Second War ‘Retreat to Dunkirk 1940’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal John Lymer, Lancashire Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (3445531 Cpl, Lan/Fus.) suspension claw tightened; 1939-45 Star; War Medal; together with 'A Wartime Log' kept by Corporal Lymer whilst a prisoner in Stalag 357, containing photographs, poems, coloured sketches and cartoons by members of the camp, the contents generally good and amusing, this with front cover detached, contact...
A rare Commission document of the Jacobite Rising of 1745 signed by Bonny Prince Charles, Commission by Prince Charles Edward Stuart appointing Thomas Robertson of Mucklie Esquire a Cornet in the Perthshire Squadron commanded by William Viscount of Strathallan. Signed and sealed at the Palace of Holyrood House 2nd October 1745.Signed twice, C P R and Charles P R, his red wax seal with hairline cracks but intact, some minor spotting and holing at folds, otherwise in good state, framed and...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A scarce North West Frontier M.M. group of ten awarded to Captain W. Vincent, Royal Pioneer Corps, late Gardner’s Horse and Royal Tank Corps Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7877605 Sjt., R. Tank R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (7877605 Sjt., R. Tank C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence & War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Capt., M.M. R.P.C.); Regular Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue...
The Peninsula and Waterloo pair to Captain George Butcher, 11th Light Dragoons, Regimental Sergeant Major at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (Serjt. Major, 11th Lt. Dragns.); Waterloo 1815 (Reg. Serj. Maj., 11th Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension, the first nearly extremely fine, the second with edge bruising and light contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £2500-3000
A good Crimea War C.B. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-General E. F. Bourchier, Royal Engineers, who had earlier been mentioned in despatches for repulsing a night attack on his encampment on the Great Fish River, South Africa in 1846 The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge in gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1859, complete with swivel-ring suspension and gold riband buckle; South Africa 1834-53 (Capt., Rl. Engineers); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma,...
Hammer Price: £3,500
A fine night fighter pilot’s D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader S. S. Duff, Royal Air Force, who flew Blenheims in the Battle, afterwards claiming five victories over the U.K., France and North Africa, one of them in a Havoc Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1943, with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals...
Four: Squadron Leader J. H. G. Walker, Royal Air Force, a daring Blenheim pilot who flew through a gap in the mole wall at Borkum in November 1939, and afterwards throughout the Battle: he was killed in action following a sweep over St. Omer in May 1942 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals good very fine (4) £2400-2800
An outstanding Great War ‘Battle of Nasiriya’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major N. V. L. Rybot, 76th Punjabis, a veteran of the Tibet campaign, captured at Kut al Amara, and designer of the ‘German Occupation’ stamps for the Island of Jersey Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (Lieutt., 28th Punjabis); 1914-15 Star (Major, 76-Punjabis); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, with ribbon buckle,...
Hammer Price: £3,400
A fine Boer War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant Colonel W. C. N. Hastings, Manchester Regiment Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, minor enamel damage to wreaths; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Capt., Manch. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Lieut., Manch. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt., Manc. Rgt.) this with official correction to rank and...
Hammer Price: £3,300
A Boer War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Captain B. A. Turner, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on 2nd November 1914 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2nd Lieut., 2/Rif. Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Orange Free State (Capt., Rifle Bde.) rank officially corrected and last clasp a contemporary copy; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South...
Hammer Price: £3,200
A rare Second World War M.M. and Bar group of six awarded to Lance Sergeant W. Penman, New Zealand Infantry, killed in action at the Sangro River, Italy on 30 November 1943 Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (35902 L/Sgt., 2 N.Z.E.F. 1943); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal; New Zealand Service Medal, these last five unnamed as issued, together with New Zealand Memorial Cross (35909 Sjt., (M.M. & Bar)) nearly extremely fine (7) £2000-2500
Hammer Price: £3,100
A rare 1939 D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Captain R. I. A. Sarell, Royal Navy, for ramming a U-boat whilst in command of H.M.S. Broke, one of the first operational D.S.O’s of the Second World War Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., reverse of the lower suspension officially dated ‘1939’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, the group court mounted as worn, together with...
Hammer Price: £3,000
The M.G.S. and Army of India pair awarded to Captain J. S. Byers, Royal Artillery, who served in Nepaul as A.D.C. to Major-General Sir R. R. Gillespie and was the only Royal Artillery recipient of the Army of India medal Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (2nd Capt. R. Arty.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Captn., R.A., A.D.C.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine and a unique...
A Zeebrugge D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman T. H. Ripley, Royal Navy, a member of “B” Company of the Seaman Storming Party embarked in Vindictive, wounded during the raid and a participant in the ballot for the Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J.30094. T. H. Ripley, A.B., Nl. Bde. Zeebrugge-Ostend. 22-3 Apl. 1918) some minor official corrections to naming; 1914-15 Star (J.30094 Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (A.B. R.N.) light contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £2,900
The M.G.S., Army of India and Gwalior campaign group of three awarded to Major-General J. J. Farrington, Bengal Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (Lieut. Arty.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Captn., Arty.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Lieutt. Col., 4th Battn. Arty.) with original hook suspension fitted with slip-on ring, nearly extremely fine (3) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,800
An extremely rare Second World War D.F.C., D.F.M., Post-War Civil B.E.M. group of eight to Flying Officer C. W. Chalmers, Royal Air Force, a two-tour Wireless Operator who survived four sorties to Berlin and the disastrous Nuremburg raid of March 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse dated 1944; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (615684 F./Sgt. C. W. Chalmers, R.A.F.); British Empire Medal (Civil) E.II.R. (Christopher Walter Chalmers, D.F.C., D.F.M.); 1939-45 Star; Air...
A fine Second World War Rear-Gunner’s D.F.C., immediate D.F.M. group of six to Flight Lieutenant W. “Smasher” Bramwell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a two-tour, Path Finder man who survived eight trips with the Master Bomber Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1944; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (977402 Sgt. W. Bramwell, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals, the second with edge...
The miniature awards of Field Marshal George Charles Bingham, G.C.B., 3rd Earl of Lucan, comprising Order of the Bath (Military) gold and enamels; Crimea 1854, 1 clasp, Sebastopol; Legion of Honour, 2nd Empire, gold and enamels, lacking reverse centre; Order of the Medjidie, silver, gold and enamel; Russo-Turkish War Medal 1828-29; Order of St Anne, gold and enamels, central medallion badly chipped, all of continental size, suspended from gold bar with original ‘combination’ ribbon,...
Hammer Price: £2,700
A rare Second World War Italy operations D.S.O., immediate M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Wing Commander E. B. R. Lockwood, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Liberator pilot who commanded No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron in the closing months of the War Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., the reverse of the lower suspension officially dated 1945; The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 2nd type; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals,...
A rare Boer War D.T.D. and Great War ‘German South-West Africa’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major J. F. Wolmorans, Staats Artillerie, later 4th South African Mounted Rifles Anglo-Boer War Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst 1899-1902 (Maj. J. F. Wolmorans); Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Maj. J. F. Wolmorans); 1914-15 Star (Mjr., S.A.M.R.-F.A.B.); British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (Maj.) the War Medal officially re-impressed, mounted on an...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A Second World War Submariner’s D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Leading Stoker J. H. King, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M. Submarines Trident and Sportsman Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (K.52800 J. H. King, L. Sto. H.M.S. Trident); British War and Victory Medals (K.52800 Sto.2 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (L.Sto. R.F.R.) together with original Certificate of Service, Buckingham...
Four: Flight Sergeant A. R. Denyer, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (4125457 Cpl., R.A.F.); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Radfan, South Arabia (4125457 Cpl., R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R. (F. Sgt. (L4125457), R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., with Second Award Bar (L 4125457 Cpl., R.A.F.) some contact wear, generally good very fine, a rare and attractive modern long service group (4) £600-800
The Crimean campaign group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Lord George Bingham, Coldstream Guards, Aide-de-Camp to the Earl of Lucan Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (George Lord Bingham, Lt. & Captn. Coldsm. Gds. A.D.C. Cav. Dn.) contemporary engraved naming; Legion of Honour, 2nd Empire, 5th class, silver and enamels with gold centres, severe enamel damage; Order of the Medjidie, 5th class, silver, gold and enamel, some...
Three: Private James B. Carpenter, 9th Lancers Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (9th Lancers); Punjab 1848-492 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (9th Lancers); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 3 clasps, Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (9th Lancers) all fitted with ornately engraved silver ribbon buckles, together with original Royal Hospital Chelsea letter (1865) addressed to ‘James Beckett Carpenter, late 9th Lancers, Invalid Convict Prison, Knapp hill, near Woking, Surrey’ transmitting 2nd...
Three: Sergeant O. V. Houghton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Hurricane Pilot who was killed in action while serving with No. 501 Squadron on 6 September 1940 1939-45 Star, clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45 extremely fine (3) £2000-2500
A Great War C.B.E. group of ten to Paymaster Rear Admiral G. C. A. Boyer, Royal Navy Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 1st type; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Asst. Paymr., H.M.S. Briton); China 1900, no clasp (Payr., R.N., H.M.S. Marathon); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf (Payr. Capt., R.N.); Italy, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck badge, gold and enamel; France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel;...
Hammer Price: £2,500
Imperial British East Africa Company Medal 1888-95 (Captain F. J. D. Lugard, Norfolk Regt.) named in reverse field, good very fine and very rare £1000-1200
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