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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gold, silver-gilt and enamel appliqué centre, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1944’; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, hallmarks for London 1947, the reverse of the Cross officially...
Hammer Price: £26,000
The excessively rare First Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant P. Sharkey, 94th Regiment (Connaught Rangers), a veteran of the Zulu War who was decorated for his gallant work during the siege of Standerton in December 1880 to March 1881: some twenty years later - during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 - he re-enlisted as a Scout in the Scottish Horse, thereby earning a possibly unique combination of awards Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (L./Sergt. P. Sharkey, 2/Conn. Rang.)...
Hammer Price: £19,000
Russia, Order of the White Eagle, sash badge, by Albert Keibel, St. Petersburg, 90 x 59mm., gold and enamel, with manufacturer’s initials on suspension loop and on one talon and faint ‘56’ gold fineness mark on suspension loop, base metal clip, with full sash ribbon, in unrelated velvet covered case, cross on reverse lacking central momogram ‘AM’, some enamel damage to blue enamel ribbon below crown, otherwise good very fine £8000-10000
Hammer Price: £14,000
The outstanding Second World War D.S.O., D.F.C., post-war O.B.E., A.F.C. group of twelve awarded to Air Commodore W. J. ‘Wilf’ Burnett, Royal Air Force, a veteran of three operational tours and 62 sorties who rose to senior command in Aden in the 1960s, via Aries Programme polar flights and squadron command in the Suez Crisis in 1956, a remarkable career preserved for posterity in the pages of his son’s biography, The Best of Lives Awarded his D.F.C. for a gallant tour of duty in Hampdens...
Hammer Price: £13,000
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with correct wide gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, in its red leather case of issue, some very minor enamel loss to wreaths, otherwise extremely fine and rare thus £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £10,000
A superb Korean War ‘Battle of the Hook’ M.M. group of nine awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major J. C. ‘Joe’ Jobling, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, late Green Howards Military Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (4388113 A./W.O. Cl. 2 J. C. Jobling, Green Howards); India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4388113 Pte. J. C. Jobling, Green Howard), clasp backstraps removed; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 193...
Hammer Price: £9,000
A rare Bhurtpoor C.B. group of three awarded to Major-General Cecil Bisshopp, 14th Foot, Aide de Camp to Lieutenant-General Gwynne at Corunna The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with original wide gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (C. Bisshopp, Capt. 14th Foot); Army of India 1799-...
Hammer Price: £8,000
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Major L. M. Bennett, 4th Foot, who was wounded in the leg at Bayonne, and afterwards fought at Bladensburg, witnessed the burning of Washington, was present at New Orleans, and was mentioned in despatches for distinguished conduct at Mobile in February 1815, the last action of the war with America Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Badajoz, Salamanca (L. M. Bennett, Capt. 4th Foot.) light edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £6000-8000
A rare Second World War M.M. and Bar group of seven awarded to Company Sergeant-Major H. A. Baker, 7th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment: having been first decorated for his gallantry in rescuing a wounded officer in France in May 1940, he added an immediate Bar to his award for his subsequent bravery at Villers Bocage in Normandy on 14 June 1944, when his company became embroiled in a closely fought action with “Tigers” of the much vaunted 2 Panzer Division - six weeks later he...
A notable Falklands War campaign group of three awarded to Sergeant (later Lieutenant) I. D. Fisk, Royal Marines, who was mentioned in despatches for gallantry whilst serving as Missile/Gun Director aboard H.M.S. Yarmouth, when during repeated Argentine air attacks ‘his efforts were rewarded by at least two confirmed kills’ General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (P028197B I. D. Fisk L. Cpl RM); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette and M.I.D. oak leaf (Sgt I D Fisk P028197B RM);...
Hammer Price: £7,500
An outstanding Korean War M.C. group of eight awarded to Colonel C. W. Bowen, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was decorated for his gallantry whilst attached to the 1st Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in January 1951: he was still serving as the Battalion’s M.O. at the battle of Imjin later that year and last saw active service in Northern Ireland in the 1970s Military Cross, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, the reverse officially dated ‘1951’, with its Royal Mint case of issue; The Order o...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Centaur 26 Augt 1808 (James Goslin.) letter ‘A’ double-struck, nearly extremely fine £4000-4600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse (James Oddy, 43rd Foot), minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £5,000-6,000
The uniform and artefacts: (i) The recipient’s R.A.F. tunic, trousers and side cap, as kept at his mother’s house for when he went home on leave; when he was reported missing his mother was so distressed that a Doctor had to be called, and she was put to bed with this uniform to comfort her. (ii) His leather flying gloves, as worn on the Dams raid, together with a leather flying helmet and flying goggles, as given to his younger brother, Freddie, the former with ink inscriptions, ‘Th...
Hammer Price: £7,000
A fine C.B. and battle of Ginnis gold D.S.O. group of six awarded to Colonel Edward Everett, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamels, small flake to reverse lower arm and some chipping to green enamel wreaths; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. Edwd. Everett, 79th Highlanders); Egypt & Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Ma...
Hammer Price: £6,500
The rare and impressive C.M.G., C.V.O., C.B.E., Sudan D.S.O. group of twenty awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel James Kiero Watson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was awarded the D.S.O. for services during the reconquest of Dongola: a close friend of Lord Kitchener, to whom he was A.D.C. in the Sudan and in South Africa, he commanded an advance at Gallipoli in 1915 before retiring as Military Attaché in Cairo The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast...
The Yangtze campaign medal issued posthumously to Stoker Mechanic V. D. Maskell, Royal Navy, one of the 20 officers and men killed aboard H.M.S. Amethyst during the incident Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (C.KX 118897 V. D. Maskell. Sto. Mech. R.N.) extremely fine £3000-4000
A very rare Great War M.C. and ‘Faversham Explosion’ Edward Medal group of twelve awarded to Honorary Brigadier J. M. Stebbings, Royal Artillery, taken prisoner at Tobruk in 1942 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Edward Medal (Industry), G.V.R., 1st issue, with 2nd type reverse, bronze (Lieut. John Morley Stebbings.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. J. M. Stebbings.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf...
Hammer Price: £6,100
An outstanding C.B.E., R.R.C. & Bar group of seven awarded to Matron-in-Chief Beatrice Isabel Jones, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service - a recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal, who died in tragic circumstances in Mesopotamia, 14 January 1921 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted ‘bow and tails’ in Garrard, London case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.)...
Hammer Price: £6,000
An outstanding Second World War D-Day immediate M.M. group of six awarded to Signalman A. M. McGregor, 1st Special Service Brigade (Signal Troop) Royal Corps of Signals, 6th Airborne Division, who was decorated for his gallantry during the landings on Gold Beach on 6 June 1944, when he came ashore in the first wave and received ‘two shrapnel wounds in the head, three bullet wounds in the arm and a shrapnel wound in the leg’: nonetheless he refused to be evacuated and continued to maintain vit...
An extremely rare Second World War ‘Home Front’ M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant G. W. Lancaster, 266 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 62nd Regiment, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for gallantry whilst serving with the Preston Battery during the Hull Blitz on the night of 7/8 May 1941- one of just 17 M.Ms awarded for gallantry in the United Kingdom in the last war Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1443631 Bmbr. G. W. Lancaster, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45;...
Pair: Commander S. G. D. Andrews, Royal Naval Reserve, and P. & O. Steam Navigation Company Transport 1899-1902, 2 clasps, S. Africa 1899-1902, China 1900 ()S. G. D. Andrews, In Command.); U.S.A., Military Order of the Dragon (Sidney George David Andrews H.M. Transport “Sunda” in Command No. 1341) complete with Pagoda top suspension and original but fragmentary ribbon, good very fine and probably a unique combination (2) £3600-4000
Hammer Price: £5,500
The rare and impressive K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., Sudan D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Captain Sir Edward Colpoys Midwinter Pasha, Royal Engineers, one of Kitchener’s “Band of Boys” who helped build the desert railway and was awarded the D.S.O. for the battles of Atbara and Omdurman - he afterwards became Director of Sudan Railways and Steamers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge and breast star, s...
A rare Great War Mesopotamia operations C.M.G., inter-war C.I.E., C.V.O. group of nine awarded to Colonel W. W. Chitty, Indian Army, a veteran of the Uganda operations of 1898-1900 who was taken P.O.W. on the fall of Kut in April 1916 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.), Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.), Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, in gold and enamel,...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Wm. Upcott.) left side of clasp facing sprung, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £4600-5000
An impressive Second World War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain The Rev. Mark Green, Chaplain to the Forces, attached 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, late 24th Lancers - who, on his own initiative utilised a ‘Honey’ light tank to rescue casualties from a tank battle - latterly Chaplain to the Far East Land Forces and Suffragan Bishop of Aston Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed...
An outstanding Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. and Bar group of eight awarded to Petty Officer W. M. Hatherly, Royal Navy: having gained his first award for gallant services in the United in the “Fighting Tenth”, including the destruction of the Italian submarine Remo in the Gulf of Taranto in July 1943, he won a Bar for Tapir’s ‘snap attack’ on the U-486 off Bergen on 12 April 1945, on which occasion he brought the submarine torpedo tubes to readiness in just three minutes His C.O. t...
An outstanding Second World War Coastal Forces Coxswain’s D.S.M. group of six awarded to Temporary Acting Boatswain H. Unsworth, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for M.T.B. 15’s daring foray into Ostend’s anchorage in September 1940 and decorated for M.T.B. 31’s costly fire fight with E/R Boats off Boulogne in March 1942, on which occasion he was severely wounded He subsequently took over the onerous duties of Coxswain to “Walker R.N.” in H.M.S. Starling, and added a second “men...
The G.C.B., O. St. J. group of six awarded to General Sir John St. George, Royal Artillery - who commanded the siege train at Sebastopol and was latterly Master Gunner, St. James’s Park The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, with gold pin, with full sash, minor enamel damage; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Bailiff set of insignia, neck badge, 51 x 5...
Hammer Price: £5,000
The fine K.C.B., Sudan, Boer War and Great War group awarded to Major-General Sir E. G. T. Bainbridge, East Kent Regiment, who served with the Egyptian Army and in river gunboats during the reconquest, and went on to command the 7th Mounted Infantry during the Boer War, and the 25th Division on the Western Front The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s neck badge and breast star, silver, silver-gilt, gold and enamels; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Bimb: E. G. T....
A rare post-war campaign pair awarded to Trooper G. Cable, Special Air Service (S.A.S.), a confirmed participant in Operation “Termite” in Malaya in 1954 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (T/22548417 Tpr. G. Cable. S.A.S.); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, South Arabia (22548417 Tpr. G. Cable. SAS.), contact marks and a little polished, otherwise generally very fine and better (2) £1400-1600
An outstanding Second World War D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant A. Cole-Evans, 1st Royal Dragoons (R.A.C.), late 4/7th Dragoon Guards, onetime attached 51 (Middle East) Commando, who was decorated for his gallantry in France in the summer of 1944: on 1 September, ‘though greatly outnumbered, he fought his way to the bridge over the Somme in an attempt to prevent it being blown. He was badly wounded in the leg but continued to direct his section for some time and was responsible for...
An outstanding Second World War Normandy operations M.M. group of five awarded to Marine R. Emsley, 4th Special Service Brigade (B Troop) 47 Commando, Royal Marines, who was decorated for his gallantry in the attack on Port-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944, the day following the D-Day landings: Whilst so engaged, ‘a mortar shell exploded, taking out his left eye and filling his body with shrapnel’ but he continued firing his gun and succeeded in rescuing two of his comrades Military Medal, G.VI.R...
The Palestine and Second World War campaign group of four awarded to Corporal A. Drongin, Special Air Service (S.A.S.), formerly a Sergeant-Major in the Scots Guards, who died of wounds received in ‘L’ Detachment’s raid on Benghazi in September 1942: recalled by other old comrades as a ‘very hard soldier, with a harsh voice, who would take no nonsense’, and as ‘one of Stirling’s ideal selfless men’, he displayed indomitable courage during his final ordeal, telling the M.O., “I’m sorry to have...
A fine Great War K.B.E., Boer War C.B. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General Sir Robert Bewicke-Copley, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who commanded the 3rd Battalion in the desperate action at Spion Kop The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gilt and enamel centre; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) breast badge, with swiv...
Hammer Price: £4,800
A fine C.M.G. and ‘Neuve Chapelle 1915’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Brigadier-General C. G. W. Hunter, Royal Engineers, Chief Engineer XII Army Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels, enamel chips to both centres; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, complete with top suspension brooch, some chipping to wreaths; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clas...
The outstanding Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant J. S. Cargil, 52nd Light Infantry, who had an unfortunate encounter with the Duke of Wellington soon after the above described events at Vera in October 1813: described by Sir Harry Smith as a ‘manly, rough young subaltern’ and by another fellow officer - Charles Kinloch - as ‘a tall, good looking, rattling, harum scarum, devil-may-care, sort of fellow’, he ended his career in disgrace in Paris in 1816, where he ‘took to drinking very hard...
A rare Second World War escaper’s M.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer A. R. Cottle, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who, having already gained membership of the Goldfish Club, was wounded on the occasion his Beaufighter was downed by Me. 109s off Kalimnos in the Aegean in November 1943: unlike his pilot, he was fortunate to escape the wreckage and was picked up in his dinghy by an E-Boat off Kos - subsequently taken to an Italian convent hospital, he made a successful bid from fr...
An important Malaya operations O.B.E., Korean War Silver Star group of ten awarded to Colonel J. B. Gillies, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: in the 1st Battalion’s courageous assault on “Hill 282” in Korea on 23 September 1950, he fought alongside Major K. Muir, and was one of three men to submit statements in support of the latter being awarded a posthumous V.C. - it was Gillies who recorded the Major’s last words before he was carried mortally wounded from the summit: “No Gooks are going...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A rare U.S.A. Presidential Life Saving Medal awarded to George Fox for assistance in rescuing the crew of the Northern Belle, off the coast of Kent, 5 / 6 January 1857 U.S.A. Presidential Life Saving Medal 1853-79 issue, by Koehler, 64mm. dia., silver, obverse: a man with an arm raised, the other clinging on to a broken mast bearing the letters ‘US’; to the left in the distance a ship under full sail; to the right clouds, birds circling overhead; reverse: a wreath of laurel and oak leaves...
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