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A rare Mau Mau operations M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major W. S. Watson, Royal Armoured Corps (R.A.C.), a District Military Intelligence Officer who was decorated for his leadership in successful operations undertaken in the Thomsons Falls and South Nyeri Reserve Districts in 1955: as a consequence over 100 terrorists were killed, 39 wounded and 24 captured The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire M.B.E. (Military Division), Member’s type 2 breast badge; 1939-45 Star;...
Hammer Price: £2,200
Waterloo 1815 (Richard Johnson, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards) replacement silver clip and straight bar suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, fine £1500-1800
An early Second World War D.F.M. awarded to Sergeant E. F. Fry, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, for gallant services as a pilot in Wellingtons of No. 214 Squadron: he subsequently died on active service in February 1941, while serving in No. 142 Squadron Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (741738 Sgt. E. F. Fry, R.A.F.), in its named card box of issue, extremely fine £1700-1900
Three: Captain Archibald Little, late Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard, who served as a Scout in the Bulawayo Field Force with the noted American F. R. Burnham in Rhodesia Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Corp. A. Little. P.A.V.G.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (Scout A. Little. Staff. B.F.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Captain A. Little.) the last with minor edge bruise, otherwise dark...
A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. E. Scafe, Devonshire Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with neck cravat; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (Lieut., Devon Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt., Devon Rgt.); 1914-15 Star...
Hammer Price: £2,000
The good Second War North-West Europe operations D.S.O., pre-war M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Colonel J. Bell, Royal Engineers, who undertook much hazardous mine clearance work Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1946’, in its Garrard case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-1945 Star;...
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Captain F. A. Gerber, South African Horse, late Somaliland Burgher Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902, naming erased; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (73 Tpr., Som. Bur. C.); 1914-15 Star (Lt., Brands F.S. Rfls.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.) mounted for display, fine and better (6) £1400-1800
An interesting Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Private G. G. West, Cape Town Highlanders, who, having absconded from Dartmouth Naval College, made his way to South Africa and enlisted under the alias ‘John Moore’: he was subsequently killed in action at Jacobsdal on 25 October 1900, having been - by popular family account - recommended for the V.C. Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (1005 Pte G. G. West, Cape Town Highrs), initials and surname corrected from his alias ‘J. Moore’;...
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal E. B. Matthews, 101st Field Company Royal Engineers, killed in action, Flanders, 11 June 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (48215 Cpl., 101/F. Co. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (48215 Cpl., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (48215 A.W.O. Cl. 2, R.E.) good very fine (4) £1000-1200
Waterloo 1815 (Henry Stahlschmidt, 1st Light Batt. K.G.L.) with steel clip and replacement split ring suspension, with silver buckle bar, contact marks, very fine £1200-1400
A Second World War Path Finder’s D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant N. Thorn, Royal Air Force, who was decorated for a tour of operations as a Flight Engineer in Lancasters of No. 156 Squadron in the period August 1944 to April 1945 - namely a total of 43 operational sorties including the ‘firestorm’ attack on Dresden in February 1945 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1593865 F./Sgt. N. Thorn, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals...
The Crimean War pair to Ensign Malcolm Drummond, Viscount Forth, 42nd Royal Highlanders, who carried the Regimental Colour at the battle of the Alma Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (Ensign. Vist. Forth. 42d. Foot.) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, Hunt & Roskell die, unnamed, both fitted with silver Hunt & Roskell ribbon buckles, good very fine (2) £2000-2400
Three: Corporal L. M. Fabling, Cape Police, a Jameson Raider who was present at the relief of Mafeking and manned the Police 7-pounder during the defence of Kinberley Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (228 Pte. L. M. Fabling. C. Pol.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (228 Cpl: L. M. Fabling. Cape Police); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter...
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1890 (Tpr. S. Bartlett, B.S.A.C.P.) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £1200-1400
The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals attributed to Théophile Piry, French diplomat and ambassador, Postal Secretary of the Imperial Chinese Post Office Portugal, Order of Villa Vicosa, gold and enamels; Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, gold and enamels; Sweden, Order of Vasa, gold and enamels; Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, gold and enamels; Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, silver-gilt and enamels; Russia, Order of St Stanislas, gold and enamels; China,...
A Victorian C.B. group of six awarded to Colonel Sir Augustus Fitzgeorge, K.C.V.O., C.B., 11th Hussars, late Rifle Brigade The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarked London 1895, fitted with gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckles; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver and enamel; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Ens. A. C. F. Fitzgeorge, 1/R. Bde.) officially...
Hammer Price: £1,900
A Great War C.M.G., D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. C. Foryth, Royal Field Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G. Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R. , silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., R.F.A.); China 1900, no clasp (Lieut., No. 91 Co.,...
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant T. W. Vine, City of London Imperial Volunteers, formerly 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Artillery and later South African Constabulary Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt. T. W. Vine, S.A.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (706 Sgt. T. W. Vine, C.I.V.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (942 T. Sjt.-Maj. T. W. Vine, S.A.C.) mounted as worn,...
A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Corporal J. H. Manchester, 1/5th Lincolnshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240698 Cpl., 1/5 Linc. R.); 1914-15 Star (3054 Pte., Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3054 Cpl., Linc. R.) good very fine and better (4) £1000-1200
A fine Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. group of five awarded to Leading Telegraphist H. S. “Bob” Roberts, Royal Navy, who witnessed much action in the Tuna in the period 1941-43, including the above described ‘sub.-on.sub.’ encounter with the U-644 in the Arctic in April 1943: it was for his fine work on this occasion - seated with his headphones on two cushions atop a depth charge in the control room - that he was decorated Regular war patrols aside, Tuna carried out her...
A Great War M.M. Bourlon Wood 1918 operations group of four awarded to Private A. Mercier, 14th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Royal Montreal Regiment), who was twice wounded in action Military Medal, G.V.R. (23211 Pte. A. Mercier, 14/Quebec R.); 1914-15 Star (23211 Pte. A. Mercier, 14/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (23211 Pte. A. Mercier, 14-Can. Inf.), very fine (4) £600-800
A post-war military M.B.E., Second World War M.M. group of eight awarded to Major E. D. Childes, Rhodesia and Nyasaland Army Service Corps, late Southern Rhodesia Regiment, attached Nigeria Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Military Medal, G.VI.R. (CR/1247 Mech. S/Sjt. E. D. Childes, S. Rhod. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st...
Pair: Apothecary W. H. Must, 6th Dragoon Guards and Bengal Subordinate Medical Department Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Asst. Apothy. W. H. Must, 6th Dgn. Gds.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Apothy. W. H. Must. Subt. Medl. Dept.) marks to the Queen’s cheek on the first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £800-1000
New Mills Boer War Tribute Medal, silver, with gold central shield, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, the reverse engraved, ‘Presented to Pte. J. Leadbetter on his return from South Africa by the public of New Mills, June 28/02’, very fine and extremely rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,800
A K.C.B., C.M.G., O.B.E. group of four to Sir David R. Serpell, Civil Servant The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1958, with neck cravat; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold pin, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, in Garrard,...
An outstanding ‘spy catcher’s’ M.B.E. group of six awarded to Major A. W. Sansom, Intelligence Corps, a long served Head of British Field Security in Cairo and the author of I Spied Spies - an extraordinary story embracing all manner of cut-throats and the occasional belly dancer, one of the latter - ‘no Mata Hari’ - being blessed with ‘sensational green eyes’ Among other achievements, he was responsible for the capture of Nazi agent Hans Eppler, who had been sent to Cairo...
Four: Lieutenant G. Wear, 2nd Dragoon Guards, late Essex Yeomanry 1914-15 Star (1064 Pte., Essex Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut.); Russia, St. George Cross for Bravery, 4th Class, silver, reverse numbered, ‘127307’, good very fine (4) £500-550
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Peter Johnson.) damage from brooch mounting to obverse and edges at either side, suspension re-fixed, contact marks, therefore good fine £1500-1800
Waterloo 1815 (Corporal M’Gavern, 6th or Inniskilling Drag.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, note lack of initial, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise better than good fine £1800-2200
A fine B.E.F. 1940 M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Sergeant M. Carragher, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards, who was decorated for his gallantry during the Battle of Boulogne on 23 May 1940, where his behaviour in action against the advancing German army was described as being ‘as cool as if he had been on the Barrack Square’: subsequently commissioned in the Queen’s Regiment, he also served as a Provost Marshal prior to his retirement as a Major Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2716755...
Pair: Sergeant S. Dynon, 16th Lancers Ghuznee 1839, reverse engraved, ‘Corpl. Stephen Dynon, H.M. 16th Lancers’, original straight bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843, reverse inscribed, ‘..... Stephen Dynon, H.M. 16th Lancers’ rank mostly erased, replacement straight bar suspension, contact marks, very fine (2) £1000-1200
Seven: Regimental Sergeant-Major H. D. M. Barnett, Cradock Commando, late Cape police and Royston’s Horse, a scarce casualty of the 1906 Zulu rebellion Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (287 Lce. Cpl. H. D. M. Barnett. C. Pol.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (287 Serjt: H. D. M. Barnett. Cape P.D. 1.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (287 Serjt: H. D. M. Barnett....
A well documented group of six awarded to Lance-Serjeant C. E. Matthews, 11th Battalion Parachute Regiment, late Royal West Kent Regiment, who died of wounds at Arnhem, 21 September 1944 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (858241 Pte. C. Matthews, R.W. Kent R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed, extremely fine (6) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,700
Pair: Private W. Whitehouse, Warwickshire Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (264 Pte., 5th Coy. 2nd Imp. Yeo.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (291 Sjt., Warwick I.Y.) mounted from a silver brooch bar, inscribed, ‘1900-01’, together with scarce Warwickshire Yeomanry badge, good very fine (3) £500- 550
The G.S.M. awarded to Marine D. M. Wilson, 45 Commando, Royal Marines, who was killed in action at Wadi Dhubsan in Radfan on 26 May 1964: as is the custom in the Royal Marines on such occasions, his kit was subsequently auctioned amongst his comrades in ‘X’ Company and the proceeds sent to his next of kin - his cap badge and green beret raised £100 General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Radfan (RM.21814 D. M. Wilson, Mne. R.M.), nearly extremely fine £1400-1800
A rare Java 1945-46 operations O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Brigadier R. C. B. Bristow, Indian Army, whose long and distinguished career is described in his autobiography - Memories of the British Raj: Soldier in India The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (2 Lieut. C. R. Bristow, 2-9 G.R.), note initials; India General Service...
The K.B.E. awarded to Sir Frederick Maze, Inspector-General of Chinese Maritime Customs The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil Division) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel and breast star, silver, with gilt and enamel centre, very fine or better (2) £800-1000
A Great War Jeancourt 1918 operations M.M. group of three awarded to Pte. D. S. Kyle, 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was severely wounded in the process of winning his decoration Military Medal, G.V.R. (1118 Pte. D. S. Kyle, 3/Aust. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (1118 Pte. D. S. Kyle, 3 Bn. A.I.F.), polished, thus good fine (3) £600-800
Three: Troop Sergeant-Major J. S. M. Pender, British South Africa Police, who served in “B” Troop, Mashonaland Mounted Police, during the historic Jameson Raid British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Corpl. J. S. M. Pender. Victoria Column); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Rhodesia (541 T.S. Maj: J. S. M. Pender. B.S.A.P.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (541 T.S. Major J....
A unique K.B.E., O. St. J. group of thirteen awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Gibbons, late Scots Guards and R.A.S.C. Motor Transport Volunteers: a notable philanthropist and theatrical agent, he was a Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Automobile Association and once owned the famous London Palladium The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and...
Hammer Price: £1,600
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