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The South Atlantic Medal awarded to Leading Radio Operator (General) P. Cardin, Royal Navy, who kept a diary of events aboard H.M.S. Yarmouth in the period April-July 1982 - a detailed and poignant record which is included with his Medal South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (LRO (G) P. Cardin, D156563D, HMS Yarmouth), in its named card box of issue, with related H.M.S. Centurion forwarding letter, ship’s name officially corrected, good very fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (William R. Sweet, Lg. Stoker, H.M.S. Indus) impressed naming; together with an Arctic Medal 1876, this last a later unnamed specimen, good very fine and better (2) £600-800
A Second World War M.C. group of five attributed to Major E. N. Cook, Lincolnshire Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’ and additionally engraved, ‘Maj. E. N. Cook Arnhem’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, these unnamed; together with cap badge, very fine (6) £500-600
A Second World War D.F.C. group of five awarded to Squadron Flight Lieutenant J. W. Erricker, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a Bomb Aimer in Halifaxes of No. 78 Squadron in the summer of 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’, with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, together with a set of...
A Great War ‘First Day of the Somme’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. F. Smith, Machine Gun Corps, late 1/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, who was awarded the M.M. for bravery on 1 July 1916 at Gommecourt Military Medal, G.V.R. (1067 Pte. J. F. Smith. 1/5 N. & D.R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1067 Pte. J. F. Smith, Notts. & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1067 Sjt. J. F. Smith. Notts. & Derby. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1067...
Pair: Purser Lindsay Wilson, Indian Navy India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (L. Wilson, Purser. Ajdaha, S.F.); China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Purser L. Wilson H M Str. Ferooz I N.) officially impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £1200-1400
General Gordon’s Star for the Siege of Khartoum 1884, gilded pewter, very fine £500-600
Perth Tribute Medal 1900-01, 33 x 24mm., 33 mm x 24 mm, badge of the Black Watch in gold, glazed both sides and set within a 9ct. gold band surmounted by the Imperial crown and ring suspension, reverse of the badge engraved, ‘South Africa 1900-1 Corpl. J. Ferguson 8968’, extremely fine £1500-2000
Hammer Price: £1,500
A Great War M.C. and Bar group of six awarded to Colonel M. A. H. Scott, Royal Engineers, onetime C.O. of 84th Field Company Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the Cross privately engraved, ‘M. A. H. Scott, Royal Engineers, 1917’; 1914-15 Star (Capt. M. A. H. Scott, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major M. A. H. Scott); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. Col. M. A. H. Scott, R.E.), officially...
A scarce honorary Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Medal in Gold awarded to Captain Hon. Francis Maude, Royal Navy Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, gold, (Capt. Hon. Fras. Maude R.N. 1877) ‘double dolphin’ suspension, claw a little slack, minor edge bruising, virtually extremely fine £1000-1400
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Talavera, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Orthes (John Hill, 24th Foot) suspension refitted, signs of brooch mounting to reverse, edge bruising, contact marks, heavily worn through polishing, poor £800-1000
Waterloo 1815 (R. Ser. Maj. J. G. Walker, 23rd Reg. Light Dragoon[s]) replacement hinged silver straight bar suspension with brooch fitting, heavy edge bruising, contact marks, good fine £1800-2200
Waterloo 1815 (William Williams, 2nd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and heavily polished overall, therefore poor to fine £800-1000
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Color Serjt. J. Kerr, 59th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1000-1200
A fine Second World War C.I.E., O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Hon. Colonel H. L. Hopkins, Royal Engineers, late West Yorkshire Regiment, a Great War veteran who distinguished himself in France in 1940 and Greece in 1941, prior to taking up appointment as Deputy Director of Transportation in India The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,...
Hammer Price: £1,400
22nd (Cheshire) Regiment Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate c. 1845-1855, an extremely fine example, the rectangular burnished gilt backplate overlaid with a faceted silver star, this in turn overlaid with a crowned circle enclosing floriate numerals ‘22’ within oak sprays, this on a ground of blue enamel, below the star three battle honour scrolls conjoined ‘Scinde’, ‘Meeanee’, ‘Hyderabad’, complete with standard hook and stud fasteners, very fine overall condition £800-1000
A Great War Western Front M.C. group of four awarded to Major N. R. L. Chance, Royal Field Artillery, late Notts and Derby Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. N. R. L. Chance. Notts: & Derby: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaf (Major N. R. L. Chance.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £800-1000
A Great War ‘St Eloi’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Serjeant G. W. Lillyman, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (60397 Sjt: G. W. Lillyman. A.28/Bde: R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (60397 Gnr: G. W. Lillyman. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (60397 Sjt. G. W. L.llyman. R.A.); Defence Medal, unnamed; Jubilee 1935 (G. Lillyman, Nottm. City Police) privately engraved; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1951...
Waterloo 1815 (Joseph Cay, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot) with replacement silver suspension, inscribed, ‘18th June 1815’, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £1400-1600
An unusual Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private S. J. Skuse, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, who, having had a death sentence for cowardice commuted to 10 years penal servitude in November 1916, won his freedom for bravery in the Field on 12 May 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (21332 Pte. S. J. Skuse. 2/Wilts. R.);1914-15 Star (21332 Pte. S. J. Skuse, Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (21332 Pte. S. J. Skuse, Wilts. R.), the first with edge bruising at 6 o’clock,...
A fine Second World War North Africa operations M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. Bacon, 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, attached 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, who was originally recommended for a D.C.M. for his close range encounter with enemy armour and artillery at Charruba in January 1942 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1069150 Sjt. W. Bacon, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5) £1100-1300
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 2 clasps, Rhodesia 1896, Mashonaland 1897 (1667 Troopr. F. C. Chard. B.B. Police.) second clasp loose on ribbon, toned, nearly extremely fine £800-1000
The K.C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Colonel Sir John Buchanan, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Black Watch and Colonial Medical Service; he was the last Chief Medical Officer of the old Colonial Office The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, contained in an earlier Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight...
Hammer Price: £1,300
Yorkshire Hussars Officer’s Full Dress Sabretache c. 1860-1901, a very fine example, the red cloth face edged with padded silver train lace the face with large St. Edward’s crown in silver and gold lace with various coloured silks and purple velvet cushions, below a large silver bullion lace rose this with gold lace centre and adorned with green silk leaves, red moroccan bag (the bottom retaining stud lacking) but with all three D ring fasteners these fitted with buff leather and cast...
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge in silver-gilt and enamel, with gold and enamel centres, and breast star in silver, with gold and enamel appliqué centre, contained in its R. & S. Garrard & Co. case of issue, the centre of the Star loose and minor enamel damage to the Badge centres, very fine and better (2) £800-1000
A K.P.M. pair awarded to Gerald Sidney Wilson, C.S.I., Inspector-General of Police, Bombay Presidency, who once arrested Mahatma Gandhi King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Gerald Sidney Wilson, Dep. Commr. Port of Bombay Pol.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, together with two ribbon bars, one with C.S.I. ribbon, extremely fine (2) £600-800
A French Royal and Military Order of St. Louis attributed to Général de Brigade Jean-Pierre Piat, a Baron of the Empire France, Kingdom, Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, Knight’s breast badge, 42 x 36mm., gold and enamel, ball finials, unmarked, fragmentary ribbon with bow rosette, contained in brown leather case, slight enamel damage, good very fine £ 550-650
A notable Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal W. R. Stevenson, 7th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was wounded on three separate occasions, the last of them necessitating the amputation of his left leg Military Medal, G.V.R. (3268 Cpl. W. R. Stevenson, 7/Aust. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (3268 Cpl. W. R. Stevenson, 22 Bn. A.I.F.), good very fine (3) £800-1000
A C.I.E. group of five awarded to Captain A. R. Leishman, Assam-Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles, who for many years was a prominent member of Chittagong’s municipal and business community The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. A. R. Leishman); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed; Indian Volunteer Forces Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse officially engraved ‘Capt. A. R. Leishman, The A.B. Rly. Bn....
Hammer Price: £1,200
The military C.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir H. B. St. John, K.C.I.E., C.B.E., Indian Political Service, late Rattray’s Sikhs, Indian Army The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut., 45th Sikhs); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt-Col.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp,...
A K.B.E., C.M.G. group of five to Sir Anthony B. Killick, Colonial Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with pad but no case; 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, London case of issue, slight...
An interesting League of Mercy group awarded to Her Grace Gwendolen, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk Defence Medal; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Order of the League of Mercy, with clasp, For Long Service, silver-gilt and enamel; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver, with four extra service bars (The Duchess of Norfolk) officially impressed naming; Belgium, Queen Elizabeth Medal, bronze; Vatican, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Dame Grand Cross set of...
A Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Rev. John Cairns, Army Chaplains Department The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911 (Major J. Cairns, C.F.); Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, E.VII.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1904, lacking top bar; Volunteer Force Long Service, V.R. (Chaplain J. Cairns, 4th V.B. R. Scots); Territorial Decoration,...
Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, contact marks, otherwise very fine £700-900
Pair: Corporal K. A. Blagdon, The Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire, who was mentioned in despatches for services in Northern Ireland in 1992, having earlier received a Certificate of Commendation for Gallantry in Norway in 1982 General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24338777 Pte K A Blagdon PWO) with bronze M.I.D. oak leaf; U.N. Medal for Bosnia, together with companion miniature medals, both sets mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £600-700
A Canadian Medal for Bravery/Carnegie Hero Fund Medal pair awarded to Robert J. Seymour, who helped rescue a man from a burning car, at Stoney Creek, Ontario, 9 October 1986 Canada, Medal for Bravery (R. J. Seymour, 9-X-86), in case of issue; American Carnegie Hero Fund Medallion, 75mm., bronze, reverse embossed, ‘Awarded to Robert J. Seymour who helped to rescue Laird D. Weiler from burning, Stoney Creek, Ont., October 9, 1986’, in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £900-1200
A poignant Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private G. Gibson, 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry (1st British Columbia), who suffered the loss of both of his legs after being severely wounded by shellfire near Amiens in August 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (524530 Pte. G. Gibson, 7/Br. Col. R.); British War Medal 1914-20, erased naming; Victory Medal 1914-19 (524530 Pte. G. Gibson, 7-Can. Inf.), together with War Amputations of Canada Meritorious Service Medal, silver, unnamed, minor...
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Lieut. E, Carter, 90th Lt. Inf.) minor surface scuffs, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1200-1500
Three: Major D. W. Diedricks, Rhodesian Special Air Service Rhodesia, General Service Medal (Maj. D. W. Diedricks); Exemplary Service Medal, with Second Award Bar (Maj D W Diedricks); G.B., General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (S.R.200 Sjt., S. Rhod. Mil. F.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £1200-1500
Five: Captain Arthur Henry Wilson, East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action at Paradis, France, in October 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Lieut: A. H. Wilson, 2nd E. Yorkshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. A. H. Wilson. E. York. Rgt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: A. H. Wilson. E. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. H. Wilson.), the first two court mounted...
Hammer Price: £1,100
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