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A notable Second World War period campaign group of five awarded to Petty Officer J. R. Darby, who was mentioned in despatches for gallant deeds aboard the paddle steamer Glen Gower off Dunkirk and likewise for his part in post-V.E. Day minesweeping operations aboard H.M.S. Frolic - he subsequently served in the Shropshire Fire Brigade for 25 years 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp,...
Hammer Price: £1,100
An outstanding Second World War glider and special operations campaign group of four awarded to Flying Officer G. A. Foster, Royal Air Force, whose action packed tour of duty in No. 296 Squadron included participation in support of the Sicily and D-Day landings, Arnhem and the crossing of the Rhine, in addition to ‘special duties’ sorties delivering S.O.E. and S.A.S. teams to Occupied France 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45,...
Battle of Trafalgar, Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund Certificate, awarded to ‘Mr William Bray, Seaman, His Majesty’s Ship Mars’, voting him ‘the Sum of Ten Pounds, in consideration of the Wound you received in contributing to the signal Victory...’, etching and engraving by E. Scriven after Robert Kerr Porter, dated ‘December 3d, 1805’, completed in manuscript and signed by the Mayor James Shaw, engraved surface 345 x 245mm, in later card mount, margins trimmed, otherwise in excellent...
A fine Second World War and post-war campaign and long service group of six awarded to Warrant Officer K. K. Parkes, Special Air Service (S.A.S.), late Royal Engineers and Malayan Scouts, who was taken P.O.W. on D-Day while attached to 6th Airborne Division 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star, the reverse privately engraved, ‘1876661 Tpr. K. K. Parkes, R.E., 3rd Para. Sqn. R.E., 6th A.B. Div., 04-06-1944’; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine...
A Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain H. T. Onyett, British South Africa Police Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (Sjt., B.S.A. Police); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine and better (7) £1400-1800
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Barrosa, Toulouse (J. Wilkinson, Royal Staff Corps), contact marks and edge bruising good fine £700-900
Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (William Doyle 50th Regt.) edge bruise and contact marks, nearly very fine £800-1000
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (1032 Pte. J. Totten, 1/R. Hrs.) minor contact marks and edge bruising, very fine £800-900
The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘K537’, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt, the reverse officially numbered ‘537’ and fitted with gold pin for wearing, contained in its Collingwood (Jewellers) Ltd unnumbered case of issue, chips to blue enamel in centre of star, otherwise extremely fine £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,000
A rare Korean War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Commander B. C. Moth, Royal Navy, who was among H.M.S. Cossack’s survivors on the occasion of her torpedoing in the Mediterranean in April 1941: subsequently mentioned in despatches for his services as Assistant Gunnery Officer in the Duke of York in the Far East, he was recommended for his M.B.E. in respect of his services in the evacuation of the island of Yangdo in September 1953 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E....
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (Henry Gilbertson.) edge bruising and polished, therefore nearly very fine £800-1000
Family group: Three: Lieutenant G. W. Mason, 19th (3rd City) ‘Pals’ Battalion Liverpool Regiment, killed in action, France, 9 April 1917 1914-15 Star (Lieut., L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) ‘Victory Medal’ renamed, mounted for wear; Memorial Plaque (George William Mason) medals and plaque contained in an attractive Spink, London leather case Three: Second Lieutenant R. C. Mason, South Lancashire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., S. Lan. R.); British...
Family group: A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. Jackson, 9th, late 25th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (G-13140 Pte-L. Cpl., 9/R. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (13140 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-13140 Cpl., R. Fus.) Three: Private O. Jackson, Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (GS-13087 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-13087 Pte., R. Fus.) good very fine (7) £440-550
A rare post-war Java operations M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Havildar Fazal Hussain, 6th Rajput Rifles, who, in the face of ‘overwhelming odds’, accounted for 70 Indonesian rebels - dead or wounded - in the storm that erupted at Sourabaja in October 1945, when ‘the bestial scenes that followed in the name of freedom rivalled the vilest moments of the French Revolution’ Military Medal, G.VI.R. (14624 L.-Hav. Fazal Hussain, Raj. Rifs.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal...
Colonel Arthur Robert Wilson, Bombay Staff Corps India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Lieut. A. R. Wilson, Asst. Dv. L.T. Corps) good very fine £800-1000
Pair: Private Walter Robinson, Coldstream Guards, who was presented with his Crimea medal by Queen Victoria on Horse Guards Parade in May 1855 Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. Walr. Robinson, 1 Btn. Col. Gds.) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (W. Robinson. 1st Batn. Coldm. Gds.) contemporary engraved naming, fitted with replacement swivel suspension, old solder repair to claw on reverse of the first, contact marks,...
Four: Private Andrew Holmes, 71st Highland Light Infantry Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (A. Holmes, 71st Regt.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Andrew Holmes 71st Highlanders. Lt. Iy.); India General Service 1854-94, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (3581, A. Holmes. H.Ms. 71st Regt.); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (No. 3581 Andrew Holmes 71 Hd. Lt. Infy.) fitted with Crimea suspension, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £480-520
Pair: Second Lieutenant N. S. Hatch, 13th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, killed in action, First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) good very fine (2) £400-500
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (J. H. Hulbert. Qurtr. Master Sergt. Victoria Column) suspension claw re-pinned, nearly very fine £700-900
Four: Cooper W. T. Warner, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (Cooper, H.M.S. Marathon); British War Medal 1914-20 (134449 Cpr. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Cooper, H.M.S. Marathon); Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (134449 Cooper “Pekin” Services during War) good very fine and better (4) £550-650
Hammer Price: £950
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 J. Stedman, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (44540 B.Q.M. Sjt., 2/D.A.C. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (44540 Sjt., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with loose M.I.D. oak leaf (44540 B.Q.M. Sjt., R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1029461 W.O. Cl. 1, R.A.); with cap badge, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £800-900
Four: Havildar Arjan Singh, 76th Punjabis 1914-15 Star (No. 700 Nk., 76/Punjabis); British War and Victory Medals (700 Nk., 76 Pjbis.); India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (700 Havr., 1/76/Pjbs.) this with clasps linked by cotton and unofficial connections, fine and better (4) £120-160
Four: Piper P. Fallon, 6th Battalion Royal Highlanders, who died of wounds, France, 27 June 1915 1914-15 Star (351 L-Cpl., R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (351 Pte., R. Highrs.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (351 Piper, 6/R. Hdrs.) nearly extremely fine (4) £ 300-400
A Great War battle of Amiens 1918 M.M. group of three awarded to Acting Corporal W. C. Evans, 8th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment), who was gassed and twice wounded Military Medal, G.V.R. (115520 Pte. - L. Cpl. W. C. Evans, 8/Man. R.); British War and Victory Medals (115520 A. Cpl. W. C. Evans, 8-Can. Inf.), good very fine (3) £400-500
Pair: Private J. Stokes, 3/Grenadier Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (5791 Pte. J. Stokes. 3/Grenr. Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, good very fine (2) £600-700
The post-war C.B. and Second World War O.B.E. group of eight attributed to Chaplain of the Fleet, the Rt. Rev. J. Armstrong, Royal Navy - latterly Honorary Chaplain to The Queen and Bishop of Bermuda The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Garrard, London case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic...
Hammer Price: £900
An early Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain E. C. Simpson, General List, killed when the S.S. Transylvania was sunk in the Mediterranean on 4 May 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star (Lieut., R.T.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) contained in a fitted case by John Dyson & Sons, Leeds, extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
Seven: Serjeant T. N. J. Potts, North Staffordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (5565 Sjt., N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (5565 Sjt., N. Staff. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (5565 A.W.O. Cl. 2, N. Staff. R.) official correction to rank; Delhi Durbar 1911 (Sergt. T. N. J. Potts, 2/N. Stafford Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5565 Sjt., N. Staff. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (5038776 Sjt., N. Stafford...
Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Lieut. John Augs. Fuller, Engineers) silk ribbon, with contemporary mounting bar with gold pin, slight edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £500-600
A rare post-war Far East operations M.M. group of eight awarded to Naik Surat Singh, 1st Kumaon Regiment, who was decorated for his gallant deeds during a run-in with Annamite snipers at Cholon on the River Saigon Military Medal, G.VI.R. (13335 A. Nk. Surat Singh, Hybad. R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (13335 Sep. Surat Singh, 1-19 Hy’bad R.); 1939-45 Star, the reverse impressed in irregular capitals, ‘13335 Nk. Surat Singh, Kumaon R.’;...
King’s Messenger Home Service Badge, G.VI.R., silver and enamel by Garrard, hallmarks for London 1947, reverse numbered, ‘4’, fitted with a pin for wearing, in Garrard, London case of issue, extremely fine, scarce £900-1000
Four: Private J. C. Beavan, Natal Rangers, late Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2760 Pte., 1/Cam. Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2760 Pte., 1 Cam’n. H’drs.); Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Pte., Natal Rangers); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2760 Pte., 1 Cam. Highrs.) mounted for display, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (4) £ 440-500
Hammer Price: £850
Three: Serjeant H. Parker, North Staffordshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7120 Serjt., N. Staff. Regt.); Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (1361 Sjt., 2nd V.B. N. Staff. Regt.); together with a Borough of Stafford Tribute Medal 1901, obverse, a castle with four towers, Stafford knots to each side, ‘Borough of Stafford, W. C. T. Mynors, Mayor’, reverse, a mounted trooper and a soldier knelt to his side,...
A Second World War Burma operations O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. K. Willans, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Artillery and Royal Indian Army Service Corps 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, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (2 Lieut. C. H. K. Willans, R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier...
Russell family medals: A Second World War R.R.C., Great War A.R.R.C. group of eight attributed to Sister Amy Russell, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.) silver-gilt, gold and enamel, reverse dated ‘1943’, on bow ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.) silver and enamel, on bow ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence...
A rare Order of St. John of Jerusalem Life Saving Medal in Silver to Mr. Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines, for gallantry in rescuing a miner who had been imprisoned for five days and nights, without food, in the Black Engine Mine, Eyam, July 1879; he was subsequently awarded an Albert Medal in Gold for the Baddesley Colliery Disaster, 22 May 1882 Order of St. John Lifesaving Medal, 1st type (1874-88), silver (Arthur H. Stokes. 1879) with original ribbon with Badge of the Order,...
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant S. Tickler, 2nd Battalion The Queen’s Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (9273 Sjt., 2/The Queen’s R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (L-9273 L. Cpl., 2/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9273 Sjt., The Queen’s R.) with small M.I.D. oak leaf on B.W.M. ribbon, mounted as worn, very fine (4) £440-550
Three: Private Michael McDonald, 2nd Foot South Africa 1834-53 (M. McDonald. 2nd Regt.); China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Michl. McDonald, 1st Bn. 2nd. Regt.,) officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1663 Michl. McDonald, 1st Bn. 2nd Regt.) claw loose on second, edge bruising, otherwise very fine and better (3) £600-700
Three: Private William Gibb, 42nd Royal Highlanders, later 93rd Highlanders, severely wounded at Lucknow in March 1858 Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (3016. William. Gibb. 42. Royal. Highlanders) regimentally impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Wm. Gibb, 93rd Highlanders); Turkish Crimea, British issue (William Gibb 42 Royal Highlanders) fitted with Crimea scroll suspension, good very fine (3) £800-1000
General Gordon’s Star for the Siege of Khartoum 1884, pewter, good very fine £500-600
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