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A rare Second World War D.F.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant E. Mills, Royal Air Force, a long-served Rear-Gunner in Lancasters of No. 83 (P.F.F.) Squadron who completed in excess of 50 operational sorties in 1942-43, often returning to base in flak damaged aircraft: during one daylight sortie against the heavily defended Krupps Works at Essen in July 1942, his aircraft was badly damaged by flak and reduced to three engines - it was then attacked by two Me. 110s and two...
Hammer Price: £4,600
An outstanding Second World War North-West Europe operations D.C.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer E. L. Langford, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, who received an immediate award for his gallantry in the fighting at Lingen on 5 April 1945, where, on several occasions, he used his flame-throwing Wasp to good effect - ‘Although fire was directed at and into his carrier, with complete disregard for his own safety Sergeant Langford moved it close to the enemy position which he...
Hammer Price: £4,400
The outstanding Northern Ireland and South Atlantic campaign pair awarded to Private K. P. J. ‘Luke’ Lukowiak, Support Company, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, a veteran of the bloody battles of Goose Green and Wireless Ridge An accomplished writer, his experiences in the Falklands formed the basis of his critically acclaimed memoir, A Soldier’s Song - True Stories from the Falklands, of which John Le Carré’s review said, ‘Next time you hear a child sing Rule Britannia,...
Hammer Price: £4,200
A fine Omdurman D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant Master Cook J. M. Brooke, Grenadier Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. ((S:Mr. Cook) J. M. Brooke, Gren. Gds. (2nd Septr. 1898)); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3810 Sgt. M. Cook J. M. Brook, 1/Gren. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (T-2-SR-03553 S.S. Mjr. J. M. Brooke. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (3810 Sjt. J. M. Brooke. (D.C.M.) G. Gds.); The Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., silver (..10 Sgt. M....
A fine Boer War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Captain F. W. Stringer, Hampshire Regiment, formerly a ‘specially selected scout’ with the South African Light Horse and Field Intelligence Department, who was decorated for gallantry when he single-handedly captured a Boer on 5 February 1902 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Tpr: F. Stringer. S.A. Lt. Horse); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s...
A fine Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Private David Milne, 92nd Highlanders, who was wounded in the Peninsula and at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (David Melne, 92nd Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (David Milne, 1st Bat. 92nd Highlanders.) fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, the second with light edge bruising and contact marks, very fine, the first good very fine (2) £4000-5000
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Captain Edward Wolfe, 28th Foot, a descendant of General Wolfe of Quebec, who was severely wounded at Vittoria and again severely wounded at the battle of the Nive Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (E. Wolfe Capt. 28th Foot) engraved correction to last letter of surname, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A fine Second World War Liverpool Blitz G.M. pair awarded to Fireman T. Flood, Auxiliary Fire Service, who, on the night of 3-4 May 1941, rescued two buried children after tunnelling under tons of rubble and debris for nine hours: on emerging from his ordeal with bleeding hands and his clothing ripped to shreds, he was greeted by a large cheering crowd George Medal, G.VI.R. (Thomas Flood); Defence Medal 1939-45, privately inscribed, ‘Fireman Thomas Flood, G.M.’, good very fine or...
A G.B.E. group of eight awarded to Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, G.B.E. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, 2nd type set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash, insignia on pad but no case; British War and Victory Medals (21353D. A. E. de la Warr, D.H., R.N.R.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, these unnamed; France,...
Hammer Price: £3,800
A poignant campaign group of three awarded to Captain P. W. Hunt, Intelligence Corps, late Royal Ulster Rifles, who was killed in action in Malaya on 29 April 1952 when the Land Rover in which he was travelling was ambushed by six enemy bandits Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (Lt. P. W. Hunt, R.U.R.), good very fine (3) £800-1000
A post-war M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major A. D. C. Eales, Hadhrami Bedouin Legion, late 4/9th Jat Regiment and Middlesex Regiment, who was shot and killed by one of his own men whilst serving in South Arabia in June 1965 The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire M.B.E. (Civil Division) Member’s type 2 breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 4 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Cyprus, Near East, Arabian Peninsula (Major...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, 23 June 1795 (James Wheeler.) dark toned, nearly very fine £1800-2200
The Baltic and Crimean War C.B. group awarded to Admiral Hon. S. T. Carnegie, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge in gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, with wide swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, one replacement Lion embellishment; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Spain, Order of St Ferdinand, 3rd class breast...
Hammer Price: £3,600
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, St. Domingo (Richard Hawes.) extremely fine £2400-2800
An outstanding Northern Ireland B.E.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant R. Worthy, Queen’s Own Buffs, who was decorated for repeated acts of gallantry in Belfast between October 1969 and April 1970 British Empire Medal, E.II.R., Military Division (23534329 Sgt. Roy Worthy, The Queen’s Regt.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (23534329 Pte. R. Worthy, Buffs.); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, Northern Ireland (23534329 Sgt. R. Worthy, Queens Own Buffs.);...
A rare Scinde War C.B. pair awarded to Colonel W. T. Whitlie, Bombay Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1816, fitted with narrow gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle, some enamel loss to wreaths; Meeanee Hyderabad 1843 (Captn. W. T. Whitlie. 2nd Battn. Arty.) fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, reverse with light pitting, nearly very fine, obverse good very fine...
Hammer Price: £3,400
An outstanding Second World War North-West Europe operations D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major H. J. Walker, Royal Norfolk Regiment, attached Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: having gained an early “mention” for his daring escape from France in June 1940 - in a fishing boat manned by a handful of survivors from the 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolks, with shovels and butts for oars, the whole under a heavy fire - he was decorated for his gallant part in Operation...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (John Prince, Lieut. R.N.) dark toned, good very fine £2400-2800
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809 (Joseph Priest.) very fine £2000-2600
Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Corunna, Barrosa, St. Sebastian, Nive (H. Brierly, 1st Foot Guards), contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine or better £1200-1400
A rare Second World War North Abyssinia 1941 operations D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Major-General B. F. Armstrong, late South African Mounted Rifles and Artillery, who was taken P.O.W. at Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 while serving as C.O. of the 5th S.A. Infantry Brigade - such was the slaughter inflicted on 5th Brigade that the Germans called it Totensonntag or ‘Death Sunday’: notwithstanding a game leg, the Brigadier - ‘a jolly soul’ - made a successful bid for freedom from the...
Hammer Price: £3,300
The Order of the Companions of Honour, E.II.R., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with a length of ribbon, some enamel chips to legend, otherwise extremely fine, scarce £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £3,200
The R.R.C. group of nine awarded to Eleanor Frances Weston, Viscountess Esher, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamel, on bow ribbon; Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Dame of Justice badge, 41 x 41mm., gold and enamel; British War Medal 1914-20 (Viscountess Esher); Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; France, Gratitude Medal, silver, rosette on ribbon, mounted as worn; together with...
Waterloo 1815 (Ensign J. Bowlby, 3rd Batt. 14th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and silver swivel-ring bar suspension, light surface marks, otherwise very fine £3000-3600
A well-documented Second World War Croix de Guerre group of five awarded to Corporal Jean Gholam, 2nd Regiment of Chasseurs, Special Air Service (S.A.S.), who saw action in France and Holland 1944-45 France, Croix de Guerre 1939-1945, with a bronze star and bronze palm on ribbon; Croix du Combatant Voluntaire 1914-18, note earlier issue rather than the 1939-45 type; Croix du Combatant; Free French Forces Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45; Netherlands, Commemorative War Cross, 1 clasp, Krijg...
A rare and emotive Second World War Defence of Hong Kong M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant H. V. Pearse, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (H.K.V.D.F.): a veteran of the Great War who had taken his discharge from the Royal Marines while serving in Tamar in 1923, he was placed in charge of ration parties and made deliveries over a wide area of the Colony - ‘at all times of the day and night and under continued bomb and shell fire’ - many of his lorries being hit in the...
An extremely rare Second World War Malaya operations M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant D. J. MacLean, 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry at the battle of Kampar on 2 January 1942 - one of a series of ferocious ‘British Battalion’ rearguard actions fought by him prior to his admission to hospital with wounds 24 hours later: subsequently taken P.O.W. at the fall of Singapore in the following month, his M.M. - one of just five such awards granted...
King’s Medal for Sudanese Chiefs 1912, 51mm., silver, unnamed as issued, edge stamped ‘specimen’ (twice), swivel ring suspension, complete with chain for neck wear, nearly extremely fine, rare £600-800
The Second World War and Korean War campaign group of seven awarded to Private R. W. Hughes, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, late Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action at the Battle of Imjin on 25 April 1951 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (5570070 Pte. R. W. Hughes, Glosters.), rank and initials officially corrected; U.N. Korea, in its named card box of issue, together with Army Council condolence slip in...
Hammer Price: £3,000
A D.B.E. group of three attributed to Lady Louisa Belle Cox - for services in Iraq The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, D.B.E. (Civil) Dame Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on ‘bow and tails’ ribbon; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, on bow ribbon; British Red Cross Society War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, with top bar, all unnamed, the last three mounted together as worn, with Garrards,...
The Naval General Service Medal awarded to Boy K. J. Morton, Royal Navy, one of the youngest members of the ship’s company in H.M.S. Amethyst during the ‘Yangtze Incident’ in 1949 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/JX 836312 K. J. Morton, Boy. R.N.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine £1800-2200
A rare and impressive Great War O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Q.M. & Major J. T. Packard, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Medical Staff Corps, a veteran of the Ashanti Expedition, the Sudan and the Boer War, who was commissioned shortly before his departure to join the B.E.F. in 1914 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Ashanti Star 1895-96, the reverse privately engraved, ‘J.P.T....
New Zealand Cross, in silver and gold, engraved, ‘Specimen’ in upper reverse centre, with gold buckle brooch bar, extremely fine and rare £1800-2200
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 ‘TD’ over ‘HD’ for Thomas and Henry Davies, lacking wide swivel-ring suspension and fitted with gold K.C.B. oak wreath suspension ring, minor loss to enamel wreaths, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2600-3000
The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross collar chain, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. fitted case of issue, good very fine £2600-3000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801 (Job Wickham.) minor marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2400-2600
A rare Second World War M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal L. Majewski, 5th Kresowa Division Field Artillery, who was decorated for his gallantry at Monte Cassino in May 1944 and afterwards in the mobile operations along the Adriatic Poland, Army Active Service Medal; Poland, 5th Kresowa Infantry Division Commemorative Medal 1941-1971; Great Britain, Military Medal, G.VI.R. (Cpl. L. Majewski, Polish Army); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with 5th...
Three: Private Christopher Lindert, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Christoph Lindert, 1st Hussars K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Christoph Lindert, 1st Reg. Hussars K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and replacement silver bar suspension, naming a little weak in parts; Hanoverian Medal for the K.G.L. 1841, unnamed as issued, mounted for display with last medal taking precedence, contact marks, otherwise...
A Light Brigade group of three awarded to Sergeant John Thornton, 8th Hussars, who was severely wounded at Kattara in May 1858 and died in India in June 1861 Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Thornton. 8th Hussars.) officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Sergt. John Thornton, 8th Hussars.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Serjt. John Thornton 8th Hussars) depot impressed naming, fitted with replacement swivel...
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse undated, 3 clasps, Mashonaland 1890, Rhodesia 1896, Mashonaland 1897 (Sgt: Butler, H. - B.S.A.C.P.) official correction to rank, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1000-1200
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