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A rare and important Dunkirk C.G.M. group of three awarded to Acting Leading Seaman Ronald Thirlwall, H.M.S. Mosquito, who, under a heavy bombardment and with three of the four barrels of his pom-pom out of action, coolly went on firing until he had no ammunition left and his ship was abandoned; it was afterwards found that he had been shockingly wounded in four places Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.139421 R. Thirlwall. A/L. Smn. H.M.S. Mosquito) impressed naming; 1939-45 Star;...
Hammer Price: £46,000
The important Field Officer’s Gold Medal for ‘Fort Detroit’ awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Peter La Touche “Little Otter” Chambers, C.B., 41st Regiment, who shared command of the regiment at the capture of Fort Detroit in August 1812; taken prisoner in a desperate last stand against General Harrison’s American cavalry in October 1813, Chambers endured a lengthy period of imprisonment in cells occupied by ‘condemned murderers, forgers and coiners’ and lost the sight of one eye;...
Hammer Price: £42,000
A very rare 5-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Quarter-Master James Sedeway, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 5 clasps, 1 June 1794 [538], St. Vincent [346], Nile [326, The Potomac 17 Aug 1814 [104], Algiers [1328] (James Sedeway, Midshipman) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, toned, very fine and very rare £12000-15000
Hammer Price: £26,000
The important Waterloo C.B. group of three awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel George Muttlebury, 69th Foot, who was taken prisoner at Bergen-op-Zoom and succeeded to the command of the 2/69th at Waterloo upon the death of Colonel Morice 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 ‘IE’ for John Edwards, complete with wide swivel-ring gold suspension and gold ribbon buckle, minor enamel...
Hammer Price: £20,000
A Light Brigade D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Whitechurch, 8th Hussars, who died in the Crimea Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Jas. Whitechurch. 8th. Hussars); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Whitechurch. 8th. Dragoons.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die, pierced, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £12000-15000
Hammer Price: £13,000
An exceptional Great War O.B.E., B.E.F. 1914 operations M.C., Boer War D.C.M. group of twelve awarded to Q.M. & Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Parker, Royal Welsh Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military Division) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Captain E. A. Parker, 1st R.W. Fus., Oct. 1914’; Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (1726 Serjt.-Maj. E. A....
A fine Napoleonic War pair awarded to Colonel John Enoch, 23rd Foot, slightly wounded at Albuhera, severely wounded at Salamanca and later Assistant Quarter-Master General Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca (J. Enoch, Lieut. 23rd Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. & Adjutant, J. Enoch. 23rd Regiment Foot, R.W.F.) fitted with later silver bar suspension, rank and name contemporarily re-engraved; together with two contemporary framed...
Hammer Price: £10,000
The Waterloo medal awarded to Brevet Major Brooke Pigot, 69th Foot, who was severely wounded in the head whilst defending the colours at Quatre Bras Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Brook Pigott, 2nd Batt. 69th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, small edge bruise and light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £4000-5000
Hammer Price: £9,000
An outstanding Great War ‘River Tigris’ operations D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Commander Mark Singleton, Royal Navy, who accomplished the remarkable feat in his small armed tug of bringing to surrender a body of about 11 officers and 250 Turkish troops - indeed it was the opinion of the official historian of the campaign that greater daring than Singleton’s cool audacity could hardly be imagined Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Endymion Wh President [58] (John Atherton.) polished, otherwise nearly very fine £7000-9000
Hammer Price: £8,000
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Captain George Johnstone, 43rd Foot, who was wounded in the arm at the passage of the Coa in 1810, and in the groin whilst in the trenches before Badajoz in 1812; he also served in the expeditions to Copenhagen in 1807 and to North America in 1814 where he was present at New Orleans Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca (G. Johnstone, Capt. 43rd Foot.) contained in its original named...
Hammer Price: £7,500
The medal for Fort Detroit awarded to Private William Arter, 41st Foot, who was taken prisoner at Moravian Town in October 1813 Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Fort Detroit (W. Arter, 41st Foot.) fitted with ribbon buckle and privately made ribbon bar inscribed with the Battle Honour ‘MIAMI’, extremely fine £2600-3000
A fine Great War Palestine operations D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Major W. M. Dugdale, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry and C.O. of the 25th (Montgomeryshire & Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. W. Dugdale, Imp. Yeomanry); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. W....
Hammer Price: £7,000
A particularly fine Second World War Air Gunner’s D.F.C. and Bar group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant D. B. Ross, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a veteran of 54 operational sorties in Whitleys of No. 51 Squadron and in Wellingtons and Halifaxes of No. 427 Squadron, among them Operation “Biting”, the famous paratroop raid mounted on Bruneval in February 1942 A number of encounters with enemy night fighters aside, his aircraft returned with flak damage on no less than 11...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Five: Drummer J. Smith, 3rd, 50th, and 61st Foot Punniar Star 1843, unnamed, riveted hook adapted into small ring suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Drumr. James Smith 50th. Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (James Smith, 61st. Foot); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Drumr. J. Smith. 61st. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Drummer. James Smith. 61st. Foot 1857) contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £5,500
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Drum Major Thomas Watts, 43rd Foot, who volunteered and formed one of the Storming Party at Badajoz and at St Sebastian, being wounded on both occasions, and was afterwards wounded in the eye at New Orleans Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (T. Watts, Drum Major, 43rd Foot) small edge bruise and a few surface marks, otherwise very fine ...
A fine Coventry Blitz George Medal group of six awarded to Lance-Sergeant J. H. Hinton, 68 Bomb Disposal Section, 9 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers, for removing and disposing of an unexploded bomb from the Triumph Engineering Works, 14-17 October 1941; his officer, 2nd Lieutenant A. F. Campbell, was awarded the G.C. for the same incident but was tragically killed on the next day George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (No. 2021663. L/Sergt. John Henry Hinton, R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa...
A Good ‘Malayan Emergency’ G.M., Hong Kong Police C.P.M. group of seven awarded to Superintendent of Police I. P. Hyde, Federation of Malaya Police, later Royal Hong Kong Police, who was awarded the George Medal for deactivating a live enemy grenade with its pin withdrawn whilst in hand-to-hand combat with a communist bandit during a jungle patrol in Penang, thus saving the lives of his patrol George Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Ian P. Hyde); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General...
The important ‘Defence of Ladysmith’ Q.S.A. and ‘Siege of Ladysmith’ journal, together with associated archive material, pertaining to Commander C. R. Sharp, Royal Navy, who, as a sixteen year old Midshipman was the youngest member of H.M.S. Powerful’s naval brigade at the siege of Ladysmith; he was specially promoted for services in South Africa and was afterwards one of the Navy’s first submarine officers, serving aboard Holland 2, one of the first two submarines commissioned...
Hammer Price: £4,600
The Peninsula War pair awarded to Surgeon-Major Thomas Smith, 23rd Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (T. Smith, M.D. Asst. Surgn. 23rd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Assist. Surg. Tho. Smith, 23rd Regiment Foot, R.W.F.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, the pair contained in an old fitted frame with inscribed silver labels, the first sometime reconstituted having been in circular mount and with some rubbing to naming,...
Hammer Price: £4,200
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Captain Edward D’Arcey, 43rd Foot, who was wounded at Nivelle in November 1813, and lost both his legs at New Orleans in January 1815; he was afterwards Captain of Invalids, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (E. D’Arcey, Lieut. 43rd Foot) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, carriage buckled between first two clasps, otherwise nearly extremely fine £3000-3600
The Waterloo medal awarded to Brevet Major Henry Lindsay, 69th Foot, who was severely wounded whilst defending the colours at Quatre Bras Waterloo 1815 (Captain Henry Lindsay, 2nd Batt. 69th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, minor edge bruises and light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £5000-7000
Hammer Price: £4,000
A Fine Second War Coastal Forces operations D.S.M. awarded to Petty Officer F. Atkinson, Royal Navy, a veteran of “E-Boat Alley”, who was decorated for his gallantry whilst serving as Coxswain of Motor Torpedo Boat 455 in a successful action against superior enemy forces on the night of 14-15 February 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P.O. F. Atkinson. C/JX. 141542.) in fitted case of issue, extremely fine
The Crimean War C.B. group of five awarded to General J. E. Goodwyn, 41st Regiment, who was wounded in the first attack on the Redan and succeeded to the command of the regiment after the death of Colonel Eman in the final attack on the Redan; he was later Colonel-in-Chief of the 41st The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1855, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, fitted with gilt swivel-ring...
A notable Burma, India and China campaign group of three awarded to Major J. H. Gwynne, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who, having been severely wounded and ‘cut about’ during an attack on a dacoit village in Burma in January 1886, onetime commanded the 2nd Battalion during the Boxer Rebellion: he was mentioned in despatches on both occasions India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Hazara 1891 (Lieutt. J. H. Gwynne, 1st Bn. R.W. Fus.); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin...
Hammer Price: £3,800
The Waterloo medal awarded to Captain Henry Wynne, 23rd Foot, who was severely wounded at Orthes in February 1814 and commanded the Light Company in the Waterloo campaign Waterloo 1815 (Capt. Henry Wynne, 23rd. Reg. Foot, R.W.F.) fitted with original steel clip and later ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £2600-3000
A rare Great War D.S.M. group of seven awarded for gallantry on land in France to Master-at-Arms W. C. Hatherley, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (196082. W. C. Hatherly, Sh. Cpl. 1Cl. Service in France.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. C. Hatherley, Ord. H.M.S. Terrible.); China 1900, no clasp (W. C. Hatterley, Ord. H.M.S. Terrible.); British War and Victory Medals (196082 W. C. Hatherley. M.A.A. R.N.) the War medal officially re-impressed; Royal Navy L.S....
A fine Second World War Coastal Forces D.S.M. group of six awarded to Able Seaman R. C. McGregor, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry manning the forward turret in M.G.B. 70 during an aircraft attack in August 1941 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (SSX. 17413 R. C. McGregor, A.B., R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (SSX. 17413 R. C. McGregor, Ord. Smn., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the first with...
A fine Boer War D.S.O. pair awarded to Captain D. L. Campbell, Welsh Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry in defending a train at close quarters near Alkmaar on 20 May 1901: with just three men to support him against a force of 50 Boers, he was ‘repeatedly called on to surrender but refused’ Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lt. D. L. Campbell, D.S.O., Welsh R.),...
Hammer Price: £3,400
Five: Warrant Mechanician W. Bennett, Royal Navy, one of a handful of survivors from the loss of H.M.S. Hampshire in June 1916 Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (W. Bennett, Sto., H.M.S. Cossack); 1914-15 Star (Wt. Mech. W. Bennett, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Mech. W. Bennett, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (292952 W. Bennett, Mechn., H.M.S. Arethusa), minor contact wear, generally very fine and a scarce warrant rank (5) £400-500
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Captain I. W. Harris, 23rd Foot, who was severely wounded through both thighs at Albuhera, received a contusion in the head at Pampluna, and was severely wounded in the right thigh at Orthes; he was afterwards present at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Orthes (J. W. Harris, Lieut 23rd Foot.) reverse of clasp carriage fitted with brooch pin, light marks, otherwise very fine £2400-3000
Hammer Price: £3,200
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. P. Holmes, 23rd Foot, who was severely wounded at the storming of Badajoz, 6 April 1812, and later fought at Waterloo where he received a contusion in the head from a musket ball Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (R. P. Holmes, Lieut. 23rd Foot.) naming lightly rubbed overall and a little polished, otherwise toned, very fine £2400-3000
The Waterloo medal awarded to Drummer John Farrow, 69th Foot, who was wounded in the left leg at Quatre Bras Waterloo 1815 (John Farrow, Drummer, 2nd Batt. 69th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine £2000-2600
The Kaffir War medal awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. Harrisson, 1/24th Foot South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Capt. H. A. Harrisson. 1-24th Foot.) small official correction to last three letters of surname, toned, extremely fine £800-1000
The Kaffir and Zulu War medal awarded to Colonel Farquhar Glennie, 24th Foot, who was dangerously wounded at Intaba-ka-N’Doda in April 1878, later commanded the 1/24th Regiment, and was afterwards Colonel Commandant of the Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Captn. F. Glennie. 2-24th Foot.) light edge bruising, otherwise very fine £1200-1500
The Crimean War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private Robert Welsman, 41st Foot, a veteran of the First Afghan War, who was dangerously wounded at Inkermann and was presented with his Crimean medal by Queen Victoria Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Robert Welsman, 41st Regt.) officially impressed naming, but this rubbed from onetime circular mount and suspension re-fixed; Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Robt. Welsman, 41st Regt.) fitted with replacement steel clip and German silver bar...
Hammer Price: £3,000
Pair: Corporal Edward Cheston, 41st Foot, who was wounded in action near Prome in December 1825 Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (E. Cheston, 41st foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Edwd. Cheston, 41st Regt.) with old clip and hinged bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine and better (2) £1800-2200
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel G. W. Forbes, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, late 17th Lancers and 1st Dragoon Guards South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2260 Lce. Sgt. G. W. Forbes, 17th D.C.O. Lrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Colonel G. W. Forbes, 9/Imp. Yeo.), the first with contact marks, nearly very fine, the second rather better (2) £800-1000
Egypt, Khedivate, Abbas Hilmi Bravery Medal, silver, unnamed, very fine, rare £600-800
Three: Major-General A. Macqueen, 42nd Bengal Native Infantry and Bengal Staff Corps Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Lieut. A. Macqueen. 42nd. Regt. Bengal L.I.) contemporarily engraved naming, with later silver clip and silver straight bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Lieut. A: Macqueen. 42nd. Regt. L:I:); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Capt. A. Macqueen, Sub-Asst. Comy. Genl.) first and second with silver...
Hammer Price: £2,800
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